About me

Worker Bee. PA/EA/VA. Writer. Translator. Information Absorber. Social Networker. Crazy Cat Lady. Dutch. English. Business, Language & Social Media Support

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Projects

• 11

  The future of London living is that for many it won't existBlog post about London housing crisis
• Ron and MikeTranslation of a creative piece by Derek Otte about policing
• Letting people down gentlyBlog post about recruitment and the challenges when rejecting candidates

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Work history

Product Support Specialist
Mar 2016
Provide technical product support to international customers on medical databases and other digital products, maintain usage statistics, create web (landing) pages
Writer, Translator and Virtual Assistant
Feb 2008
Providing freelance services to corporate and private clients. - Virtual support: (secretarial, administration, (audio)typing, proofreading etc.) - PA/admin/secretarial services & office management (on-site and remote) - Social media support (develop/manage Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, LinkedIn profiles and WordPress websites; train people to use social media) - Writing (anything from product descriptions for (online) stores to personal letters to entire staff manuals) - Document production (for electronic use as well as hardcopy mailings and book(let)s etc.) - Translation (Dutch to English and English to Dutch) and proofreading of other people’s translations - Transcription (Dutch and English; audio and video recordings ranging from legal or medical dictation and university lectures to media broadcasts) - etc.

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Skills

• Administration
• CRM
• Office Management
• Transcription
• Wordpress
• Excel
• Office
• Word
• Social Media
• Mac OS
• Windows OS
• Content
• Office Support
• Translation
• Document Production

Education

Associate Degree, Leisure Management
Jul 1994 - Apr 1996
Stenden University was formerly known as Christelijke Hogeschool Noord-Nederland (CHN); the Propaedeutical Certificate obtained is a Pre-Degree comparable to a Foundation Degree (UK) or Associate’s Degree (US).
Meao (intermediate Business Education
Jan 1993 - Jan 1994
Accelerated course* (Dutch, English, Economics, Business Economics, Administration & Commerce) DASGA Comprehensive School for Adults has since become part (and taken on the name) of ROC Midden-Nederland; education in the Netherlands has since seen a number of reforms, meaning the course as described no longer exists; the type/level of education was equivalent to a BTEC Certificate (UK) or Community College Certificate (US). *Three years condensed into one

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