Summary
Gilles Vandenoostende is a multidisciplinary design and creative technology owner with 14 years of experience crafting interactive web, XR/VR, mobile and game-based solutions from concept to production. As founder of Lions Tigers and Bears he blends game design techniques with practical product design to deliver installations, apps and branded experiences for clients and collaborators. His background spans advertising agencies and in-house studios where he served as lead game designer and creative technologist, giving him fluency in both fast-turn digital projects and longer-form immersive development. Comfortable working solo or alongside designers, developers and managers, he moves between roles from high-level creative consultation to hands-on production. Notably, he applies gaming technology to real-world business problems—a perspective that often yields unexpected, engagement-driven solutions. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he combines illustration, motion graphics and UI craft with a pragmatic focus on deliverables.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Multimedia & Communicatie Technologie, Bachelor, Multimedia & Communicatie Technologie at HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen
Sint Lievens College
English, Dutch, French