About me
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?
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