1. FRANS
DIJCKMEESTER
Junior Strategic designer
DETAILS
fransdijckmeester@gmail.com
06 41571092
PROFILE
I am a strategic designer with a special interest and experience in the energy sector, mainly doing customer
centric innovation. My areas of expertise are design research and service design. My ambition is to deepen
my knowledge about the energy transition and to design new services that have a positive impact on the
environment.
EDUCATION
MSc Strategic Product Design, Delft University of Technology, Delft
FEBRUARY 2018 — SEPTEMBER 2020
Thesis subject: Collaborating with Communities - A Stedin service enabling local energy communities to
become their own electricity supplier. (9/10)
During this project I improved my qualitative research, service design, stakeholder management and
prototyping skills. I also gained valuable knowledge and insights about the energy system for residential
users. The final design is implemented by the client and can be seen at www.stedin.net/lef.
BSc Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft
SEPTEMBER 2013 — NOVEMBER 2017
Electives: Software, design visualization
Vwo NT & NG, Karel de Grote College, Nijmegen
SEPTEMBER 2007 — MAY 2013
Electives: Biology, Arts and Culture - drama
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Freelance service designer, f-company, Rotterdam
SEPTEMBER 2019 — PRESENT
• Researching what the barriers are to the adoption of Local Energy Communities (LEC) by 'ecosystem
members' (Grid operators, contractors, local governments, etc.)
• Designing an e-learning series on how to form your own LEC as a neighborhood for Stedin
Strategic designer, Crownstone, Rotterdam
APRIL 2018 — FEBRUARY 2019
• Performing various design jobs, including: packaging design, branding, marketing, customer
segmentation
• Assisting financial controller with bookkeeping and making quarterly reports
2. SKILLS
Creativity and Innovation
Creative Facilitation
UX design & prototyping
Project Management
Analytical Thinking Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Service design
Product and service strategy
INTERNSHIPS
Junior service designer, Livework, Rotterdam
SEPTEMBER 2019 — FEBRUARY 2020
• Working on various design projects on a junior level. Clients I worked forwere: municipality of Rotterdam,
ING, Klarna, Laurens elderly care.
• Gained experience in various research and synthesis methods, co-creation, giving service design training,
new proposition development, project management, stakeholder management and visualization.
In-house Design team, RAI, Amsterdam
FEBRUARY 2019 — JULY 2019
• Group internship exploring how Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality can facilitate matchmaking at
tradeshows.
• Gained experience in virtual reality, digital prototyping, service design and more 'technology driven'
innovation.
MINORS
Sailing yacht design, Faculty of maritime engineering TU Delft, Delft
FEBRUARY 2017 — JULY 2017
Courses: Areodynamics of SY, Hydrodynamics of SY, SY Design, Model making
Study abroad, KAIST, Daejeon (South-Korea)
AUGUST 2015 — JANUARY 2016
Courses: Introduction to python, Big data and web systems, Interaction design, Korean for beginners
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Founder, Foundation Mono Collectief, Delft
NOVEMBER 2015 — FEBRUARY 2020
Founder of a yearly non for profit music and arts festival in Delft.
• Coordinated around 50 volunteers at our pre-corona peak
• Creating and curating the physical festival experience
• Designing the stage and location, arranging exhibitions
Various committee work at study association i.d.
SEPTEMBER 2013 — JULY 2015
Study trip Munich (chairman), Bar committee i.d-Kafee (events)
3. HOBBIES
I love to spend my free time on: sailing (competitively), running, cycling, travelling, electronic music and the
occasional festival.
LANGUAGES
Dutch
French
English
LINKS
LinkedIn Portfolio website
REFERENCES
Bart Smakman from Stedin Netbeheer
bart.smakman@Stedin.net | +31 6 43 27 58 50
Jelte Timmer from Livework Studio
jelte@liveworkstudio.com
