Dominique Vinckenbosch Email & Phone Number

Fiji

Genetic Resources / SPC's Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees.Covering 27 countries across the Pacific. Design and implementation of communication strategies & plans to increase the visbility and impact of SPC’s genetic resources work. Development and promotion of genetic projects & programmes, field data collection. Production and management of creative/knowledge materials. Local and international media relations. Partnerships with member states’ governments.

Pretoria, Gp, Sudáfrica

Reporting directly to Jean-Pascal Torréton, Head of IRD-CNRS-Cirad in Southern Africa. Also reporting to the Head of IRD representations both in East Africa and in the Indian Ocean, as well as coordinating with CNRS and IRD headquarters in France. In charge of scientific communications for the 3 research institutes in 3 regions on the African continent:• For IRD in Southern Africa, covering South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique• For IRD in East Africa, covering Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Djibouti• For IRD in the Indian Ocean, covering La Réunion, Mayotte, Scattered Islands of the IO (+ the Seychelles and Comoros, and co-communication on Madagascar)• For CNRS in Southern Africa, covering the 13 countries of the region: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, eSwatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe• For Cirad in South AfricaResponsibilities:• Development of a communication strategy for the office• Social media: posts drafting and Community Management • Website management • Design, production and dissemination of communication materials for the office: press reviews, newsletters, press releases, brochures, graphic designs, short videos, photographs, etc. • Local press and media relations• Support researchers in the communication and promotion of their scientific projects in the region• Organize and support institutional and scientific events (exhibitions, conferences, public debates, field visits, etc.)• Developing partnerships with local/regional/French (established in the region) media, cultural or academic institutions• Plan and manage budgets for communication and for scientific cultural actions• Promotion of IRD-CNRS-Cirad international cooperations tools in the region

Free Press Unlimited's 'A Safer World for the Truth' project investigates crimes against journalists and tries to hold those responsible to account.Transcriptions in French and English of interviews with key witnesses to shed light on the circumstances of the assassination of a journalist in Mali.

Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium

European Commission Blue Book traineeship.Reporting directly to 3 Communications supervisors: Eilish Brault, Kerstin Dörflinger, Ivona Lerman.Responsibilities:• Social media: monitoring, drafting posts for Twitter, Facebook and Linkedin, dissemination, contributing to ERC social media strategy• Press: monitoring, daily and weekly press reviews, contributing to press releases, contact with journalists, press lists• Storytelling: contact with researchers, interviews, drafting articles on ERC researchers (Claire Wyart – Adios Corona project), drafting long-stories on ERC researchers (David Sims – Ocean DEOXYFISH project)• Others: researchers’ abstracts summaries, journalists databases, reviewing ERC Comics, identification of ERC researchers in high-profile publications databases

◦ Teaching English classes to jobseekers in the frame of vocational training at a regional level◦ Teaching business-oriented English classes to office administrator interns

Région De Mexico City, Mexique

Reporting directly to Ian Herbison, CEO of Speyside Group.Responsibilities: ◦ Assessing business development opportunities◦ Storytelling content for social media◦ Media monitoring, analysis and reporting◦ Press relations and press releases◦ Creative campaign proposals for clients◦ Research, client databases

Athens, Greece

Reporting directly to the Head of Communications.Helping with the upstream organization of this international large-scale multidisciplinary event attended by more than 17.000 people, focusing on the pre-open call for artists and the open call for artists.Responsibilities:◦ Implementing ADAF communication plan and strategy◦ Identifying, securing and managing more than 250 artists from 22 countries from all over the world◦ Identifying and securing international sponsors/partners◦ International press releases and media monitoring (Art News, the Huffington Post, Vice, Marketing week, Culture Now, etc.)◦ Social media content and management to increase the visibility of the pre-open call and the open call◦ Maintenance of ADAF website and of ADAF database, one of the largest international artworks database of the world◦ Research, planning, reports

Reporting directly to Paul Van Haver (Stromae), CEO of Mosaert.Mosaert wanted to build a unique identity for the brand in order to make it independent from the artist Stromae who created it. To do so, I set-up a communication strategy including social media, press materials and a new website.Responsibilities as the PR Manager:◦ Image branding and external communication◦ International product launches, campaigns and events coordination: launch of Mosaert fashion collections n°1, 2, 3 online, in partner stores and in pop-up stores (Belgium, France and the US)◦ Press/media relations: interviews, contact with journalists, spokespersons and press attachés worldwide, press coverage, media lists and press kits◦ Internal communication and team coordination◦ Drafts, reports, planning, templates/layouts, translations◦ Database managementResponsibilities as the Community Manager:◦ Social media strategy: growing Mosaert's visibility on Instagram (from non-existing to 40k+ followers) and Facebook (now 40k+ followers), all organically achieved◦ Digital content, social media management◦ Media monitoring◦ Newsletters

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Reporting directly to Karl Haechler, Business Director at Burson Cohn & Wolfe.Responsibilities:◦ Implementing account programmes◦ Assessing clients' competition and clients' needs using data-driven insights and prospecting new clients◦ Coordinating client campaigns: management of documentation, communication and providing hands- on support to the client team◦ Analysis and interpretation of clients proposals and creative recommendations◦ Investigating and recommending campaigns delivery methods◦ Press/media relations: media monitoring, analysis and reporting, media lists, press releases, motivations for interviews◦ Project support on events and coordinating client meetings◦ Research, planning, drafts, updating of status reports, generation of call reports, editorial calendars, templates and infographics

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, Media Arts Cultures, Magna Cum Laude

Semester 2 & 4 - Aalborg University, Denmark ◦ Methods of making/evaluating/design processes ◦ Experience culture and economy ◦ Project.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, Media Arts Cultures

Semester 3 - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR ◦ Social Media ◦ History and making of exhibitions ◦ Critical Ludology: Games.

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree, Media Arts Cultures

Semester 1 - Danube University Krems, Austria ◦ Media Art Histories and Media Cultural Heritage ◦ Digital Archiving and Preservation ◦ Art.

Master’S Degree, Public Relations, Cum Laude

Major in Public Relations: ◦ Press relations and PR tools ◦ Research, case studies and evaluation in PR ◦ Marketing and events.

Bachelor’S Degree, Public Relations, Advertising, And Applied Communication

Major in Applied Communications, minor in Public Relations: ◦ ICT ◦ Communication and media theories and uses ◦ Media regulation.