Professional Experience
since 2009 Translation and Proofreading – Freelance: translation, proofreading and copy-editing of scholarly publications, marketing texts and websites (English, German and French)
since 2017 Kantelberg's Beratungsmanufaktur (organisational development, career counseling) – Freelance text editing, Social Media and PR
since 2014 Etsy (Online marketplace) – Freelance translation and proofreading: texts for the website, blog, newsletters, events, marketing campaigns
since 2008 German Institute for Humor – Research assistant: research, preparation of seminars and training sessions about the use of humor in the working environment, in the medical profession and in pedagogy; Press and public relations officer since 2012
2009-15 Freie Universität Berlin – Assistant lecturer: teaching BA seminars (2h/week)
2009-12 Freie Universität Berlin – Editorial assistant for the Shakespeare Jahrbuch (part-time)
2020-22
2011-18 Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR Jump, German radio station) – freelance journalist: writing features and segments, often with sound bites, for instance ClipX ("Stories from the internet"), Der Wortinspektor ("Word inspector") and Klassiker für Klugscheißer ("Classics for know-it-alls"), spoken by German comedian Dieter Nuhr
2008-09 Dahlem Humanities Center (Freie Universität Berlin) – Interim-managing director: organization of lectures, workshops and conferences, maintenance of the website
2005-07 University of Geneva, English Department – Research and teaching assistant: teaching BA seminars (2h/week) and first-year introductory seminars, as well as assistance with publications, organization of conferences and other administrative work
2004-05 University of Geneva, English Department – Tutor: individual tutoring for students in the "writing lab"
2007 Geneva English Drama Society – Director of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald: responsible for casting and artistically directing six actors, as well as coordinating a twelve-person production crew
2000-05 German Radio and TV Network, ARD (Geneva, office of the correspondents for the UN and Switzerland) – Editorial assistant: research, organization and managing of interviews and reportages, secretarial work, in 3 languages (part-time)
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