CURRICULUM VITAE

Identification

Name: Alexandra Mª dos Santos Malhão Videira Cardoso

Address: R. Combatentes do Ultramar, nº 77 c/v Esq. - 2675-324 Odivelas

Telephone: 21 931 22 42Mobil Phone: 96 714 35 41

ID Nr.: 8921512 de LisboaE-mail:

Tax Payer Nr.: 201385414Driver’s License Nr.: L-1438281

Professional Experience

  • Since 2001 – Translation and Retroversion in the following areas:Economy, Management, Pharmacy, Medicine, Finance, Marketing, Media and Communication, Literature, Tourism, Legal and Technical (engineering, electricity, quality, hygiene and safety).
  • Some of the more relevant clients:Roche Farmacêutica Quimica, Lda; Bayer Portugal, SA; Honeywell Automação e Controle, SA;Schneider Electric, Lda; Companhia Carris de Ferro, SA, Onoma, Gabinete de Traduções, Tradinter – Tradutores e Intérpretes,Vale & Vale Editores (retroversion of the medical study “Cognitive deficit in schizophrenia” by J. Marques Teixeira.
  • Main working languages: from English, Italian, Spanish and FrenchintoPortuguese.
  • Others languages: German
  • Retroversion:intoEnglish.
  • 2000 – Product Manager at Roche Farmacêutica Quimica, Ldaresponsible for the brands: Rennie, Supradyn, Redoxon, Berocca and Becozyme. The Job description included the frequent contact with the international head Office in Kaiseraugst (Switzerland), the translation of clinical studies and of texts for packaging and package leaflets.
  • 1997 – Product Manager Jr. atJohnson’s Wax de Portugal, Ldaresponsible for the brands Raid, OFF! and Mr. Forza. The job description included the daily communication with the European Marketing Centres in England and Italy and the occasional participation in the European brand strategy definition meetings, the translation of texts for packaging and advertising campaigns, and the writing of international business reports (in English).
  • 1996 - Product Manager Jr. atTefal - Rowenta, Ldaresponsible for the brand Rowenta, in daily telephone and e-mail contact with the factories in Germany. The tasks performed included also the translation of packaging and of the User Instruction Manuals.
  • 1995 –Sales DeputyatEffem de Portugal, Inc.in charge of the brands Mars, Twix, Snickers, Malteesers, M&M’s, Bounty and Dove in Confectionary and Pedigree Pal, Whiskas, KiteKat, Chappi in Petfood and Uncle Ben’s.

Academic Education:

  • Languages
  • English:very good knowledge, complete fluency, both spoken and written. First Certificate in English byCambridgeSchoolwith the maximum grade (A)andthe IELTS certificate with the final grade of 8 (in a scale of 0-9).
  • Italian: good knowledge, good fluency spoken and written.Certificate of the 6th level of learning in the Istituto Italiano della Coltura, with the final grade of 14 (in a scale of 0-20). Frequency of a two week course in advanced conversation in Bologne, Italy.
  • German:good knowledge, working fluency both written and spoken. Has obtained the Deutsche Zertifikat als Fremdsprache and Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung certificates, both by the Göethe Institut.
  • Francês e Espanhol:good knowledge, good fluency spoken and written. Languages learned as a self-taught student, developed at work and currently used professionally.
  • Computer literacy: very good knowledge and practice of Windows XP and Office 2003 (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), Outlook (Express and Microsoft), Adobe Acrobat and Internet Explorer. Frequency of a mini-course in Star Transit.
  • Post College Degree in Management Control by Overgest/ISCTE, ended in March 2005, with a final grade of 15.
  • College Degree in Business Administration by the Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (I.S.C.T.E.), with a major in Marketing and Sales and a final grade of 13.

Other Interests

  • June of 2001 – Published the first novel, “Carolina”, by Editorial Minerva.