Mandy Woelkens (32) is a presenter, podcast maker, writer and currently deputy editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan. She succeeds Yeliz Çiçek, who has become editor-in-chief of Vogue.
Woelkens stands for inclusiveness, wants to inspire people to be themselves and make social themes open to discussion. She will first go on maternity leave and will start at LINDA.meiden in April 2022.
Jildou van der Bijl, creative director of LINDA.: “We are extremely proud to welcome such a talent as Mandy Woelkens to LINDA.meiden. With her sparkling personality, sharp ideas, the will to change the world and her broad experience in the media – both in front of and behind the scenes – she is ideally suited to take LINDA.meiden to the next level. We look forward to working with her and first of all wish her good luck and love on her maternity leave.”
Mandy Woelkens: “I am looking forward to this adventure at LINDA.meiden with great enthusiasm. With the team, but also with the readers of LINDA.meiden, I hope to grow together and continue to build on the platform. To make it more diverse and inclusive in print, offline and online. LINDA.meiden already has a fantastic community and I hope to be able to reach even more people who can identify with what we will be making and doing. So that we can form an even closer community that sees, inspires, motivates and enthuses each other.”
With a total circulation of 54,928 copies and a print reach of 291,000, LINDA.meiden has become the market leader in the printing market for young women this year. LINDAmeiden.nl is growing rapidly and has an average of 2.5 million page views per month. The LINDA.meiden Instagram channel is well on its way to reaching 100,000 followers.