Joris Zaalberg

Joris Zaalberg is currently the Head of Design at Homerun. Prior to Homerun, Joris Zaalberg was the Head of Design at TravelBird from October 2015 to December 2018. In this role, Joris Zaalberg was responsible for hiring and managing TravelBird's ~5 person design team, and for enabling that team to create a delightful digital experience for travellers. Beyond managing the team, Joris Zaalberg was also hands-on, leading and contributing to key strategic projects such as brand identity design, product vision and strategy, and certain high-impact product features.

Prior to TravelBird, Joris Zaalberg worked as an Interaction Designer II at frog from February 2011 to December 2013. In this role, Joris Zaalberg was responsible for driving design rationale towards execution and had ownership of work tracks within projects. Joris Zaalberg's work included a major Asian bank website redesign, detailed design of a multi-platform streaming video entertainment solution, concept and detailed design of a culture-specific suite of entertainment apps, and the development of a design language system and toolkit for smart hearing aid-connected mobile applications.

From April 2014 to August 2015, Joris Zaalberg served as the Design Lead at Moodj Music Technology.

Joris Zaalberg has also spent time freelancing for various clients from October 2009 to August 2015.

Zaalberg has a Master of Science (MSc) and a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Industrial Design from the Eindhoven University of Technology.

Joris Zaalberg reports to Willem van Roosmalen, CEO & Co-founder. Joris Zaalberg works with Rita Wittek - Head of People, Adelina Peltea - Chief Operating Officer, and Arkaitz Garro - Head of Engineering.