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From idea to execution

I help organisations turn complex challenges into delivered solutions. By bringing together stakeholders, specialists, and production partners, I create the structure, alignment, and momentum needed to move projects from concept to completion.

 

My focus is on managing the entire journey - from defining objectives and coordinating teams to overseeing production, implementation, and delivery, while ensuring the original intent remains clear throughout.

 

The case studies below demonstrate how effective planning, collaboration, and execution can transform ideas into tangible results.

matt@ideasjunkies.nl

Plan | Produce | Deliver

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Producing the results you deserve

Strategy - the ideal foundations to success

Strategy is the foundation of effective communication - not a presentation layer. My focus is on understanding the real business challenge through the strategic approach, then translating it into a clear production that aligns brand, audience, and commercial objectives.

 

I work across B2B and B2C environments, helping to produce the positioning, messaging, and creative direction that actually drives decision-making.

 

Whether working independently or alongside teams, I bring structure, clarity, and experience to complex problems. The goal is always the same: simplify what matters, remove what doesn’t, and produce solutions that allows creative work to perform in the real world.

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Creative - producing big ideas and integrated concepts

I produce ideas, campaigns, and creative solutions that connect strategy to execution. This includes brand identity, advertising campaigns, content systems, messaging frameworks, and integrated marketing concepts.

 

My focus is always on producing work that works - ideas that are not just visually strong, but commercially effective and emotionally relevant.

 

I combine creative thinking with business understanding to ensure every output has a clear purpose. Whether it’s a full campaign or a single concept, I aim to produce work that cuts through complexity, captures attention, and moves people to think, feel, or act differently.

I take ideas all the way through the production process and carry them through into the real world. From early-stage concept development to rollout and campaign delivery, I stay involved to protect the idea, maintain quality, and make sure the work performs as intended across every touchpoint.

Neuromarketing - the idea is a deeper understanding

My approach to neuromarketing is rooted in understanding how people actually make decisions - not how organisations assume they do. Even in B2B, decisions are driven by human behaviour: emotion, bias, trust, and perception.

 

I have studied behavioural insight in order to understand better how to produce solutions that capture attention, builds credibility, and influences choice.

 

This means looking beyond data alone and focusing on psychology, context, and motivation. By combining behavioural principles with real-world marketing experience, I produce communication tools that feels intuitive, relevant, and persuasive — helping brands connect with people in a way that is both human and commercially effective.

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Case studies

Across my career, I’ve produced many successful projects grounded in a human-to-human approach to both business and to consumer target groups  — far too many to include here. They number in their hundreds

 

Here’s a tiny snapshot of cases that show the thinking, ideas, and results behind the work.

WEIR Minerals

Strategic Communications Partnership

(12-Year Engagement)

Over a 12-year partnership with WEIR, I operated as a strategic and creative production partner supporting global marketing, communications and organisational change initiatives.

 

I led the production development of strategic communication frameworks across product launches, internal transformation, training programmes and global marketing campaigns. This included working closely with senior stakeholders to translate complex industrial propositions into clear, scalable production ready communication systems.

 

In 2019, I was embedded on-site at the Venlo office as Interim Marketing & Communications Producer, providing production leadership, accelerating internal alignment and improving responsiveness to business challenges.

Impact

  • Supported sustained year-on-year growth

  • Produced and delivered  globally adopted launch and communications campaigns

  • Managing stakeholders, teams, timelines, and creative excellence to deliver solutions

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DSM

Global Production & Innovation Platform (The Pitch)

DSM required a scalable way to connect and engage a global workforce and showcase internal innovation across a complex, distributed organisation.

 

As Producer and Campaign Coordinator, I led the production of The Pitch - a global live innovation platform designed to connect more than 50,000 employees across 12 countries and 7 time zones.

 

Understanding the strategic relevance and leading the creative teams across live broadcast, digital engagement and multi-platform content systems, the initiative was produced and delivered over three consecutive seasons and positioned as a core expression of DSM’s innovation culture.

 

The platform enabled employees to present ideas directly to senior leadership and independent judging panels, with winning concepts receiving recognition and investment.

Impact

  • Connected upto 50,000+ employees through a shared global experience

  • Produced a scalable internal engagement platform adopted across multiple seasons

  • Increased visibility of innovation initiatives across the organisation

  • Produced and generated long-tail content and ongoing internal communications value

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Galvano

100 year old brand transformation

To mark its 100th anniversary, Galvano engaged me to advise on the strategic value of a brand transformation to produce long-term relevance and growth.

 

Following leadership workshops, I produced the full brand transformation from concept through to implementation, modernising the identity while preserving its heritage.

 

I directed the production of strategic and creative solutions across all brand touch points, ensuring a unified and future-facing system.

