Creative Criminals

Mr. Penguin represents Rindert Dalstra. He is 28 years old and was born in The Netherlands but has been living in Belgium for quite a while now.

Rindert has done his internship at Mortierbrigade, one of the most creative advertising agencies in Belgium. This is where his passion for advertising started. in 2010 Rindert participated in the The Farm by Proximity BBDO. Besides a passion for advertising, Rindert likes to travel. Sofar he has lived in Spain, The Netherlands, Belgium, The United States, Finland & United Kingdom.

His favourite advertisements are those that have a genius touch to a very simple idea. AA New York – Sydney is one of those.

Rindert is currently working as a digital strategic planner at advertising agency TBWA\Agency.com.

The Ninja Monkey represents Bert Callens. He is 24 years old and lives in Brussels. Together with his partner in crime Rindert (Mr. Pinguin) Bert finished his Masters in Marketing at Coventry University, UK. In his last year he investigated the power of ambient and guerrilla campaigns for sport clubs, which was quite refreshing for several sport clubs.

Bert has worked for a while at Boondoggle, a Belgian advertising agency specialized in Interactive Communications. During his workplacement in this agency his love for advertising became stronger and stronger.

He especially likes short videos with a story in it. His favourite commercials are “Little hands” from Herringbone, “Running with James Jarvis”, “Philips Short Film”, and “Deaf girl playing Violin” from Pantene.

Currently he’s looking for a job in the Marketing & Advertising business where he wants to prove himself. You have not seen the best of him yet..

The Crazy Meerkat is in real life known as Sander Janssen. He is 23 years old and lives in the Eastern part of Belgium. Together with Bert and Rindert he finished his studies in marketing 2 years ago. Right now he is completing his Master of Business Administration in Brussels, combining it with one extra year of studying at the University of Leuven.

Sander is passionate about music, movies and art. Combine this with his love for travelling and you get a person who experiences life to the fullest.

According to him the philosophy behind an advertising campaign is very important. He really likes the kind of ads that represent a lifestyle. His all time favourite campaign is ‘Think different’ for Apple launched in the late 90’s.