Experience

NTT DATA DACH

• Germany
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Innovation strategist

  • Mar 2021 - Present



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• Multilingual Content Creator -> turning complex topics into compelling value props.

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  I took advantage of the coronavirus pandemia to set up my own business. I am helping organisations that inspire me find their voices, amplify them, and put their ideas in front of the people who need to hear them. Interested in finding out more about my current activities? Get in touch!Clients: Whispers & Giants, www.whispersandgiants.com/DieProduktmacher, www.dieproduktmacher.com/The Bodyworkers, www.the-bodyworkers.de/



UnternehmerTUM

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Product Manager Prototyping Sprints at UnternehmerTUM [x]

  • Sep 2019 - Feb 2020

• Partnerships & Brand Manager at Digital Product School

  • Mar 2019 - Sep 2019

  UnternehmerTUM is a leading European center for innovation and business creation based in Munich. Their mission is to support start-ups and founders at all stages, from the initial business idea to VC financings.My role at the Digital Product School consisted in engaging with German small and medium-sized companies struggling to adapt to the digital age, so as to convince them to enrol in an 3-month hands-on training programme. I was given a free hand to address the programme's new target group, a great an opportunity for me to apply my learning of lean innovation concepts in real life.



Designit

• Denmark
• Design Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  Designit is a global strategic design firm, a Wipro Digital company. A team of 500+ researchers, designers, technologists and strategists across 15 offices worldwide, Designit works with ambitious brands to create high-impact products, services, systems and spaces. I discovered the power of design thinking as a methodology for solving problems and the leanstartup approach, designed to quickly test hypotheses and get early customer feedback, before turningideas into products. I learnt a lot and I made friends for life.My responsibilities: - Management of mid-size + large (up to 1m) strategic design projects (digital product design, UX design sprints)- Facilitation of problem framing workshops with potential customers during the project acquisition phase- Selected clients: Allianz, BASF, BMW, Lufthansa, LSG



PLACE

• Business Development and Project Manager

  • May 2017 - Jul 2017

  PLACE is a European collective that aims to turn the ‘migrant crisis’ into an opportunity for growth by favouring migrant-led innovation. Our priority is the creation of products and services by refugees and migrants as well as by the host civil society.www.place.networkMy responsibilities:• Entrepreneurial support of 11 PLACE innovating teams : I set up a bespoke progress tracking system, managed mentor/project relationships, liaised with Parisian business incubators and partners to coordinate the growth of PLACE Innovators• Coordination of the implementation of PLACE Labs into The Human Safety Net (THSN) for RefugeeStart-Ups – a programme involving 7 partner organisations across different sectors : SPARK (NE), Generali (DE, FR, HQ), SINGA (FR), Social Impact (DE) and PLACE. I also created a Monitoring & Evaluation system for THSN PLACE Labs.• Targeting and liaison with potential partners for PLACE pilot projects in Berlin, Germany.



Business France (Export)

• France
• International Trade and Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Business Development Manager | Cleantech

  • Apr 2014 - Apr 2016

  Business France is a French national agency supporting the international development of the French economy, responsible for fostering export growth by French businesses, as well as promoting and facilitating international investment in France. Business France has 1500 employees and 85 agencies in 70 different countries. Based in Rio, I helped French businesses in the cleantech market to find and leverage viable business opportunities in Brazil.My responsibilities:• Market research and organisation of individual and collective prospecting missions for French environmental services firms seeking new business opportunities in the Brazilian market (ie : Environmental aspects of the Brazilian O&G industry, 5-day trade mission, Oct. 2015)• Coordination of French Pavilions on Brazilian trade fairs for environmental technologies (FIMAI 2014, Pollutec Brazil 2016)



Studio Hervé Audibert

• Project Coordinator & Partnerships Manager

  • Dec 2011 - Dec 2013

  Studio Hervé Audibert is a Paris-based lighting design agency, that specialises in lighting concepts for urban design and architecture projects.My responsibilities: • Overall project coordination, budget and time management.• Communication strategy: I set up the agency's first ever projects portfolio, I drafted press releases, and I organised media interviews.• Organization of prospecting trips and partnership development in France Brazil, Colombia, Canada.



MEDD - French Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing

• Assistant Project Officer (Internship)

  • Feb 2011 - Sep 2011

  I did a six-month internship in Paris with the French Ministry of the Environment. I contributed to the conduction of a public tender process, aiming to improve the relationship between commercial and public spaces in selected French cities.



RB Programmes (Urban Planning Practice)

• Assistant Project Officer (Internship)

  • Oct 2010 - Feb 2011

  I did a one-year apprenticeship in Paris with RB Programme, a masterplanning and urban design consultancy specialising in optimising university campuses. • I drew up the urban situation profile of the Université de Cergy-Pontoise (UCP) campuses, as part of the UCP’s real estate plan.• I was involved in the preparation of an urban renewal pre-feasability study for the Large Centre of Cergy-Pontoise.



Universidade Federal da Bahia

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• French teacher

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2007

  During my one-year stay in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, I taught French to a group of advanced level students within the French department of the UFBA, the Federal University of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.



Fondation Pierre Verger Salvador de Bahia, Brazil.

• Assistant Project Officer (Internship)

  • Oct 2006 - Aug 2007

  I did a one-year internship in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, with the Fundação Pierre Verger, a non-profit organisation established to maintain cultural, human and scientific exchanges between Brazil and Africa.• I digitised Pierre Verger’s personal library (over 6000 books in French, Portuguese, Yorubá and English)• I taught French language and culture courses to the local community (children and adults).