RESUME
SUMMARY
Administrator,
translator, producer with the German equivalent of a Master’s Degree
Excellent coordination,
strategic, multi-tasking, and customer service skills
Fluent in English, German, Spanish,
Portuguese and French (verbal /written), basic Hebrew
EXPERIENCE
Administrative
Work
Member Services Coordinator, The Explorers
Club New York (current position since 03/2014)
Responsibilities include oversight of
entire membership application process: meeting and counseling prospective new
members, helping them find sponsors, receiving and processing new applications,
regularly briefing the Chairman of the Membership Committee and preparing for
Membership Committee meetings, activating membership and sending out welcome
letters; maintaining the database updated plus a broad variety of other
administrative tasks; monitoring the general membership email inbox and
responding to the diverse inquiries of members and non-members. Co-editing the
quarterly members only ‘Explorers Log’ publication and contributing pieces,
curating the Students’ Corner on the Explorers Club website. Writing condolence letters for the president.
Helping out with front desk and event organization as the need arises.
Media Work
Writer,
director, and producer of numerous TV documentaries that aired on major
channels in the US and Europe (between 2000 and 2014)
Writer of a
vast variety of long radio features, essays, and reviews on film and art for
print magazines, newspapers, and online publications in the US, Europe, and Argentina
Extensive
research experience in film archives, museums, libraries, and other
institutions
Location
scouting in New York, Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Africa and Canarian Islands
Media consultant for the 2010 Cinema Tropical Awards
Project Manager for Candice Breitz's Performa09 presentation
Translation
Fiction
translator from German to English and English to German (ongoing since 2012)
Translator of a
wide range of non-fictional texts for individual persons or companies (English,
German, Spanish, Portuguese, French)
Proofreading,
editing, and quality control
Teaching and
Academia
Invitational lectures on current affairs at German
educational institutions
German tutoring to both adults and children
Tour guide of self-developed tour “Literary New York”,
in New York
Assistant teacher with Wortspiele Brooklyn and City
Kinder New York
Processing of grant applications for German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
