WORK EXPERIENCE

Business

08/2008 – 08/2008

• Recording of a French training DVD about the Content Management System Drupal 6 for video2brain.

01/2008 - to this day

• Founding eduate.eu GbR – an independent non-profit consultant company carrying out EU projects focusing on developing education projects to train, provide open source learning resources by using technology, build networks for social inclusion and skills development.

Marketing, PR, International Relations (Internships)

06/2007 – 09/2007

• Responsible for PR, translations, speaker/sponsor acquisition for slconference.eu 2007 (Second Life conference) in Berlin organised by cocoate, a management consultancy firm.
• Revision of fimidi.com (holiday flats) and cocoate.com. Read the internship report (PDF 1.6 MB).

11/2006 – 12/2006

• International Relations Intern at the American Business School, responsible for exchange students' dossiers, creating and keeping in contact with exchange students.

06/2006 – 09/2006

• Internship at real estate agencies exil domizil ltd. (PDF 1.04 MB) and Immobilier du Sud working autonomously, developing a marketing plan, market situation analysis, competitor analysis, creating dossiers for clients.

Sales

06/2008 – 02/2009

• Sales assistant at Camper and Petit Bateau, responsible for sales processes and the stock.

06/2005 – 06/2006

• Responsible for sales and organizational processes, customer relationship development and rapid customer satisfaction, assuring product and brand quality, improving team performance to achieve daily sales goals at the Roland Garros French Open and McDonald's.

Translation

2002 – to this day

• Catalogue and course translations for EU projects (SIC Development and OBELFA).

EDUCATION and QUALIFICATIONS

2005 – 2009

• Fourth year at the American Business School, Paris/France, following the Bachelor of Business Administration program with focus on International Business and Marketing, cumulative GPA: 3.84/4.00 (on the Dean's List since 1st semester). Projects: Marketing research plan (PDF 791 KB)(Absolut Vodka); strategic management action plan (PDF 1.1 MB)(BlackBerry), advertising plan (PDF 521 KB)(Saporito Sapore).

2007

• Studying abroad at the San Francisco State University for one semester.

2004 – 2005

• Visual Expression in Space Communication, Ecole Boulle, Paris/France Projects involved scenery (Roland Garros Museum), signage, event places (Veuve Clicquot).

2002 – 2004

• A-levels (English, French, Maths, History), Gloscat College, Cheltenham/UK.

SKILLS

Languages

• Proficiency (spoken, read and written) in German, English and French.
• Very good public speaking and presentation skills.

Computers

• Working and creative ability in: Microsoft Office applications, Open Office applications, Adobe Photoshop, Drupal, Dreamweaver, HTML and CSS basics, SPSS.

ACTIVITIES and INTERESTS

• Reading, Modern Art, Photography, Films/Theatres, Travelling.