Freelance translator, editor and copywriter
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Current customers

2008-2009 in Language Service of HypoVereinsbank
(a UniCredit Group bank) (one-year contract as parental leave substitute).
Tasks: Proofreading, translation, editing, project management. Proofreader and editor of English section of UniCredit Group intranet. Responsible for English translation of staff magazine, One.

2004-2008 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Project manager of EU-sponsored online learning project Jobline LMU, Job applications in English. In team developed concept for new site. Site editor and technical supervisor. Other tasks included budget and advertising. Jobline LMU has been the most successful project (in terms of number of users) in the project association SprachChancen. From 2002-2003 project team member.

2006-2007 Design consultant, editor and layouter of Munich English Language Teachers Association newsletter MELTA News (4 issues)

2002-2006 Design consultant, editor and layouter of N Vision newsletter, The International Communicator (20 issues). N Vision is a communications and management skills consulting firm located in Munich. At the same time webmaster (html) and content manager of N Vision internet site.

1997-2008 Founder, designer, webmaster (html) and content manager of Munich English Language Teachers Association (MELTA) website

1998-2000 Editor (40 issues) of magazine for young people for learning English, Spot on, from Spotlight Verlag. Author of 10-15 percent of each magazine.

1995-99 Editor and layouter of association newsletters of Munich English Language Teachers Association (9 issues) and SIETAR Deutschland (3 issues)

1998 Content writer for self-study CDs for learning English at Digital Publishing

1996 Langenscheidt Verlag author: Teste Dein Amerikanisch (Test your American English), self-study paperback for learning English

1994-98 lecturer for English at Technische Universität München, Munich

to 1998 freelance teacher of English at various companies in and around Munich

Microsoft Office 2010 (and earlier versions)

layout with Adobe InDesign (CS5)

translation management with SDL Trados (2009 and 2007) and Across

html with Macromedia (Adobe) HomeSite and Dreamweaver

very good knowledge of many other applications

English native speaker

German excellent command of both spoken and written German

Polish lower intermediate (CEFR B1)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
(Munich university): Magister Artium (MA), Linguistics

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Bachelor of Arts (BA), German. Courses in Business and Economics at Wharton School of Business.