Jean-Marc PELLET# 1 / 2
Bianca SUMMONS
23 rue St-Pierre – 78100 St-Germain-en-Laye, FRANCE
01 30 61 46 86 /
Oxford University linguistics graduate, leading an international career and lifestyle, seeks opportunity to combine previous journalistic and academic writing experience with burgeoning skills and knowledge for a varied and challenging company.
Education2008 MSt Linguistics – University of Oxford
2007 BA English and Classics (Joint Honours) – University of Exeter (2.1)
Work09/08-presentEcole Active Bilingue, Paris; Petite Ecole Bilingue, Paris
English teacher and private tutor
- Includes the tuition of those aged 7 to 16 in a variety of environments, to native speakers of English as well as to those learning English as a foreign language.
07/08-08/08InStyle Magazine and Woman’s Own Magazine – IPC Media headquarters, London
Temporary work experience
- Included the transcription of interviews from audio files, cataloguing, and writing and proofreading articles.
09/07-presentTotalBeauty Media
Freelance weblogger
- Includes the writing of a minimum of 4 articles per month of 300-600 words each, reviewing beauty products for a worldwide readership. Has enabled the building of international dialogue not only with colleagues in the US but also with major companies such as Dove, Lancôme and Bath & Body Works.
Other information
LanguagesEnglish and French
IT skillsKnowledge of HTML, BBCode, and Microsoft Office.
Other skills President of the creative writing society at Exeter University, 2006-7; Middle Common Room librarian at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, 2007-8
Trained new members of staff at work on several occasions, in both retail and hospitality
Co-organised a campaign to heighten awareness of PCOS at Exeter University’s main campus, 2005
Three years” experience in student journalism (Exeposé, Exeter Uni.; Oxford Student, Oxford Uni.) as both a writer and a proofreader. Portfolio available on request. Academic accomplishments include publication in several journals and newsletters from 2004-6. First novel due to be published by Legend Press in 2009.