Experience

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  Bored Panda

  • Lithuania
  • Entertainment Providers
  • 400 - 500 Employee

  • Script writer

    • Mar 2023 - Present

    Head script writer (sole script writer) for one of the two teams producing videos for the Secret Diaries youtube chanel (soap opera).

  • Script writer

    • Sep 2022 - Mar 2023

    Head Script writer (team lead) - and sole script writer after November 2022 - for the production Mad Lads (discontinued after March 2023).

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  Indépendant

  • Écrivain

    • Jun 2011 - Present

    Auteur polygraphe; nouvelles, roman, poésie, théâtre... Français/anglaisPolygraphe: short prose, prose, poetry, playwright... English/French

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  Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse

  • N.A.

  • Correspondant / freelance journalist

    • Jun 2021 - Present
    • N.A.

    Écriture d'articles journalistiques sur divers sujets d'intérêt pour Le courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

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  Arts Nova Scotia

  • Grafton, NS.

  • Arts NS grant recipient

    • Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Grafton, NS.

    Creation grant received from Arts Nova Scotia for the completion of the novel L'envol de l'oiseau rouge.

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  REFC (Regroupement des éditeurs franco-canadiens)

  • N.A.

  • Literary critique / critique littéraire

    • Jan 2021 - Sep 2021
    • N.A.

    Literary critique for the program Club de livre d'un océan à l'autre, until it was discontinued due to personnel problems within the REFC.

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  Conseil des arts du Canada

  • N.A.

  • Canada Arts Council grant recipient

    • Nov 2020 - Mar 2021
    • N.A.

    Creation grant from the Canada Arts Council for the completion of the play/radio play "Il y avait des murmures dans le sol".

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  Théâtre DesAssimilés

  • Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

  • Stage director (metteur en scène)

    • Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
    • Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

    Directing my play Les mangeurs d'ail for a bilingual showing (English surtitles - play translated by myself). Working with the actors, props, costume designs, set designs, logistics, and every other aspect of the play except for sales and publicity. Also participated in the play's backstage crew.

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  Oui 98.5 FM (Coopérative Radio-Halifax-Métro)

  • Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

  • Coordinator

    • Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
    • Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

    Managing radio programming, musical content, recruiting volunteers, training volunteers, updating the radio station's web-site and social media, conception of events, show content, radio ads, recording and mixing radio ads... and anything else that needed doing at the radio station.

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  Élections Canada | Elections Canada

  • Berwick, Nouvelle-Écosse

  • Agent d’information

    • Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
    • Berwick, Nouvelle-Écosse

    Bilingual information agent at the Berwick poling station for the 2019 Canadian federal elections.

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  SIAL (Service interuniversitaire d'apprentissage des langues)

  • Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France

  • Tutor

    • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
    • Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France

    English language tutor (b1-b2 levels); correcting homework, grading, giving advice/tips to students to help them learn English.

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  Université de Moncton / Explore Canada Program

  • Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

  • Language monitor

    • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014
    • Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada

    Helping students learn French, & organizing activities for the Explore Canada summer language program.

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  House of the spirits guesthouse

  • Reykjavik, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islande

  • Assistant

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Reykjavik, Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Islande

    Cleaning, helping guests, processing payments, receptionist, and anything else that needed doing around the hotel.

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  Fondation AfricAvenir international

  • Bonabéri, Littoral, Cameroun

  • Translator / Assistant

    • Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
    • Bonabéri, Littoral, Cameroun

    Translating archive material, articles, and excerpts of literary texts from French to English. Assisting in other matters around the foundation as needed.

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  Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Écosse

  • Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

  • Regional correspondant / freelancer

    • Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
    • Nouvelle-Écosse, Canada

    Covering stories in the Annapolis Valley region, and covering the activities / events organized by the Conseil Jeunesse Provincial (provincial youth council)