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Global Communications Manager

Global Communications Manager

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Novartis Pharma AG Current
Global Communications Manager – HRT Brands

Communications manager for all internal and external communications programs, materials and all related functions for hormone replacement therapy products: Estradot, Estalis and portfolio.

• Develop content ideas, standards, quality control, schedules for estradot.com/estalis.com, internal global brand sites, as well as write and develop special editions/web pages on novartis.com for holidays and occasions, monitoring partnerships with suppliers.
• Develop and help write all Estradot and Estalis marketing, public relations, branding, communications processes, standards, materials and programs internally and externally, in line with corporate guidelines and country/customer needs.
• Oversee all management and design/writing of congress materials, booths, logistics and scientific program such as symposia and KOL development, working closely with suppliers
• Assume leadership and provide accessibility by working closely on a daily basis with over 20 CPOs (countries) for all global communications activities and creation and maintenance of support materials such as databases, internal brand sites, press kit, congress activities, etc.
• Complete Global Deliverables Plan and Communications Section of the Global Strategy Plan for the brands for the company’s executive leadership, and the brands’ radar screens.
• Write and develop press releases, maintain global publication tracking database and travel worldwide regularly


Redsafe.com (Swiss Rentenanstalt), Zurich 2000-2001
Global Content Manager

Content manager for Swiss Rentenanstalt’s online wealth management web site. Now serving thousands of customers in Switzerland and Western Europe.

• Develop content ideas, standards, quality control, schedules for www.redsafe.com, as well as work with and closely monitor content partnerships with suppliers.
• Help develop marketing, branding, communications processes and standards, internally and externally, in line with corporate guidelines and investor needs.
• Oversee daily content development, design by managing the internal content management system, as well as managing all technical aspects such as audio, video, Java/Javascript, HTML coding, and other Web design tools and technologies.
• Completely redevelop the company’s Intranet by using the latest software tools for Website creation and design. Also, introducing interactivity by working with DHTML , Javascript, etc.


Berlitz School of Languages, Zurich Current
English Teacher

In my spare time I work as an officially-trained Berlitz English teacher. I teach adult beginners to advanced English students. I am also trained to teach the CAE and First Certificate courses.


ABB (Asea Brown Boveri), Zurich 1999-2000
Global Communications and Web Project Manager

International project manager and communications manager for ABB Management Magazine Web site for more than 100,000 employees in over 100 countries, resulting in 10,000 hits per month.

• Wrote, developed and edited corporate promotional material both on- and off-line for international and national projects
• Developed global marketing and branding projects, on- and off-line, in line with corporate guidelines and country needs around the world.
• Managed ABB Management Magazine architecture and navigation, online Web technologies: International webcasts of company meetings, audio, video, electronic surveys, etc.


THOMSON FINANCIAL PUBLISHING, New York, NY 1997-1999
Special Projects Editor

Successfully conceived, developed, designed and managed specialized editorial products in their respective markets.

• Created, developed, shaped and orchestrated the company’s first on-site, full-color, glossy conference magazine (5-10 pages), for early morning distribution to major hotels in large host cities across the U.S.
• Managed freelancers, copy flow, pre- and post-production, art direction, budget, guided sales and marketing efforts.
• Wrote in-depth stories (healthcare, finance, energy, transportation, etc.) for a wide variety of company-produced specialized publications.


MECKLERMEDIA, New York, NY 1997
Online Editor and Reporter

Daily maintained and updated WebWeek magazine Web site, and wrote Web technology stories for the magazine’s consumer readership.

• Wrote lead stories for the magazine’s Marketing & Commerce section. Examples include: “Authoring Tools Programs Evolve”, “Time Inc. in Major Overhaul of its New Media Operations” and more.
• Managed and carried out the technical “up-keep” of the Web site, using FTP, Telnet, basic UNIX, HTML, etc.




EDITOR AND PUBLISHER GROUP, New York, NY 1996-1997
New Media and Associate Interactive Editor

Department magazine editor for the Interactive Section, with additional responsibilities on the Web

• Reporting directly to the executive editor, wrote all stories for the section, plus special reports.
• Acted as a company marketing and public relations spokesperson across the U.S.
• Created and wrote a successful, weekly column called Infobytes, as well as online articles and Web site reviews.


NATIONAL WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS ASSOCIATION, Reston, Virginia 1995
Communications Consultant

• Conceived, wrote, edited, managed special editorial projects for their annual conference.


ROCKLAND REVIEW, Rockland County, NY 1994
Editor

• Redesigned, reformatted entire arts and entertainment newspaper.
• Managed freelancers, photographers, pre- and post-production, wrote stories, reviews.



THE JOB HUNTER, Columbia, Missouri 1993
Managing Editor

• Redesigned, reformatted entire newspaper.
• Managed freelancers, photographers, pre- and post-production and wrote stories.


COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN, Columbia, Missouri 1991-1992
Staff Writer

• Wrote for investigative section of Mid-Missouri’s second largest daily newspaper.
• Covered the health and science beat with a specialty in AIDS and health technology.


ASBURY PARK PRESS, Neptune, New Jersey 1988
Press Correspondent

• Wrote feature articles for youth section and sports section of newspaper.


Education

University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism, B.J. (Bachelor of Journalism), English minor

Highest rated undergraduate journalism school in the United States.

• Graduated 1992 with a specialty degree (BJ) in news-editorial journalism, English minor.


Skills

public relations, writing, editing, journalism, marketing communications of all kinds, internal communications, consumer work

Languages

English, intermediate German

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