Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details
Name: Steven van Lijnden
City :
E-mail: svanlijnden@gmail.com
Birth
date:
Nationality: Dutch
Education
2007 Nima
Marketing A Certificate
2006 Copy
Editor Certificate - VOB/Boekacademie
1995 - 2001 Doctoral Cultural
Studies: Publicistiek (Senior-study) -
Thesis:
Between Brainwashing and Wallpaper -
Opinions about the (in)effectiveness of commercials
Final Thesis: No accounting for taste? – researching a
possible systematic difference in judging movies, comparing film critics and
the general audience
Traineeship:
HP/De Tijd (eight publications,
about: role-playing, repeat-offenders, DVD, upcoming Dutch movie-directors and grinding, among others.
Responsibilities:
gathering information with the help of all available media, interviewing (by
phone or face-to-face), editing the article - together with the chief editor -
and helping other editors with research.
1995 Propedeuse
Neerlandistiek – University of Amsterdam
1994 Graduated - Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem
Editorial Experience/
Publications
Several
of these articles can be found through this link.
Feb
2008 - now Reviews for
Blogcritics.org
Sept
2007 - Oct 2007 Copywriting
assignment (webcopy) for Tribal DDB (advertising agency)
April
2007- now Lifestyle
articles for Gay & Night (bilingual)
July
2003 - now Copywriting
for the ABC Newsletter
(for The
August
2005 - dec 2005 Book reviews for the Gay Krant
October
2002 Test
assignments for VIPZ
Responsibilities:
desk-editor/translator at celebrity-magazine (theoretical, signed contract but
magazine sank before I officially started)
Dec
2001 Reviews
and News for Filmfocus (filmsite)
Dec
1999 - oct 2001 Programming
& P.R. for Weekly Movie Classic
(for movie theater Kriterion)
Dec 1997 - oct 2001 Copywriter Maandfolder Kriterion
(for
Kriterion)
Dec
1997 - march 1998 P.R. movie festival
DOOMED in the Future Society
(for Kriterion)
Feb
& apr 1998 Some
Reviews for Movie(s) (film magazine)
1997 & 1998 Editor for ITs
– The Festival Daily (also
published English articles)
1997
Several short stories
published in Vreemde Verhalen (Odd Stories)
(Magazine for ‘Glossy Pulp’)
1996 Editor
and illustrator for Cultus
(Cultural Student-magazine)
1995 - 1996 Lay-out CS-Bulletin
(Information magazine for Cultural Studies)
1995 - 1998 Cartoon
Igor de Bozo published in De Stripper
Work Experience
June
2002 – now
Primary language: English.
Coordinator
Special Orders Department
Responsibilities:
handling Specials. Customer care. Invoicing and crediting. Delegating daily
tasks.
Logistics Department
Bookseller
Jan
- apr 2002 Receptionist
Production Office Cirque du Soleil
Primary language: English.
Dec
1997 - nov 2001 Employee Film
Theater/Café Kriterion
Programmer for the weekly
presentation of a classic movie
Responsibilities:
tracking down suitable movies, booking, writing press-releases and faxing them
to the media.
Barkeeper/Cashier
(on average 16 hours per week)
Contributor to the Filmquiz
Trusted representative for Kriterion
Responsibilities:
anonymously passing on complaints, questions and suggestions from others to the
management.
1996
1995 - 1997 Member of the Board
at Maecenas
(Student body of Cultural Studies)
Computer Skills: Word/Office,
AccountView, FlashBack, DreamWeaver (beginner), Passe Partout, Adobe Creative
I have a driver’s licence.