Wesley de Ridder

Head of Marketing at Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Experience

  • NBCUniversal Media, LLC (The Randstad, Netherlands)
    • Head Of Marketing
      Sep 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 10 mos

    • Senior Product Manager | Home Entertainment Benelux
      Mar 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Product Manager at Universal Pictures International Entertainment
    Mar 2015 - Feb 2017 · 2 yrs

    Responsible for managing and exploiting all childrens movies and series, television series and special interest home entertainment releases of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Contribute to the year budget forecasting process. Report directly to international head office and maintain relations with internal and external stake holders and various agencies. Create marketing plans for new Blu-ray and DVD releases and catalogue campaigns. Developing television spots, online- and print advertisements and point-of-sale materials. Responsible for the strategy and management of the social media pages. Notable succesful projects: Minions, Downton Abbey, Suits and Secret Life of Pets.

  • Universal Pictures Benelux (2 yrs 10 mos)
    • Junior Product Manager
      Mar 2014 - Feb 2015 · 1 yr

    • Marketing Assistant
      Mar 2013 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr

    • Marketing Intern
      May 2012 - Feb 2013 · 10 mos

  • Database Publisher at Kluwer
    Jul 2010 - Aug 2010 · 2 mos

    Adding and editing information stored in the database

  • Online Marketing Intern at Fopshop
    May 2010 - Jun 2010 · 2 mos

    The main goal of my internship was to write a report on ways the webshop could achieve a better conversion rate.