Jeroen Wijering
Creator & Co-founder
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolJeroen Wijering is the creator and co-founder of JW Player with 14 years leading product and innovation in online video, combining industrial design sensibility with deep standards expertise. As SVP Product he has shaped embeddable media experiences used worldwide and is active in IAB and W3C committees, influencing how video works across browsers and devices. He regularly presents at major conferences and contributes to mainstream and UX publications, translating technical debates into market-facing product strategy. A hands-on communicator, his GitHub contributions focus on clear, user-first documentation for JW Player—guides, troubleshooting, and release notes—reflecting a commitment to developer and customer education. Based in Eindhoven, his background from Design Academy Eindhoven gives him a unique blend of interface design and technical stewardship that informs both product direction and standards work.
14 years of coding experience
Bachelor, Man & Communication, Bachelor, Man & Communication at Design Academy EindhovenVWO, VWO at Twents Carmellyceum
English, Dutch, German, Spanish, French
Github Skills (2)
documentation10
technical-writing10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
jwplayer/jwplayer
May 2012 - Nov 2012
JW Player is the world's most popular embeddable media player.
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:85 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Jeroen's commits primarily involved adding and modifying documentation files. The contributions focused on creating guides for supported media formats, browser and device support, playlist creation, RSS feeds, RTMP streaming, and skinning. The user also provided information related to troubleshooting setup issues and presented release notes, demonstrating a focus on user education and clarity.
html5-videoandroidmedia-playervideo-playermse
jeroenwijering/demos
Mar 2015 - Mar 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 2 branches in 3 days
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