Work experience
Since March 2004:
Consultant with güttler+klewes communications management (member of the komm.passion group), Düsseldorf Areas of expertise: Issue Management, Change- and Corporate Communications
August 2002 - February 2004:
Policy Officer with The Institute of Public Relations, London (UK),
Europe’s largest and most influential PR association. Areas of expertise: Corporate Social Responsibility, Public Affairs, International Relations.
June - July 2002:
finished Master´s thesis in Richmond, Virginia (USA)
April - June 2002:
Consultant with Buescher & Hofschulz PR consultancy, Bonn and Berlin
· title: "Head of Radio Communications" and Online Editor
· advised clients such as DaimlerChrysler, Vodafone, Dresdner Bank, VW
· was responsible for a €250,000-budget
· trained and led a team of five
· modernised the structure of the radio-communications department
· attracted new clients
October 2000 - March 2002: PR trainee with Buescher & Hofschulz
Summer 2000 - June 2002: freelance radio journalist with
· Deutsche Welle / Deutschlandfunk radio, Cologne
· WDR radio, Cologne (biggest non-commercial station in Germany)
· Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk radio, Berlin; Radio Bremen
Summer 2000: intern with the US Magazine Forbes Global, Frankfurt
1998 - 2000: intern, later freelance-journalist and sports reporting manager with Radio RPR, Koblenz and Cologne (one of the biggest private stations in Germany)
1997 - 1998: internships with Fremantle TV-Production Company (today Pearson Media Group) and two smaller radio stations.
Additional skills
· fluent in English, basic knowledge in French and Spanish
· presenting and speaking (by means of courses and workshops)
· working knowledge of Sponsorship, Corporate/Crisis Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility/Non- financial reporting and Media Relations
· competent in MS Office, Digas, Cutmaster, Cobra data base
· attended workshops on International Public Relations, Business Skills, and Creativity Techniques in London as well as Sports Marketing and Sponsorship workshops in Hamburg and Frankfurt
Further activities
· active member of the German PR association (DPRG) (spokesman for PR professionals in the Cologne-Bonn and Duesseldorf - region, Junioren Rheinland), the International Public Relations Association (IPRA), and the British PR Association (IPR).
· engaged in lobbying activities for the European PR Confederation (CERP) in Brussels
· initiated new discussion series about sports-marketing at the German Sports University of Cologne
· official member of the jury for the German PR awards 2003 as IPR representative
· official member of the jury for the Rumanian PR awards 2003 as IPR representative
- regular speaker at national PR conferences
Education
since summer 2003: studying for a doctorate of economics, topic: intercultural differences of PR: Germany - UK - USA
2001/2002: Master´s thesis about integrated marketing communications (survey among 100 German companies involved in sports marketing) to order click here
1998 - 2002: student at the Institute of Sports Communications, German Sports University, Cologne
1997: Abitur (final examination, comparable to A-levels in the UK and to High School diploma in the US)
born 21 April 1978, Bonn, Germany
German citizenship (German mother tongue)
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