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
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.
The designers of Personal Thesis
Anke Muijsers
designer
Anna Bleeker
designer
Bart Roelofs
designer
Britt de Kroon
designer
Celia Leijten
designer
Dagmar van Schaik
designer
Dagmar Versmoren
designer
Erwin Timmerman
designer
Froukje Frijlink
designer
Hans Schaapherder
designer
Harma Makken
designer
Heike Renée de Wit
designer
Henry Smaal
designer
Indah Hijmans
designer
Inge Hattuma
designer
Jeroen Reith
designer
Jolanda Hiddink
designer
Karin Jansen
designer
Kati Peifer
designer
Katie McGonigal
designer
Marianne Bethlehem
designer
Michele Duquesnoy
designer
Mieneke Kraaijeveld
designer
Puck Paassen
designer
Richard Guenne
designer
Robin Weijland
designer
Rowen Aker
designer
Ryanne Keja
designer
Tamara Stouten
designer
Tara Schollema
designer
Vera Savelkouls
designer
Wiebke Keck
designer
Wouter Aalberts
designer
Yasmine Medjadji
designer
What clients share about us:
Nice person, good communication, always available, but could show more of her ownRead more “”
Ik vond de samenwerking met Anna heel prettig
Alles verliep vlot, ze had een duidelijke planning die goed opgevolgd werd, de communicatie was goed, ze had goede suggesties en het eindresultaat isRead more “Ik vond de samenwerking met Anna heel prettig”
Great at her work!
Marilou was very friendly and available to hear and work on my idea. So with back and forth communication we finished the design [of the cover] in oneRead more “Great at her work!”
