Arabic French Linguist, Instructor, Art Teacher

R aya Salman Heibein

***** ***** *****, ***** *******, MD 20878

Mobile: 240-***-****

E mail: **********@*****.***

SU M MARY

• Proficiency in English, Arabic and French

• Editing and publishing experience

• Language Profiling

• Multilingual teaching experience

WORK EXPER I ENCE

General Dynamics (GD I T) Oct 2010-

P resent

Senior Technical Editor

Translated News, podcast into Arabic.

Processed, recommended, verified t ranslation of daily website comments

Sourced, edited, formatted features photos

Inserted website contents into XML template

Published the website after assessing and correcting French and Arabic

contents

Worked on website style guide

Looked for quotes and reprints and entered them in project database

Modis I nc N ov 2008-

Sep 2010

Business Development M anager/Recruiter

Prospected over 300 new clients.

Buil t strong alliances and relationships with clients’ principals, VPs and

h i ring managers.

Sourced and recruited for half of them, including a few with Security

C learances

Sourced, recrui ted, qualified, negotiated rates and placed candidates

T r ilogy Technical Services, Rockville, M D

Sep 2007- Nov 2008

Business Development Manager

Developed strong relationships with decision makers, human resource and

h i ring managers

Brought in new clients, negotiated agreements, candidates rates and

p lacements.

Coordinated, scheduled and prepared candidates for phone screens and face

to face interviews.

University of M D, College Par k, M D

2006-2007

Language P rofiling

• Participated in a Language Profiling project f or the D efense Language

I nstitute, Monterey, CA (DL I)

• Translated from MSA (Modern Standard A rabic ) to English and vice-versa

• Transcribed data using IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

• Extracted audio files.

Epsom M iddle School, UK

1985-1990

F rench and Art teacher

• Developed a special French and Art curriculum including audio visual

material, to keep the students engaged

• Taught basic reading, wri ting, conversation and comprehension

AmeriBake I n t’l L LC, Rockville, M D

2003- 2007

Business Development Manager

In troduced and marketed several European bakery lines to the East Coast,

i ncluding all major retail chains and Independent supermarkets

Worked closely with distributors, buyers, store operators in conducting sales

p resentations, finding customized merchandising solutions and implementing

p romotional activities.

La Pa risienne Bakery/Dist ributors, Rockville, M D

1996- 2003

K ey Account Manager

Managed and developed Costco Wholesale account to over $5 million in annual

sales. Expanded sales in the Mid-Atlantic region.

In troduced, managed and developed several brands to national retail chains.

I n te rnational College, London, UK

1981-1985

Arabic teacher

• Basic reading, wri ting, conversation and comprehension

• Taught beginner to intermediate level how to read and wri te the alphabet

and carry a s imple conversation

• Used school curriculum and audio-visual learning tools.

Sport Auto, Bei rut, Lebanon 1979-

1981

Editor/Art D i rector

• Editing, t ranslating articles

• Photo editing, page formatting

ED UCAT ION

Equivalent of Maste r’s Degree (MA)

• Fine Arts, French Li terature, Université de la Sorbonne, Paris, France

1979

• Graphic Design, Académie L ibanaise des Beaux-arts, Beirut, Lebanon

1977

• Baccalaureat (High School) Degree in Arabic Language, Beirut, Lebanon

1972

S TRONG PERSONAL SK I L LS

Mul tilingual : F luent in English, Arabic and French, conversational in Spanish

Strong computer skills: MS office and Adobe applications/Outlook, Explorer, Word,

E xcel, Power Point, CorelDraw, Publisher, Photoshop and PageMaker.

Great communication skills, outgoing personality and positive attitude

STATUS: US C I T IZEN

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