Marten Kuipers

Co-Founder

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands9 yrs 7 mos experience

Key Highlights

Awarded DIA Designer of the Year 2022
Judge at prestigious design awards
Founder of Speakeasy Conference

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Leader in the Creative Industry with a focus on User Experience and Branding.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design DirectionUser Experience Design (ued)MentoringPublic Speaking

Other Skills

Digital designArt DirectionCreative DirectionUser Interface DesignCollaborationCoaching en mentorschapConsultingDesign ThinkingPresentingVisual CommunicationMobile Application DesignApp designCreativityBranding

About

I’m Marten, but enough about me. Let’s talk about design.

Experience

B150

Judge - Vibeathon

Jan 2026 – Jan 2026 · 0 mo

Dutch digital agencies

Judge - Creative Jam

Oct 2025 – Oct 2025 · 0 mo

Flanders dc

Judge - Henry van de Velde Awards

Jun 2025 – Jan 2026 · 7 mos

Dept®

3 roles

Associate Design Director

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos

I'm involved in:
Design & Direction
Projects & Pitches
Talks & Conferences
Jury & Awards
Mentoring & Hiring
Design Community
I'm working for:
Tommy Hilfiger (PVH), Van Gogh Museum, Calvin Klein (US, PVH), ARTIS Zoo (incl. Micropia and Groote Museum), Flos/Design Holding (Italy), Etos, Gazelle, Oliver Wyman (United States), BOL, Samsung (South Korea), NS, Mauritshuis, De Bijenkorf, BUUT Tikkie/Abn Amro, Independer, Vrij Nederland, Optiver, Jonsson Workwear (South Africa), B Lab/B Corporation, Thalex, Gall&Gall, Lynk&Co (Sweden), Blackroll (Switzerland), Lumens/YLighting (United States), Töpfer (Germany), Volksbank, LTI Mindtree (India), Milieu Centraal, Form3 (United Kingdom), Takeaway, Otrium, Hans Anders and more.
And 85+ pitches...

Design DirectionDigital designArt DirectionCreative DirectionUser Experience Design (UED)User Interface Design+1

Art Director

Promoted

Jun 2021 – Apr 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Sr. Visual Designer

May 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Speakeasy

Founder

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Dora

Judge

Oct 2023 – Nov 2023 · 1 mo

Awwwards.

Judge

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Emerce

Judge - Website of the Year

Sep 2022 – Dec 2022 · 3 mos

Dutch digital design

Curator

Apr 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

The webby awards

Judge

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

The lovie awards

Judge

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Marten kuipers

Speaker

Jan 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

2025
Upscale Conf – Málaga, Spain
FlandersDC Master Lab – Brussels, Belgium
Webwinkel Vakdagen – Utrecht, NL
Agency at Night – Rotterdam, NL
Adnight – Amsterdam, NL
Hogeschool Rotterdam (University) – Rotterdam, NL
CMD University Audit – Leeuwarden, NL
DEPT Breakfast Session – Amsterdam, NL
2024
Agency at Night – Rotterdam, NL
We Design The World – Leeuwarden, NL
Ensoul Diary Podcast – Online
FireDEV Podcast – Online
DEPT Virtual Trend Talks – Online
DEPT Trend Talks – Amsterdam, NL
DEPT Inhouse Day – Rotterdam, NL
2023
Digital Labin Conference – Labin, Croatia
Genootschap van Contentstrategen – Rotterdam, NL
Dora Platform Event – Online
Contentful Podcast – Online
GenAI Conference – Online
EPAM – Amsterdam, NL
Achmea – Apeldoorn, NL
ANWB – Amsterdam, NL
Eneco – Rotterdam, NL
Hike One – Online
2022
We Design The World – Leeuwarden, NL
Lovie Awards Event – Online
DDA Talent Day – Amsterdam, NL

The anthem awards

Judge

Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

Clockwork

2 roles

Visual Designer

Aug 2016 – May 2018 · 1 yr 9 mos · Amsterdam

Clients: Schiphol, War Child, Korps Mariniers, Baker McKenzie, Brandweer, TLN, La Dress, Studystore, Blue Sky Group and more.

Visual Designer (Graduation Internship)

Feb 2016 – Jul 2016 · 5 mos · Amsterdam

Clients: Abn Amro, Lone Rooftop, Rabobank, Ordina, ING, Clean2Antarctica and more.

Gh+o | communicatie (gee haa + ooo)

Visual Designer (Freelance)

Feb 2016 – Aug 2016 · 6 mos

Mark&Marten x GH+O
Clients: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Olympic Games 2016), Noordhoff Uitgeverij, Gemeente Leeuwarden (Culturele Hoofdstad), Friese Bibliotheek, Fries Museum and more.