Astrid Wolter, M.A., Pgdip Email and Phone Number

- Creating, revising and proofreading German content for e.g. websites, product brochures, flyers, magazines, business reports, books, apps, email campaigns; English into German translations, German into English (BE and AE) revisionsClients: A2ZTranslate Ltd; Appen Ltd; Auckland UniServices/New Zealand Ministry of Education; Burton, Münch & Partner World Wide Writers; Create A Moment Ltd; German-New Zealand Chamber of Commerce Inc; Haka Tours Ltd; ilep – International Language Exchanges and Pathways; intra-q Ltd; Tourism New Zealand, newzealand.com; ResQ-Care/life medics GmbH; Institut Heidersberger gGmbH- Teaching German Language (all levels, classes and one-on-one, adults and children), face to face and onlineClients: GLS German Language School Berlin (since 07/2021), DSB DeutschAkademie, DSB-DeutschAkademie GmbH (2021), D.A.S. Akademie GmbH (2020), Learnlight Holdings Ltd, London (since 2018); in Auckland: Euroasia Language Academy Ltd, (01/2014–07/2017); Latin Rhythm Dance & Language School Ltd (2013); RBG Foreign Language Academy (2012); online: Learnship Networks GmbH (2012–2014), www.learnship.de- Work & Travel Visa Starter Courses for Work, Travel, Fun Neuseeland/Create A Moment Ltd (2014–2016)- Overnight express editing/proofreading for publishing projects located in Germany / New Zealand

3-month parental leave cover. - Monitored news, conducted research, drafted daily reports on Hong Kong and the eight countries under the office’s purview.- Translated (EN<>GER) press releases, news articles, social media posts, campaign content.- Created EN newsletter articles, social media posts and helped with social media reports.- Assisted with event planning and bookings.

deutschland.de is Germany’s official and multilingual internet portal, initiated by the Press and Information Office of the German Federal Government, since 2005 a project of the German Federal Foreign Office.- Ensured content quality.- Planned topics, coordinated and supervised editorial team work.- Planned/led editorial conferences, trained stuff and performed in-house workshops such as “Better Writing for the Web”, “Effective Email and Telephone Communication”.- Created portal content, editorial papers, reports and statistics; edited and proofread marketing materials.- Communicated with users, advisory board, stakeholders and press offices.- Kept CMS up to date and uploaded the portal.

- Structured the portal (categories, sub-categories), planned its monthly topics.- Created and edited content for all portal categories (culture, economy, education, environment, government, health, media, science and tourism).- Recruited, briefed and supervised freelance authors and translators.- Created quarterly evaluation reports, quiz questions, introduction manuals, editorial papers, etc.- Edited marketing papers as strategy papers or brochures.- Presented the Portal of Germany to the public at trade fairs and on government information days.- Maintained databases and uploaded the portal.

- Co-created and co-edited editorial papers and project specification sheets including processes and milestones.- Developed check tool for website quality criteria in Excel for implementation in CMS.- Wrote the minutes.

Book productions for reputed German publishing houses as dtv - Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag or BERTELSMANN media worldwideCustomer liaison and production support; coordination and briefing of freelance authors and proofreaders; manuscript processing; image sourcing; lead writing, credits and captions.

Apple Macintosh special interest magazines: WORKout, MACup, PAGE, Screen Multimedia and MACup Buyer's GuideProofreading, creation of credits and captions (page layout), final text design check (before exposure); writing articles

Chinese-German weekly newspaper