Información personal | Nombre: Brett | Segundo nombre:
| Apellidos: Thomas | Fecha de creación: 05/18/2009 | Correo electrónico: ¡Debes iniciar sesión para verlo! | Sitio web: Ninguno proporcionado | Sexo: Masculino | Ciudad: London | Estado:
| País: United Kingdom | Código postal: SW13 0PL | Perfil:
I am an MBA-qualified MCIL multilinguist with several years' experience of working in European languages, especially those of Denmark and Castillian-speaking Spain, where I worked for a combined total of 16 years. Most of my experience is medical (I translated reports from and to Spanish, English, Italian and Danish for a medical insurance company for 3 years) and Commercial/Legal as I worked on international license negotiations for publishing companies. I have also interpreted in Spain for a n |
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Curriculum vitae | Fecha de creación: 05/22/2009 | Fecha de actualización: 08/20/2009 | Texto:
Work Experience
07/09: Business Development Manager, Collins Language, London, UK 06/08 – 04/09: Director, Business Development Ingram Digital Ltd (e-book aggregators), Poole, UK Key responsibilities: Developed portfolio and managed distributor sales of academic e-books into EMEA library markets. Negotiated retail agreements with booksellers and e-retailers, academic consortium agreements, and content acquisitions from EMEA publishers (with the Publisher Business Development team). Presented at international conferences. Languages used for written and oral communications: Spanish, Italian, French, Danish. 08/07 – 05/08: Sales Director Informa Healthcare (publishers), a division of Informa UK Ltd – London, UK Created sales models for e-products, including research journals, encyclopaedias and e-books; setting commission rates with key intermediaries. Managed key accounts in EMEA and Latin America; targeting customers in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors. Led interdepartmental pricing projects; gathering and analysing market data; producing territory/pipeline reports and introducing reporting parameters. Worked closely with the Marketing Executive in the creation of international marketing collateral and press releases Languages used: Spanish, Danish, Italian 06/03 – 08/07: Senior Account Manager John Wiley & Sons Ltd (publishers) – Chichester, UK Responsible for territory sales revenues exceeding $13m and managed a small team of junior account executives/managers. Territories managed: Spain, Italy, Scandinavia, Finland, Portugal, Iceland, Central Europe, Eastern Europe including Russia and CIS states, Sub-Saharan Africa. Focused on developing new business, through negotiating national licenses in all major territories, as well as up-selling and customer retention at all levels. Languages used: Spanish, Italian, Danish 01/00 – 06/01: Area Sales Representative based in Denmark McGraw-Hill (publishers) – Maidenhead, UK Key responsibilities: to identify and target potential faculty adopters of educational textbooks at HE and FE institutions in Denmark; to arrange face-to-face meetings with key stakeholders; to defend existing adoptions and retain value. Languages used: Danish Type of language used: wide-ranging subject matter, commercial
01/97 – 12/99: International Alarm Centre supervisor International Health Insurance a/s – Copenhagen, Denmark Managing claims for international medical and travel insurance customers, especially in Latin America; translating medical reports, mostly from Spanish to English or Danish. Managing re-seller queries from Latin American agents. Coordinating emergency evacuation. Type of language used: insurance/medical/commercial Languages used: Spanish, Danish and some Italian
04/94 – 12/96: English and Spanish Language Teacher Self-employed – Copenhagen, Denmark Mostly Business and Cambridge Proficiency English. Edited two 'easy-reader' books for Aschehoug publishers. Proof-read PhD theses for Copenhagen University students.
01/92 – 01/94: ELT Sales Representative for Andalucía (new position) Cambridge University Press – Madrid, Spain
09/86 – 01/92: English Language Teacher and Head of Department English-1 – Seville, Spain Also freelance interpreter/translator, helping overseas companies negotiate contracts prior to Expo '92 in Seville. Also interpreted for defence, energy and FMCG companies as well as for an EU environment conference and (free) for a 3-day visit of the late founder of Amnesty International, Mr Peter Benenson.
Educational Background
11/05 – 11/08: Open University, UK MBA (Open). Modules completed: Strategy, Finance, Marketing 08/94 - 09/96: Studieskolen, Denmark Levels 1-13 of Danish as a Foreign Language course 09/84 – 06/85: University College Cardiff Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE): Secondary Modern Languages 09/80 – 06/84: University of Portsmouth (formerly Polytechnic of) BA Hons: Spanish Studies with |
Áreas temáticas existentes | Business | Marketing | Social Sciences |
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