Meet Thomas, Managing Director
Cartoonbase
Thomas co-founded Cartoonbase in 2017 and is now Managing Director. He previously worked for Rocket Internet as a Business Analyst and studied business engineering as well as philosophy. Thomas knows how to lead a dedicated team and perform under short deadlines, enabling each team member to develop their full potential. Quick and witty, Thomas is an expert in simplifying complex topics.
Louise has been with Cartoonbase since 2018. As a senior project manager, she ensures a regular and clear exchange at each stage of the creation process. She likes to challenge her team members to always go the extra mile and exceed customer expectations.
body Alix has been working at Cartoonbase for two years now. Her creative mind, finds inspiration in everything she sees and hears on her way. She always manages to find the needed twist to transform complex and boring content into an exciting and unforgettable story.
Jérôme has been with cartoonbase since 2019. Being a multipotential with a rich culture allows him to take side paths and give projects an original and inventive touch, without ever affecting his rigour and the love of a job well done.
Alice has joined Cartoonbase in 2021. Enriched by her experience in marketing at
L’Oréal and in a tech start-up, she is in charge of the Marketing Director role. She thus
defines the marketing strategy to be adopted, leads the team and monitors the right
implementation of the strategy. Innovative and inquisitive, she loves to build content that resonates the best with the audience.
Hugues has been working at Cartoonbase since 2021. As an outstanding animator, he can
bring frozen images to life while subtly capturing the attention of his audience. His team
spirit makes him a great collaborator: a good listener and eager to learn, he always manages
to create a caring atmosphere that stimulates everyone’s creativity.
Julie has been managing Cartoonbase France since 2021. Her interpersonal skills and far-
sighted vision allow her to create long-lasting relationships with our current clients and to
strengthen Cartoonbase’s reputation and presence on the French market. Serious and jovial,
she loves to find the right balance between humor and professionalism.
Presentation
In 2017, Luc de Brabandere, Martin Saive and Thomas Doutrepont, the three co-founders of Cartoonbase, had a eureka moment. They realised that there was an amazingly simple way for organisations to clarify and communicate on increasingly complex topics. It had existed for millennia, yet was largely underused: illustration.
So they built a solution that would allow organisations large and small to leverage the power of illustrations and visual thinking: simplifying complex topics; ensuring inclusivity of messages; sharing a wide variety of emotions; producing content that can easily be adapted for different audiences, channels and usages; and much more. This solution is cartoonbase.
Cartoonbase is an atypical place where illustrators, creative writers, graphic designers and video artists collaborate with business consultants, strategists, philosophers and even historians to create smart and educational visual aids for organisations all around the world.
Today, more than 30 cartoonbasers in three different locations (Brussels, Lausanne and Paris) join forces to offer videos, branding services, infographics, social media campaigns, creative workshops and live drawing services to more than 200 clients.
What they are looking for
Cartoonbase is looking for ambitious, independant and ultra-creative people to help them achieve their mission to become a global reference for organisations that wish to make complexity accessible to the largest number.
The company is driven by three core values:
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Caring. Collaboration - be it with colleagues, clients or suppliers - is the cornerstone of work. Rule number 1 is to do whatever possible to help collaborators succeed.
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Professionalism. Having a lot of fun and experiencing every day the awe of creation goes hand in hand with the highest standards of quality and service.
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Humour. Laughing once in a while diminishes stress, increases the bond with our peers, encourages creativity and doesn’t harm productivity. Cartoonbasers are all quite funny chaps… in their very own way.
Good to know
Cartoonbase was first launched in… 2000, with a flawed business model (stock cartoons for organisations) but the same beliefs it stands for today.
The team shares breakfast every Friday, numerous afterwork drinks, and a corporate outing once per year.
Conversation topics are rather varied: table football tactics, mario-kart cheats, unsolved crimes, arts and literature, cats, legos, birdwatching, ceramic, outdoor sports, old cartoonbase stories, gardening, you name it