Impact

  • Produced a modernised brand system aligned to long-term growth strategy

  • Strengthened internal and external brand alignment

  • Improved market perception and brand clarity

  • Positioned the business for continued commercial success

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BASF Nunhems

Global Behavioural Change

Campaign Food Consumption & Health

Join the movement today,

for a healthier tomorrow.

In response to the global need to reduce consumption and improve public health outcomes, I produced a behaviour-led strategic platform designed to unite brands and audiences around responsible food systems.

 

As the production team leader, I produced and positioned the initiative as a movement rather than a campaign, grounded in behavioural insight and designed to influence attitudes and actions across the food production chain.

 

I led and produced the full implementation across live events, publications, brand storytelling and digital channels.

Impact

  • 8,000 visitors engaged at live expo activation

  • 15,000+ digital views through influencer and blog coverage

  • Production adopted internationally as a benchmark framework

  • Continued use and activation across global initiatives

  • Contributed to increased global seed sales linked to awareness and adoption

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Scherp Online

Brand Positioning & Identity Transformation

Connecting Worlds

Scherp Online, a fast-growing B2B digital services provider, required a stronger and more distinctive market position to support commercial growth.

 

I produced the full end-to-end rebrand, defining a clear narrative framework and translating it into a complete identity system. I also produced the entire rollout across internal and external communications to ensure consistency and adoption.

 

The work repositioned the business with a sharper, more credible market presence aligned to its ambition and growth trajectory.

Impact external

  • Defined a clear and differentiated market positioning

  • Strengthened credibility in B2B sales and client engagement

  • Stronger foundation for sales and marketing
    conversations across key accounts

  • Enhanced perception of credibility and maturity in pitch situations

Impact internal

  • Clearer internal alignment around brand purpose, tone, and positioning

  • Increased confidence in how the business presents itself externally

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Holmak​

Brand Repositioning &

Market Leadership Strategy

Healthier Environments, Happier People

Holmak, a manufacturer of air-to-air heat exchangers, required a clearer and more competitive market position to support growth and leadership ambitions.

 

I led the production throughout the programme of strategic repositioning and creative direction, working directly with ownership and senior stakeholders to define a stronger market narrative. I guided cross-functional teams through the transformation, aligning internal understanding with external positioning.

 

The work repositioned Holmak as a more clearly defined category leader with a stronger innovation narrative.

Impact

  • Organisation-wide adoption of the new brand proposition

  • Strengthened positioning as a leading European player in its category

  • Supported growth through new client acquisition

  • Established a clearer and more differentiated market identity

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ALFA Bier

Brand Strategy & Market Expansion

True to ourselves

Alfa Bier is a fourth-generation family-owned brewery with strong regional loyalty in Limburg but limited visibility across the wider Dutch market.

 

For almost a decade, I produced all items required, including films, events, marketing materials, animations, social content, websites, product rebranding and launches. I was responsible for the brand’s long-term positioning, creative direction and market expansion concepts through perfectly produced materials.

 

I led the whole production of repositioning the brand to balance heritage with modern relevance, developing a refreshed identity and communication platform applied across packaging, campaigns, product launches, events and experiential touch points. 

 

mpact

  • Increased national brand awareness across the Netherlands

  • Helped secure distribution in leading supermarket chains and new retail channels

  • Strengthened market share while maintaining regional loyalty

  • Produced a refreshed brand identity and packaging system

  • Supported sustained commercial growth and improved category positioning

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Swissflex

Brand Strategy & Market Expansion

The Bed of Your Dreams

A premium Swiss sleep brand, Swissflex needed a clear emotional positioning beyond product features.

 

I led the production, strategic direction and creative execution for over four years, developing the brand idea and bringing it to life - through perfect production - across campaigns, in-store design, promotions, branding, and social media.

 

The result was a consistent brand world built around comfort, precision, and better sleep - positioning Swissflex as more than a bed, but as the foundation of rest.

Impact

  • Produced social media films with over 3.6 million views

  • Produced all materials for campaigns including digital, photography and animation

  • Produced all in-store merchandise and sales support materials

  • 151% return on investment (ROI)

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Mercedes Benz China

Building a global success story

The Best or Nothing

Originally brought into BBDO Beijing to help pitch and win the Mercedes-Benz and smart account, what began as a temporary assignment evolved into a three-year leadership role running a creative production department of more than 50 people.

 

Working at the centre of one of the world’s fastest-growing automotive markets, the focus was on producing culturally relevant campaigns that combined global brand standards with local market understanding within a complex organisation, while managing multiple conflicting stakeholder issues.

Impact

  • Helped support Mercedes-Benz China’s growth into the brand’s largest global sales market within one year

  • Produced multiple award-winning campaigns recognised locally and internationally

  • Expanded the creative department from a three-person pitch team to more than 50 full-time creatives in order to meet production requirements

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