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Lausanne, VD, CH

Lausanne, Switzerland

• Another evolution, expanding from the Frontiers Forum to lead communications for the event and a second flagship corporate initiative: Frontiers in Science, a multidisciplinary journal launched in February 2023 and.
• Leading the design, planning, and delivery of large-scale, multichannel communications strategies to support the visibility, brand perception, and strategic development of the two initiatives
• Delivering and deploying multimedia content in collaboration with researchers and internal teams – including press releases, explainers, videos, websites, infographics, internal and external newsletter stories, and.
• Establishing and growing social media accounts for Frontiers in Science
• Designing and coordinating efficient workflows between cross-functional internal teams and external stakeholders for timely execution of all content and campaigns
• Tracking and analyzing campaign metrics and reporting on KPIs, providing recommendations for campaign optimization, and team development

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• My science comms role evolved from supporting our flagship event, the Frontiers Forum, to leading the event's programming, delivery, and communications. Just amazing to work with speakers like Nobel prize winners.
• Leading the delivery of in-person and virtual Frontiers Forum sessions
• Leading the Frontiers Forum communications strategy
• Speaker outreach and presentation support
• Accountable for brand adherence and project delivery

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• A return to science! My first role at Frontiers involved identifying newsworthy research articles, creating press releases understandable to a lay audience, media outreach, and managing the Frontiers science news site.
• Leading the Frontiers science communications strategy
• Creating and disseminating innovative, newsworthy research to journalists, researchers, and the broader public
• Managing the Frontiers news site and an external newsletter
• Supporting communications for the Frontiers Forum

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• The move from communications to marketing at IMD was an amazing opportunity to broaden my expertise into marketing and brand management. The interactive app ads I developed outperformed The Economist’s engagement.
• Marketing strategy for IMD's general management program category, as well as IMD's flagship program, Orchestrating Winning Performance
• Managing global print & digital advertising campaigns for lead generation and brand awareness for all IMD open programs
• Coordinating content production in collaboration with cross-functional internal teams and external agencies: websites, brochures, videos, images, articles, advertisements, infographics
• Managing & coordinating marketing activities with cross-functional internal teams and external agencies: advertising, direct marketing, search engine optimization, social media, lead nurturing
• Analyzing & optimizing marketing activities: defining KPIs, monitoring digital metrics, generating actionable insights for continuous testing and improvement

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• A maternity replacement position from previous client IMD allowed me to move back to full-time employment – and learn more about business as well as gain new skills in search engine optimization.Responsibilities:
• Writing & editing of print and digital marketing materials for executive development programs offered worldwide
• Writing & editing of corporate communications
• Search engine optimization (SEO)
• Final responsibility for brand adherence and project delivery

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• With motherhood I became a work-from-home expert. As a freelancer, I wrote and edited a range of communications materials for companies and international organizations in the health, environmental, and education.
• International Diabetes Federation
• QIAGEN GmbH; multinational biotech company
• Octagene; Swiss biopharmaceutical company
• United Nations Environment Programme
• WWF

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• My role at WWF focused on communicating conservation projects and campaigns to key decision makers, the general public, and the global WWF network. I'm most proud that the New York Times International Edition picked up.
• Writing and editing of feature articles and opinion editorials for publication in international newspapers and magazines
• Writing and production of internal and external newsletters, brochures, and other communications materials
• Management of the WWF International news site
• Final responsibility for brand adherence and project delivery

Cologne Area, Germany

• QIAGEN provided the perfect transition to a career in communications – the company needed experienced molecular biologists with excellent writing skills to create technically accurate content to support their.
• Writing, editing, and proofreading of marketing and technical materials
• Liaison with internal researchers for content accuracy
• Coordination of internal resources for production of print and digital materials
• Final responsibility for brand adherence and project delivery

Tsukuba, Japan

I followed up on some of the outcomes of my PhD research as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Dr Sunil Kaul. My love of writing was rekindled during this time, with a couple of science stories published in The Japan Times and freelance manuscript editing for Japanese scientists.

Sydney, Australia

My research career began in the Cancer Research Group of Professor Roger Reddel, studying how cancer cells overcome normal growth controls to become immortal.I started in the lab as an Honours student, where I mastered cell culture and DNA fingerprinting analysis (the forerunner of today's powerful genomics analyses) to define different categories of.

Phd, Cancer Research

Bsc Hons I, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology