Editor, Documentation Specialist, Manager

A highly motivated communications graduate with wide editorial, media and communications experience in both international organizations as well as independent companies.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

04.10.12 – Present Communications Consultant, Corporate Affairs & Compliance (reporting to the Director – Group Leader EDMS), Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, c/o Eastwood Media Services:

Creation, development and management of visual identity, communication strategy and communications and training material and coordination of launch and implementation of the client's new electronic Records Governance Framework to enhance employee knowledge and understanding of best practices in eRecords risk reduction and safety.

• Management of communications plan and schedule – in line with key eRecords Governance project milestones

• Creation of engaging content and adaptations for multiple audiences and channels and management of editorial calendar

• Creation of video / animation series and coordination of delivery across diverse channels

• Creation of training material (slide decks, videos / animations) – working closely with Corporate Compliance EDMS trainers

• Coordination of meetings and minute-taking

04.07.11 – 30.04.12 Administrative Records Manager, Corporate Affairs & Compliance (reporting to the Director – Group Leader EDMS), Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd – Basel, Switzerland:

• Storing, arranging, indexing and classifying records (Documentum)

• Responding to revisions of documentation due to Change Requests and Remediation activities (as part of Change Management)

• Facilitating the development of filing systems, and maintaining these to meet administrative, legal and financial requirements

• Devising and ensuring the implementation of retention and disposal schedules

• Overseeing the management of electronic and/or paper-based information

• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and regulations in a PXP-regulated environment

• Developing, updating, editing, formatting and maintaining policy and procedure documents – working closely with the Director and EDMS Group Leader

• Translating complex technical concepts into clear and concise user-oriented text

01.10.10 – 11.05.11 Temporary Documentation Specialist – Regulatory Affairs Division (reporting to the Editorial Group Leader), Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd – Basel, Switzerland:

• Proof-reading and copy-editing, and formatting in Word and PowerPoint

• Handling the review cycle and tracking versions of draft documents

• Helping to prepare and compile multiple-component reports and submissions

• Supporting the preparation of documents in an electronic submissions environment

• Updating templates, guidelines and instructions

• Assisting with large regulatory submissions.

28.04.08 – 30.06.10 Editing Manager (reporting to the Head of Communications), World Economic Forum – Geneva, Switzerland:

• Responsible for setting and overseeing booklet production schedules of meetings and summits in preparation of the Participants booklets – to reach top-level executives, experts, government officials and members of civil society worldwide

• Heading and managing a team of external editors (including budget management)

• Responsible for acknowledging Partner companies in regional and annual meeting Programmes

• Summary writer for the Annual Meeting in Davos, the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions and the India Economic Summit

• Editing of promotional material, letters, programmes, press releases, session summaries, invitations, annual reports

• Initialized digitalization of the booklet

• Improved the current booklet production system and updated the institutional memory

11.06.07 –14.12.07 Webcast Assistant (three contracts): Human Rights Council (United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the United Nations Global Compact (reporting to the Chief of the United Nations Radio / TV Unit) – Geneva, Switzerland:

Responsible for updating the webcast archives (using Dreamweaver 8 software and HTML) in relation to the 5th and 6th Special Sessions of the Human Rights Council as well as the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) High Level Segment and the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit and other conferences/councils.

Radio / TV Production Assistant (reporting to the Chief of the United Nations Radio / TV Unit), United Nations Radio and TV – Geneva, Switzerland:

• Researching via selecting and interviewing spokespeople (UNICEF, WFP, WHO, among others)

• Drafting news summaries and leads

• Submitting final audio edits and other relevant information to UN Radio’s Chief Executive Producer for the English and French sections

07.03.07 – 18.05.07 Intern (reporting to the Information Officer – UNIS), United

Nations Information Service (UNIS) – Geneva, Switzerland:

• Prepared information programmes for groups of university students, diplomats and non

governmental organizations

• Conducted media monitoring activities

• Selected relevant articles appearing in Swiss national periodicals and translated in French and drafted summaries in English for daily UN headlines.

06.02.07 – 18.08.07 Proofreader (reporting to the Director of Publications), World Council of Churches (WCC) – Geneva, Switzerland:

Copy-editing electronic and paper-based manuscripts of documentation in line with established WCC style.

01.03.05 – 01.08.05 Marketing Assistant / Graphic Designer, H&M Japan – London, U.K.:

Researched the market in Japan, and created various presentations and brochures for the

client (using PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign), for H&M’s launch in Japan.

EDUCATION:

01.10.02 – 18.07.06 Chelsea College (University of the Arts London), London, U.K.

BA (with Honours) in Communications & Design

05.08.05 – 13.09.05 University of Geneva, Switzerland – Certificate in French

01.09.00 – 18.03.01 AMA Computer University, Manila, Philippines

Certificate in Web Design

01.09.98 – 18.07.99 Oxford & Cherwell Valley College, Oxford, U.K.

BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design

01.09.95 – 20.07.96 Oxford & Cherwell Valley College, Oxford, U.K – A-Level Italian (B)

LANGUAGES:

Fluency in English and Italian; working knowledge of French, Spanish and Tagalog; currently studying German.

COMPUTING:

Good working knowledge of:

Office: Microsoft Office (Windows / Mac): Word 2007-11, Excel 2007-11, PowerPoint 2007-11

E-mail: Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes 8.5, Internet-based email, Google Docs

Document management

/ sharing: Documentum, Sharepoint

Graphic design / DTP: Adobe CS5.1: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash Professional

Audio / Video: Pro Tools, Logic, Soundforge, DV BETACAM, XDCAM, Final Cut Pro, After Effects

Web: WordPress, Dreamweaver, HTML, Real Producer Plus

OTHER VOLUNTARY WORK AND EXPERIENCE, AND MEMBERSHIPS:

01.05.01 – 20.08.01 St Vincent de Paul Society – Boracay Island, Philippines

Volunteer: Researched human rights issues amongst internally displaced indigenous peoples (Atis) and produced notable advocacy material to raise funds and awareness to media and government officials; assisted with the daily classroom activities of a group of Ati children.

23.09.10 – Present Open Your Eyes Films / Cineglobe International Film Festival, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) – Geneva, Switzerland

Active Member: Attend courses and workshops on film production (camera man, sound engineer, director), direct and help produce short films and documentaries as well as sit on the Cineglobe reviewing panel for films submitted to the 2012 Cineglobe International Film Festival.

INTERESTS:

Travelling, modern languages, learning about other cultures, graphic design, photography, audio and video production, creative writing, reading as well as surfing, windsurfing, volleyball and tennis.

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