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Catherine Lenoir
Grand Chemin 125
BE – 7531 Havinnes
+32 (0)476 22 46 34
+32 (0)69 66 16 76
Born on January 26th, 1971 in Mouscron
What I have to offer
· Copywriting, rewriting in French
· Editing, (creative) translation and proofreading (from Dutch/English into French)
· Translation of books (tourism for Berlitz & children novels) from Dutch to French
· All editorial & marketing related documents
· Fields of expertise : Editorial, marketing, market research, public relations, human resources, ICT, telco, cooking & culinary, business, general, lifestyle, baby, tourism, novels
· accuracy, autonomy, organisational skills, discipline… and a catchy smile!
Professional skills and experience
‘94 - Now Freelance Copywriter & translator (first part-time, now full-time)
Copywriting: Belgacom Group (DM Letters, marketing documentation, web texts, magazines, advertorials), Delhaize (DM letters), Duval Guillaume (websites, eDM), G4S, Internet Architects (websites, eDM), Kunstmaan (DM, eDM, websites, magazines), Luna PR Agency (DM, eDM, websites), The D-Sign (website, eDM),…
Translation of documents from Dutch and English into French for various customers (B&K Projects, Belgacom Group, Berlitz, Diamant Museum Provincie Antwerpen, G4S, Indigov, iVOX, Kronos, Luna PR Agency, Lu!s Paragraph, Miranda Translations, Misty Meadows, NewsEngine PR, Pantext, Plus!, Securex, The Language Lab, Wilkens, Xplanation, …).
Translations of books from Dutch to French: City guides for Berlitz (100% Bruxelles & 100% Prague), novels for children.
’98 –‘05 Luna PR Agency (near Brussels)
Account Manager (Languages used: French, Dutch and English)
¨ Copywriting in French for various customers (Easynet, Vanden Borre, ASTRID, etc.):
corporate brochures/profiles, product flyers/leaflets, websites, mailings, etc.
¨ Press relations for various customers (Group 4, IBM, Infobel, Uniway, etc.)
Full responsibility: budget definition and management, proactively looking for PR opportunities in relevant media, planning and timing of appropriate press actions, follow-up of ongoing PR initiatives and actions, writing, editing and translation of press releases and user stories based on briefings, set-up of interviews, press conferences and press trips, follow-up of press coverage, maintaining regular and close contacts with journalists, etc.
’97 – ’93 Different positions in Market research agencies
Coordinator, Data Collection Coordinator, Field Manager.
‘95 – ‘92 Nord Eclair – Daily regional press (Lille and Mouscron)
Journalist (apprentice and free-lance)
education
2005 Agregation in Social Sciences at the Université Catholique of Louvain (UCL)
1992 Master in communication (journalism and public relations) at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
1990 Bachelor in economic, social and political science at the UCL
other relevant trainings
Seminar Financial Communications (Tijd Academie)
Workshop Writing for the Web (Technofutur 3)