Elenna Garman Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• The AUAS is the largest university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, with over 48,000 students and 4500 employees. As the English Editor and Coordinator at the AUAS’s central communications department, I am.
• Supervising a team of English editors and translators.
• Boosting the quality and quantity of information on the university’s central external and internal sites (amsterdamuas.com and MyAUAS).
• Creating international content: English writing, editing and content management.
• Coordinating a network of stakeholders across faculties and departments to source, publish and fine-tune info for international students and colleagues.
• Advising on Dutch to English translation policy, coordinating translations and managing the AUAS Terminology List of nearly 1000 Dutch to English translations.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

The Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) is a network of urban-focused higher education institutions across Europe, co-founded by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. As part of my role at the AUAS, I was a member of the network's Communications Working Group. Duties included: writing and editing articles and newsletters.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Writer, editor and translator in the Communications team for TEDxAmsterdamWomen 2018.TEDxAmsterdam Women is a global conference that provides a stage for women to inspire; it specifically focuses on the unique way in which women contribute to global change and are helping reshape the future. In the Netherlands, a large group of professional volunteers.

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• As Editor and Communications Adviser at LeasePlan, I was a member of the Corporate Communications team at LeasePlan's global headquarters.A typical day included:
• Providing editorial services such as writing, editing and proofreading across diverse media (speeches for senior management, annual reports, press releases, video scripts, website texts, feature interviews, e-mails.
• Advising colleagues at both the corporate centre and local offices
• Managing a global internal content pipeline and team of international contributors for the global intranet (serving 32 countries and 7,400 employees)
• Planning, writing and editing content for an internal global magazine sharing best practices, people stories, business news and innovations
• Creating key messages and Q&A formats to support local communications teams during times of change and crisis

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• As an Account Manager at Stampa, I played a key role in several strategic content and PR accounts. Most of my time was devoted to creating engaging content for a leading FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) company: daily.
• Identifying and adapting internal content suitable for external use (websites/brochures)
• Interviewing CEOs and senior executives for strategic communications such as speeches, annual reports, intranet articles and case studies
• Rewriting websites by busting corporate jargon and replacing it with comprehensible copy
• Planning, writing and editing annual reports for diverse clients and liaising closely with designers throughout the publication stage
• Daily media monitoring, reporting and strategic analysis for PR clients

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• As an Account Executive at CitySavvy I supported the team on a number of PR and communications accounts. My tasks included:
• Writing and editing magazines, intranet content, websites, newsletters and press releases
• Distributing press releases and contacting journalists to arrange interviews
• Media monitoring and analysis, Dutch to English translations of client news coverage
• Managing a complex media contact database (CRM)

Kalverstraat, Amsterdam

• Duties included:
• Working with the Manager to lead the successful completion of monthly sales targets
• Supervising and motivating staff
• Shift planning
• Recruitment, trainings and evaluations
• Monthly inventory

Saskatchewan, Canada

I was employed by the Sociology Department Head (St. Thomas Moore branch) as a Marking Assistant for an introductory sociology course.This job involved content analysis, constructive criticism, and grading of exams for 125 students during the academic year.St. Thomas More College is a liberal arts college federated with the University of Saskatchewan.

Bachelor, Sociology, High Honours

Activities and Societies: I was an executive member of the Sociology Undergraduate Students Association at the U of S. As.

Nt2 Ii Diploma, Dutch As A Second Language