The Personal Thesis team

Personal Thesis has a team of enthusiastic, experienced designers who understand what you are looking for. They are supported by the core team. From the core team, we provide our designers with all the necessary guidance, training, and support. In this way, we can offer our customers the best service and quality.

As a team, we share our knowledge with each other after designing hundreds of dissertations. This way, we learn from each other’s experiences and become stronger as a team. Each designer is trained internally by us in the field of dissertations. We would love to introduce our core team and all our designers to you!

The core team of Personal Thesis

Saskia Mastenbroek

Coordinator & marketing

As a coordinator, I manage the processes within Personal Thesis and work on increasing our visibility in the world of PhD candidates. If you have questions, need advice, or encounter any issues, feel free to send me a message or email! Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, or playing a game of padel.

Jacolijn de Krom

Coordinator & designer

Within Personal Thesis, I coordinate tasks together with Saskia, handle various behind-the-scenes activities, manage the recruitment process, and occasionally take on some design work. I live with my two daughters in North Brabant, where I love spending my free time with my family, friends, and dog!

Eduard Boxem

Internal trainer & designer

I am a designer and internal trainer at Personal Thesis. I ensure that all the knowledge and experience within Personal Thesis is shared with our designers. But I also still enjoy designing myself. When I am not designing, I love watching movies and binge-watching series.

Timo Kamp

Technical coordinator & designer

As a technical coordinator, I oversee our platform for designers, clients, and printers, ensuring that new insights are effectively shared within our organization. Additionally, I find creative fulfillment in design work – I have a passion for typography that I love applying to science!

Marilou Maes

Cover expert & designer

In addition to being a designer at Personal Thesis, I am the go-to person for designers who need advice on creating (premium) covers. I quickly see what a design needs and can help the designer refine it. Besides dissertations, I design escape room games for home and perform in a theater group.

Ninke van Wiggen

Designer

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Matthijs Ariëns

Co-founder

I am responsible for all process optimizations within Personal Thesis. I work on new functionalities for our platform and strive to make processes run as smoothly as possible both internally and externally. I also handle all HR matters. Besides being an entrepreneur, I am also a father, handyman, and motorcyclist.

Robbert de Vries

Co-founder

My responsibility lies in developing additional functionalities and automations within our design program: InDesign. This allows us to spend more time focusing on the details. In my free time, I enjoy walking with my dog Ziggy, who also serves as a loyal member of the core team on office days.