Birth Date and Place: 08.07.1965 in Berlin, Germany Citizenship: German Permanent Residence: UK
Languages German: mother tongue English: excellent knowledge
Education 1977 -1983Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Berlin Matric with good results (German: good; English: good) 1984-1990 Freie Universitaet Berlin, Law Studies 1991-1993 Joseph-Du-Mont Business School Cologne Marketing Studies with excellent results (German: excellent; Political Science: excellent; Accountancy: excellent; Data Processing: good; General Economics: good) 1993 SUNY University New York, International Communication with excellent results (English for International Business Communication: excellent; Marketing: excellent) 2009- BTB Germany, Studies in Veterinary Homeopathy
Professional Career2009 – Present Freelance Translator and Writer I am working from my home office, equipped with high speed broadband, PC, fax and scanner on transcription, proof reading and translation projects of all kinds, inclusive website content, SEO, documents, dictionaries and literature. I am specializing though in the following: Marketing: product research, product descriptions, marketing brochures (recent work www.leesman.co.uk, www.foboco.de, www.bikeswitzerland.com, www.publiwide.com, www.anyway-uhren.de, goerresonline.de ) Medical Science: anaesthesia devices, ACDF procedures, diabetes, cardiac insufficiencies, nutrition, lymphoma, amyloidosis Veterinary Science: equine nutrition, equine gastrointestinal conditions Law: contracts, legal correspondence Articles: leisure, children, life science, nature, sport
1996-2009Owner and Manager of “Eco Kids”, Johannesburg My company consisted of 2 sections, a retail shop with 3 employees and a wholesale department with 1 employee. I was managing both sides of the business in all aspects of management, marketing and advertising, inclusive web design. The retail shop incorporated children’s toys accessories and furniture, specializing in German products. My company was distributor in South Africa for various well known brands, i.e. HABA, Selecta, Coppenrath Verlag, Hess, LutzMauder Verlag and Heless. On a daily basis I was dealing with our wholesale clients, suppliers and shipping agents to coordinate consignments, deliveries and invoicing. In order to represent the German clients in the best possible way, I was responsible for translating all advertising and information material. I also represented my company at trade shows in South Africa, and as an international buyer at the Nuernberg Toy Fair.
1994-1995Marketing Assistant at Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency, Johannesburg Due to a restricted work permit I was employed as a marketing assistant in the client service department to work directly with the manager servicing “Pick n’ Pay” (largest chain of supermarkets in South Africa). On a daily basis I was working with graphic designers, photography and print. I organized meetings with the client and prepared performance charts for the management.
1993 MacNamara, Klein & Solin, New York As part of my studies at SUNY New York I worked as a business intern in the account management division for the Senior Vice President of the company for a period of 2 months. As part of my duties I was involved in organizing the marketing activities of Borden Inc. at the New York Marathon, I was producing competitive advertising analysis for Palmer’s Inc and I developed a review of the market for a new prospective client.
1993 Marketing Manager at REMO Marketing, Cologne After receiving my marketing diploma I was employed for a period of 6 month managing existing marketing projects for AGFA, Bausch & Lomb and Gilden Koelsch.
1991-1992Assistant Manager at REMO Marketing, Cologne As part of co-educational studies at Business School I was working on marketing projects and campaigns in the retail sector, inclusive AGFA, Bausch & Lomb, Gilden Koelsch and CocaCola. I was working closely with printers and the clients to coordinate the implementation of their marketing campaigns. In addition I did general secretarial work and produced analysis for the management.
1989-1990Secretary andConsultant at father’s law practice As part of my University studies I worked as part time secretary and assistant. My main duties consisted of audio typing, filing, and basic accounts management. After 8 months I started seeing prospective clients for first interviews. Other Knowledge I am computer literate, working with a variety of software and programs on a daily basis, but mostly with MS Excel, MS Word, MS Publisher, Wordfast and Corel. I have basic knowledge in web design and SEO.