Raymond Mens
Public Relations Specialist
Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolRaymond Mens is a seasoned public relations specialist and multimedia creator based in Haarlem with 11 years of experience helping organizations shape influential narratives across books, podcasts, theatre and media campaigns. He blends political and communications expertise—developed as a reporter, broadcast journalist and head of communications for a major Dutch party—with corporate PR leadership at Amazon Ring and strategic advisory work at his consultancy Mensenwerk. As an author and keynote speaker he translates complex U.S. political dynamics into compelling stories, and his books on Trumpism and FOX News demonstrate a deep investigative bent. Raymond also brings hands-on tech curiosity to his media craft, tinkering with WordPress, Docker, ffmpeg and Raspberry Pi to produce and optimize digital content. Colleagues rely on him for media training, soundboarding and data-informed messaging strategies that modernize outreach. His background in international relations and journalism gives him a rare combination of narrative skill, political insight and production-level technical savvy.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Minor, American Studies, Minor, American Studies at University of UtrechtBachelor, Journalism, Bachelor, Journalism at Hogeschool van UtrechtMA, Politics, International Relations, MA, Politics, International Relations at University of AmsterdamMA, International Relations, MA, International Relations at University of Virginia
Dutch, English, Spanish, German
Github Skills (131)
twitch10
wordpress-themes10
google-analytics10
plausible-analytics10
icecast10
webradio10
metadata10
chat10
dockerfile10
backend10
opengraph10
streaming10
alpine-linux10
seo10
broadcasting10
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
oszuidwest/zw-ttvgpt
Oct 2023 - Jul 2026
WordPress plug-in die tekst tv berichten schrijft met OpenAI's GPT
Contributions:66 PRs, 283 pushes, 104 branches in 2 years 9 months
gptopenaiwordpress
oszuidwest/zw-cacheman
Feb 2024 - Jul 2026
ZuidWest Cache Manager
Contributions:28 PRs, 121 pushes, 27 branches in 2 years 5 months
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