Professional Experience:
Sep’10 - Nov’11: COMMUNICATIONS & PROJECT MANAGER (New Delhi) for Éditions Diane de Selliers, publishing house based in Paris
• External Communications (main point of contact for the Indian media): dealt with press enquiries, wrote press releases, organised press conferences
• Digital Communications: Developed social media presence through Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube; created and maintained website (www.ramayanabook.com); wrote weekly newsletters to our subscribers
• Internal communications: produced daily reports to the team in Paris, compiled media summaries
• Maintained database of contacts (medias, politicians, potential sponsors, curators…)
• Administrative support to the Publisher in India: made travel arrangements, organised meetings, took notes and wrote correspondence
• Logistics coordination for launch, press conferences and press trip: booked venues and travel, obtained quotes and negotiated prices, controlled budget, prepared material, organised minutes
• Fundraising (750,000€): found sponsors, wrote marketing packages, made PowerPoint presentations
• Distribution planning: secured Indian distributors, organised sales & pre-sales
• Key skills: excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships, commitment, flexibility
Sep’08 - Sep’10: JOURNALIST (London) for IT Europa, bimonthly EMEA IT business b-to-b publication
• Editorial role: wrote news stories, features and country reports based on press releases or own interviews with senior executives and key market analysts. Found stories, organised phone or face-to-face interviews, proofread the publications and updated the website daily (www.iteuropa.com)
• Represented IT Europa at IT events across Europe and the USA
• Key skills: ability to write in a clear and compelling way, to meet deadlines, high level of accuracy, good numeracy skills, discernment to investigate off-the-record information carefully
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
Nov’07 - ongoing: Freelance Writer for L’Éventail, Belgian monthly society magazine
• Writing features for the Arts and Literature section
• Participated in a press trip to Japan for the launch of The Tale Of Genji
Sep’07 - Dec’07: COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT (Paris) for Bach & Partenaires, Public Relations company
• Administrative support to the Associate Director
• Monitored media coverage and compiled monthly press summaries
Jul’06 - Aug’06 : JOURNALISTIC INTERN (Marseille) for Radio Dialogue
• Conducted and edited interviews
• Presented morning news
Jul’05 - Aug’05 : SALES Campaign (Walloon region) for La Libre Belgique, Belgian daily national