Education
2003-2004 University of Durham: “European Studies” as Erasmus scholar
2001-2006 University of Passau: “Languages, Business and Cultural Studies”
1993-2000 Liebfrauenschule Oldenburg (equivalent to Grammar school)
Dissertation "A Wee Bit Different: Socio-Cultural Influences on Scottish Marketing"
Qualifications
2006 Diploma in International Management & British Studies, Overall grade: 1.8 (B)
27/06/2000 Abitur (roughly equivalent to GCE A levels), Overall grade: 1.3 (A)
06/2000 Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English, Overall grade: A
Work experience
01/2011 - PR agent at the communications consultancy 'Talk of Town. Waechter & Waechter.'
- Strategic consulting and planning
- Developing PR concepts and strategies for social media, intercultural communication, product launches, sales support
03/2006 - 12/2010 PR agent at the communications consultancy 'Talk of Town. Waechter & Waechter.'
- Leading the B2B division
- Consulting national and international clients from various industries, mainly building, architecture, chemistry, trade, real estate, logistics, renewable energies
- Advising clients on all aspects of PR, developing a thorough strategy, implementing and handling all PR activities
2006- Honorary work at the church & concert choir St. Maximilian, Munich
- Designing all print materials: posters, tickets, programmes, cd covers
- Coordinating the press office incl. press releases and journalists' inquieries
07-09/2004 Internship at the communications consultancy '60 Watt Ltd'
- Organising meetings, cold calling, relationship building with prospective clients as Business Development Manager
- Database management, mailings, managing bookings, organising catering as Marketing Manager for research facilities
- Managing reception, administration and correspondence as Office Manager during holiday period
05-06/2004 Internship at the PR agency 'Consolidated Communications'
- Writing case studies and press releases
- Preparing briefings, press cuttings and researching on the internet
- Organising mailings, managing the call-centre and filing
08-09/2003 Internship at the marketing agency ‘IBS Werbeagentur GmbH’
- Preparing presentations and presenting the company in meetings
- Communicating with customers via telephone/email
- Organising the traffic and monitoring the work-flow within the team
- Managing the merchandising: negotiating with suppliers, advising customers
- Organising mailings and shipping in the back-office
- Analysing internal data and researching on the internet
04/2001-07/2003 Member of the ‘Arbeitskreis Kulturwirt’
- Book of the Graduates: Organising the general schedule, acquiring and supporting customers
- Fresher’s Week: Planning the events in a team of students, presenting workshops, maintaining the website www.o-woche.de
07-08/2001 Honorary work at ‘ARC-Europe’
- Offering guided tours through Bonn Minster in German and English.
- Communicating with people of all ages, organising and giving press conferences as a team member.
12/2000-02/2001 Internship at ‘TURM-Sahne GmbH’
- Checking invoices and delivery notes, filling in exports papers
- Supporting customers in the call-centre and at the reception
- Communicating with peoples of all levels, organising work-flow
- Scrutinising independently article database on Windows access
02/1998 Internship at the marketing agency ‘Die Alchemisten’
- Preparing advertising material, researching images
- Organising filing in the back-office
1995- Honorary work at the church choir St. Josef, Buemmerstede
- Teaching lines to groups of twenty to forty people
- Teaching singing techniques to people of all ages
- Designing and maintaining the website: http://www.kirchenchor-stjosef.de
Other jobs:
- Took responsibility as a babysitter for several years
- Handled large sums of money as a cashier in a local supermarket
- Communicated with other students giving private lessons
Interests
Computing: General knowledge of office software: Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Word processing skills, basic knowledge of html and Java, MAC knowledge on user level
Design and maintenance of my own website: http://www.anty.de
Language skills: Fluent in English (see Cambridge CAE)
Beginners level in Chinese
Good knowledge of Italian and basic knowledge of French and Latin
Reading: German, English and Italian classics
Favourite authors are Charles Dickens and Akif Pirinçci
Music: Singing and teaching in choirs at school, university and my parish, playing the piano for eight years
Took part in opera productions at school, e. g. “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry Purcell, played kettledrums in school orchestra
Sports: Jogging, joined society for hip-hop at Passau University
Travelling: Mainly in Great Britain (Aberdeen, Colchester, Edinburgh, Lake District, Leeds, London, York) and within Europe (France, Italy, Netherlands, Austria)
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