BART JACQ | DESIGNER | OCTOPUS GROUP, MARKETING SERVICES
When he’s not busy championing the virtue of good design,
Bart’s cheering on his Portuguese side to victory – Oh.
Wait. (sorry Bart – Ed.) Make time for us on thesauce@
weareoctopusgroup.net
EXPLAIN YOUR JOB ROLE IN 50 WORDS
OR LESS...
My role consists in conceptualising and
developing visual ideas, translating them
into pieces of graphic communication. I do
that by manipulating words and images,
whilst taking in consideration factors such
as the channel my work will be distributed
into, the audience I am designing for,
production costs, whom will sign the work
off, and a few other things.
WHAT’S YOUR BEST CAREER ADVICE?
Love what you do or do something else?
Constantly remember that life is
extremely short.
WHAT’S YOUR PROUDEST GROUP
MOMENT TO DATE?
One day I was having dinner with a group
of friends and some of their friends. At one
moment I was talking to this lady and we
were discussing tech, when I mentioned
that I worked for this company called
Octopus Group. Her eyes popped-out
in surprise and said, “oh really, you work
for Octopus!?”. I shouldn’t have been so
surprised, perhaps, but I felt very proud
there and then. But further than that - this
is probably the moment to express it
publicly – I am very proud/excited to be
part of the group at the stage we are now
and I am sure we will come out at the end
of our plan as a very, very strong content
marketing player.
IF YOU WEREN’T DOING WHATEVER YOU DO
NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE DOING?
I really feel like saying I would be doing
exactly the same, but I cannot say that
I suppose. So, I would probably be
more involved with education, which I
believe to be one of the most important
industries out there. I would be making
sure that my time and effort results in
the empowerment of fellow Humans,
regardless of their social status, age, or
availability to pay for access to knowledge.
TELL US ONE THING THAT WE MIGHT NOT
KNOW ABOUT BART JACQ...
When I was 18 I travelled for half a year
here in Europe and North Africa on my
own, with very little money, no phone,
no facebook, no plan, no route. It
was fantastic.
FINISH THIS SENTENCE: THE WORLD WOULD BE
A BETTER PLACE IF...
I think the world is becoming a better
place at an exponential rate, and I say this
in the sense that the individual, the voter,
the employee, the little guy (basically) has
now a wider range of tools and channels
to defend his rights / expose his problems
/ share his projects. So, probably (and I
am surprised myself with this answer),
the world would be a better place if all
Humans had access to the Internet and
social media.
FINAL THOUGHT: FANTASY WORLD CUP FINAL
MATCH UP?
It’s the final game of the tournament.
Portugal and Argentina are playing
against each other. The score is 2-2 and
we are nearly reaching extra time when
Ronaldo grabs the ball in the midfield,
dribbles past 2, 3, 4 players before he
accelerates towards the goal facing only
the goalkeeper. Almost as if the world has
gone into slow motion, you see Ronaldo
preparing to shoot, his leg is up, the
whole body is well balanced, his boot is
now about to hit the ball, the slow motion
effect goes away, the ball leaves his feet,
dammmmn it’s going fast, you blink, and
booooooom, Portugal are Worrrrrrrrld
Champioooooons!