Experience

- Consecutive and simultaneous interpreting,  Translation, Proofreading & Reviewing, Corporate Communication Specialist 08/11 in
Switzerland - today (part-time in house for companies in the financial, insurance and
telecommunication sector/ publishin company) 08/11- today

- Specialist translations and proofreading in the areas of finance, money market and
insurance for print and online publications
- Developed internal and external corporate communication strategies for a leading Swiss
telecommunication providers
- Created corporate guidelines and company terminologies
- Edited, translated and proofread texts for print and digital media
- Coordinated a pool of third-party language service providers
- Created, processed, localized and translated print and web contents and managed the SEO
and advertisement activities
- Designed and realized various workshops and corporate events
- Initiated a multilingual corporate communication program focusing on web and social media

Translanguage, Founder, 08/1995 - today

- Founded and lead a language and communication service provider serving SMEs and large
corporations across the advertisement, steal, automotive, catering and exhibition
industries, technology
- Managed a team of freelancers and a service portfolio including editing, proofreading,
translations, ghostwriting, the creation of terminologies and market research studies
- Created and conducted courses on professional German correspondence, the new German
orthography, business and economics
- Taught French, Italian, English and German as a foreign language (A1 to C2 level) as well
as integration courses and performed TOIEC und TFI exams

Freelancer, 1992 – 1995

- Translated and proofread German and French texts for multiple international clients
- Performed market research in German- and French-speaking countries for market research
companies

Education IHK Düsseldorf, 1994 - 1995

- Graduated as a state certified translator for German and French with a focus on economics

Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, 1985 - 1989

- Graduated as a Bachelor of Arts for romance (French and Italian), linguistics and literary
studies with the qualification to teach German as a foreign language

Internships and stays abroad, 1983 - 1985

- Discovered a passion for languages and communication as an intern for the marketing
agency in Düsseldorf
- Lived and traveled in Italy for one year while pursuing an intensive language
training program