Martin Kloos

Current

• CEO & Founder at Hamsterwoede

Past

• Lecturer at Hanzehogeschool Groningen
• Copywriter / interaction designer at Funda
• Producer/developer multimedia at BNN

• Website editor at Omroep.nl
• Content developer/creator at BNN

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Martin Kloos’s Summary

Practical solutions by creative thinking and research

Martin Kloos’s Specialties:

Concept development, Interaction Design, Copywriting, Multimedia development, Sound Design, Viral Communication, Multi User Environments, Cross Media, Online Marketing, Games

Martin Kloos’s Experience

• CEO & Founder

  Hamsterwoede

  (Online Media industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 10 months)

  Hamsterwoede (formerly known as 'Hamu Tekst') is my one man company specialising in creating and developing new media content and technologies side by side. Combining multimedia and writing skills with know-how of technology and usability I have been blessed with such great clients as: funda, 72dpi, Ambrero and Cyso Managed Hosting.
  
  In the past I have created interactive (web)video presentations, concept demos and interaction (re)design for several websites as well as copywriting/translating. These days the company's major goal is cooperating in small-sized projects in the field of art, technology and commerce.

• Lecturer

  Hanzehogeschool Groningen

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  December 2005 — January 2009 (3 years 2 months)

  Master's level lecturer in the field of interactive communicationtechnology. Specialist in interaction design, user experience, storytelling, viral marketing, audio and copywriting for digital media.

• Copywriter / interaction designer

  Funda

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)

  October 2004 — April 2005 (7 months)

  Copywriter and interaction designer for funda's websites: funda.nl, fundadesign.nl and fundainbusiness.nl. Specialised in creating texts designed especially to enhance usability throughout the website. Played an active role in combining user interaction, commercial goals, exploring technical possibilities (eg. interactive texts) and a pleasing design.

• Producer/developer multimedia

  BNN

  (Public Company; Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2004 — November 2004 (11 months)

  Developed and produced the 'BNN weblogs', as well as the broadband multimedial website 'BNN.nl XXL'. Played a key role in developing and expanding the existing 'BNN community', combining viral marketing, digital user platforms and personalised webspaces.

• Website editor

  Omroep.nl

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Online Media industry)

  May 2003 — October 2003 (6 months)

  Writer and editor for the website omroep.nl, a web portal for all Dutch public broadcasters' websites. Actively involved in user interaction design and developing user guides to new emerging technologies such as sms, wap and rss-feeds.

• Content developer/creator

  BNN

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  February 2002 — February 2003 (1 year 1 month)

  Content developer/creator at public broadcaster BNN combining the creative side and the technical aspects of digital media production. Actively involved in developing a userfriendly mediaworkflow of at the backend of several systems, including: Digital Television, Internet and Streaming Solutions.