Laurens Booij

Passionate about product development

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Laurens Booij

Passionate about product development / Aspiring Product Manager

An important phase of my life in which I’ve spent my time working, studying, growing my skillset, developing my personality, discovering my interests and much more, has culminated in me graduating my Master's degree earlier this year. I am proud to say that I have been awarded the distinction of graduating Cum Laude.

24 years old

Amsterdam

Ambitions

Over the last years I have made a dedicated effort to develop and apply various different skills, ranging across frontend development, design, content creation, video animation and project management. This helped me realise that the role of Product Manager is one in which I will be able to fully show my potential and thrive.

Now, I understand that roles as a Product Manager are hard to come by and often need growing into. Luckily I enjoy Product Design and Frontend Development a lot too, and I have made a dedicated effort over the last years to develop my skills in both of these fields. I did this by working for companies, doing internships, and starting my own ventures.

I am ready and excited to work in order to grow and achieve my ambition of becoming a Product Manager. I have a passion for creating products that add value to the lives of people, and create a positive impact in the world.

Values

I see my personal values as the cornerstones of my personality. While I have developed a lot over the past years, my core values have mostly remained the same.

Some character traits that I value in myself and others are:

  • Integrity
  • Empathy
  • Clear communication
  • Ambition / hard work
  • Having a growth mindset

My skillset

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I find it hard to claim that I’m “good” at something, since there is always room for improvement. However, among the skills I possess there are some things that I think I’m better at than other things. I have therefore accompanied the skills that I have listed below with an indication of my relative assessment. These assessments can be one of the following:

Basic knowledge / skills

Advanced knowledge / skills

One of my strong points

Frontend Development

Tools: Visual Studio Code, Git, CLI, React.js, Next.js

HTML / CSS

Javascript

React.js

Next.js

Typescript

Design skills

Tools: Figma, Illustrator, After Effects + more

UX Design

UI Design

Knowledge of persuasive principles

Design for social media

e.g. templates, animated content

Print design

Video animation

Project management

Tools: Jira, Asana

Leadership

Experience in leadership roles, taking initiative

Interpersonal communication

Empathy, alignment, preventing miscommunication

SCRUM / Agile

Connecting project goals to business goals

Languages

Dutch

Native

English

Bilingual proficiency

German

Basic working proficiency

Spanish

Basic proficiency

Curious about my experience and education?

Take a look at my resume

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