Digital Innovation guy at P302
China
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- Chief Technology Officer at P302
- Past
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- Chief Technology Officer at Linkool Labs
- Head of Digital Marketing at RMG Connect
- Director, Digital Innovation at OgilvyOne
- Entrepreneur at GSProvider
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Thijs Jacobs’s Summary
Thijs Jacobs is a Beijing-based Dutchman and serial entrepreneur. After earning the title of "the Netherlands' youngest self-starting entrepreneur" for launching his own consulting firm at the age of 15 -- a firm that claimed, among its clients, both the Dutch government and numerous small businesses -- he found his way to China, where he served as Director, Digital Innovation, for OgilvyOne China. There, he was responsible for designing innovative solutions for Ogilvy's biggest clients, and spearheaded the development of OgilvyOne's Digital Innovation Lab. After leaving Ogilvy, Thijs joined start-up Linkool Labs as its Chief Technology Officer, where he helped launch Juice, an intelligent discovery engine which was the first Firefox plug-in to be pre-installed in any release of the popular browser. At Linkool, Thijs led a Chinese engineering team that broke many of the stereotypes about the Chinese Internet industry, creating original, highly innovative Internet applications aimed at both Western and local markets.
Thijs Jacobs’s Specialties:
innovation, technology, digital marketing, user experience design, usability, accessibility, interactive, product management
Thijs Jacobs’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
P302
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
August 2009 — Present (5 months)
Co-founder & CTO at an exciting new startup.
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Chief Technology Officer
Linkool Labs
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
June 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 2 months)
Responsible for designing Linkool Labs' products, driving product innovation and managing the Chinese engineering team. Linkool Labs' main product Juice, an intelligent discovery engine, was the first Firefox plug-in to be pre-installed in any release of the popular browser. Linkool Labs has been acquired by Mozilla (China).
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Head of Digital Marketing
RMG Connect
(Public Company; WPPGY; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2008 — June 2008 (2 months)
Temporarily filled the position of Digital Lead at the Beijing office, servicing the agency's biggest clients, HP and Nokia.
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Director, Digital Innovation
OgilvyOne
(Privately Held; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — May 2008 (1 year )
Spearheaded the conceptualization and development of OgilvyOne’s Digital Innovation Lab in Beijing. The Lab was created to drive client adoption in the area of digital innovation, further improve Ogilvy’s digital thought-leadership reputation, explore new business models and encourage innovation within Ogilvy. As the agency's Digital Lead; developed innovative digital marketing solutions for OgilvyOne’s major clients, including adidas, Nestlé, Motorola and Lenovo.
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Entrepreneur
GSProvider
(Internet industry)
September 1998 — June 2007 (8 years 10 months)
Established GSProvider at the age of 15, earning the title of "the Netherlands’ youngest self-starting entrepreneur", after winning multiple awards in the international ThinkQuest competition. The firm, being one of the first certified accessibility & usability experts in the Netherlands, provided IT & Digital Marketing services to the Dutch government and numerous small businesses.
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Thijs Jacobs’s Honors:
Awards include Gold, Silver and Bronze at Times Asia Pacific Advertising Awards, Media Spikes, One Show Awards, Longxi Awards, AWARD Awards, Hongkong 4A, China 4A, WPPED Cream Awards for (among others) Best Digital Innovation, Digital Campaign, Integrated Branding Campaign, Best Website and Best Gaming.
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