Projects & Cases

The projects below highlight my soft-skills in Facilitation, Leadership, Critical Thinking and Community Building.
In addition, I present my experience in (Service) Design, Usability, Branding and most recently Organisational Development
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Facilitation

Organisational Development
@Loop Earplugs

Together with the "Mischief Makers" Facilitation Team, I planned & delivered a 3-day experience for employees of Loop Earplugs to connect, disassemble, and reassemble their organisation for 2025 and the future.
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Facilitation

Organisational Development
@Bitvavo

Together with the "Mischief Makers" Facilitation Team, I delivered a 1-day experience for employees of Bitvavo to reflect, connect and lay the foundation for their next chapter at Vavofest 24'
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A presentation image showcasing an App design screen on an Iphone SE. The app was designed for Zurich Insurance.
UX / UI

Employee Parksharing App

Internal Parksharing system design at Zurich Insurance - A swiss multinational in Germany
Jim Ekanem helping a group of people during a large workshop
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Workshop Design

Designing a UX-Career Workshop

How I led my team to design a Workshop for 40 UX Designers at Ladies-That-UX Utrecht in 2023
Case Study
Icon visualisations of the three steps that went into the Trifacta Wrangler Usability Research Project. 1. Academic research. 2. Usability Testing. 3. Problem Analysis.
UX Research

Usability Evaluation & Research

10 Usability Tests and prioritised Usability Problem Classification using Don Norman's 7 Stages of Action as a theoretical framework
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Facilitation

Teambuilding & Connection
@The Dutch Ministry

I supported the teambuilding facilitator 'Dorchess De Koning', with facilitating 2 teambuilding sessions at the Dutch Ministry. In these fully dutch-speaking, half-day workshops, I helped the teams brainstrom & structure knowledge as well as stay engaged with the energizing activities that I facilitated.
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Faciilitation

Helping Coworkers @The Social Hub
Brainstorm, Connect & Energize

From 2024 throughout 2025, I give regular workshops for coworkers and students at The Social Hub Amsterdam. The aim of my various session formats is to help them stay connected, and solve their business / study problems in collaboration in-spite of their different roles and fields of practice.
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UX /UI

Designing InspectT's Digital Presence

Webdesign, logo, fonts, color palette, and a compelling brand book for this Amsterdam-based startup
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Branding

Designing Nano Hybrids Digital Presence

Web-Usability fixes, fonts, color palette, and a compelling brand book for this Amsterdam-based startup
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UX /UI

Designing Madglove's Digital Presence

Webdesign, new fonts, color palette , and matching Social Media Tempates for the 'Phillips Innovation Award'-Finalist of 2024
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Leadership

Moving Zwolle's Students
@Young Impact Takeover 24'

During my time as a Fitness Trainer at Bootcamp Tai Amsterdam, I was granted the opportunity to motivate and inspire a combined 800 students from Landstede MBO in Zwolle. The day was dedicated for students to develop their personality and enable a thriving future. This dutch-speaking engagement increased my skill of leading large and diverse groups.
Cover foto of Flowing Fitness NL showing Jim with workout equipment sitting in a sunny park
Community Building

How I Started A Meetup Group with Over 100 members

From giving free student workouts during Covid to branding, commercialising and managing a growing holistic fitness community in 2023.

Read more and watch the community's promo video!
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Webdesign

Designing Aseya's Website

Webdesign, custom fonts and color palette for this impact-driven sustainability consultant
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Branding & UI

Swiftletics App and Brand Design

Branding, Insta-Reels, coding a PWA, and designing the Figma UI of this App for athletes
Web Design

EcomSCS Online Presence

Web- and Branding design for this US-based supply chain company
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UI

WinWinPal Figma App

Transfer of my clients wireframes to an interactive Figma Prototype for this Accountability Partner App