Quinten De Graaf

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DISC Type : ci

Senior Designer at EK Retail

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Overview

Quinten de Graaf is a Senior Designer at EK Retail with a background in brand strategy, graphic design, and photography. Also a freelance designer, he previously worked at Peakfor and studied at roc van twente. Colleagues describe him as a hard-working and quick designer who produces great quality work.

Based in Utrecht, Quinten is passionate about brand storytelling and finding the human emotion behind data. He actively pursues professional development through intensive training and shows an interest in local community events. He believes brands, like people, need a unique character to be memorable.

Unique fact: He has written about the essential “metaskills” that creative professionals possess which artificial intelligence can never replicate.

Personality Overview

Curious

Assertive

Example Seeker

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Topics They Care About

Brand Personality
Believes strong brands must have a distinct character and helps companies discover and express what makes them unique, going beyond generic strategies.
Emotional Data
He explores how to find the human behavior and emotion hidden within data to inform more effective brand strategies.
AI in Creative Fields
Writes about the strategic skills that humans will always have over AI, highlighting the importance of irreplaceable human talent in the creative industry.

Media Appearances

Quinten has no verified media appearances

Work History

8-2025
Senior Designer at EK Retail
10-2018
Freelance grafisch ontwerper at Luquid
10-2015
Graphic Designer at Luquid
3-2021 - 8-2025
Graphic Designer at Peakfort
3-2021 - 8-2025
Ontwerper at Peakfort

Education

2013 - 2016
MBO from roc van twente

More Information

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Prographics :

Exp : 10 Location : Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands Job Level : Middle Designation : Senior Designer at EK Retail
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Insights For Selling To Quinten

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals
  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Quinten is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Quinten

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Quinten move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Quinten take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Quinten

Personality Compatibility


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