Heike Bachmann Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

Writing and trans-creating the German onscreen text, called METTitles, for new productions at the Metropolitan Opera. Ensuring highest accuracy and exact timing at quality checks during final dress rehearsals. Working with dramaturg, title callers and linguist team to implement edits reflecting changes in action and stage production for new works and updated classics.

Greater New York City Area

I lend my voice and German dubbing skills to everything from App's (i.e. Fitbit, Baby Einstein) Automobile Voice Assistants (i.e. Mercedes, Jaguar/Land Rover) to Virtual Reality Shows (Orbital Views, Hayden Planetarium), Podcasts (i.e. Lululemon Meditations) as well as Language Programs (i.e. Rosetta Stone, Duolingo, Berlitz), Cartoons (CAILLOU), Museum Audio Tours (i.e. MoMA, Tiffany's) and Airplane announcements (Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Turkish Airlines). Regardless where I record, at a big sound studio or in my professional home studio with Source Connect, breathing life into a text gives me such joy that I would do it, even if I'd win the Lotto :)Other jobs include: German host of DISCOVER AMERICA tourism videos, Spokesperson for Living Language Online Courses (Randhomhouse), German commercials for Glamorise, SPANX, ESPN anouncements for the FIFA Women's World Cup, German Audiotours of: Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim NY, Frick Collection, Monterey Bay Aquarium, MS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Sears Tower (Chicago), Automated Interactive Response Systems for Daimler Chrysler, Eriksson; German Online Instruction Voice for Google, Monster.com, Inflight video voice for Continental Airlines, Facebook Deutschland

Establish a network of distributors throughout Europe and Asia, increase labels visibility by organizing multiple showcases in strategic locations, getting radio play time and attending music business conferences, i.e. MIDEM, APAC and IAJE.

London, United Kingdom

Uniting newly acquired subsidiaries in 9 European countries on the marketing side. Rolling out company's new global brand across Europe while creating a unified European strategy with consideration to local market needs. Securing exclusive marketing deals with key conference organizers and international professional organizations. Serving on the Board of Directors of 40% owned subsidiary holdings in Switzerland and Italy.· Managed company's European marketing strategy, uniting subsidiaries in the; Switzerland and the Netherlands· Served as liaison between European local units and American corporate parent in the creation of global marketing strategy plan, rollout of global brand and marketing of global platform· Built strong relationships with senior officials of related professional associations (IBA, IALL)· Negotiated company's first global marketing agreement with top association target including exclusive use of sponsorship title· Served as first woman director on the board of established subsidiary holding· Oversaw marketing due diligence for acquisition targets & managed post-acquisition integration· Wrote board papers and gave regular strategy presentations as part of senior management team

Increasing LN's visibility in the international market by establishing crucial network of distributors in key countries, attending publishing and legal conferences overseas and revamping internal sales channel structure towards international sales. Developed an integrated marketing and sales strategy for the non-American market, built a tightly knit international distributor network and represented LNG at professional conferences around the World.· Developed and oversaw implementation of strategy to market American legal information to the rest of the world· Strategy included direct mail and advertising campaigns, sponsorship deals, conference programs, telemar- keting and customer care aimed at the international market· Increased by 35% the number of international business alliances and distributors· Represented company at international legal conferences around the world· Broke record of the company's international

Headed up a team of 22 highly motivated copy editors transforming challenging high-volume loose leaf-manuscripts into searchable print and online sources.

· Worked with attorney authors on monthly updates on seven major legal treatises· Selected cases, secured authors and oversaw editing of bi-weekly "Criminal Law Newsletter"

· Participated in production of first microfiche edition of the German Parliament sessions· Proofread updates to German legal loose-leaf treatises (i.e. "Palandt")

M.A., Psychology, Literature, Philosophy

Certificate, Performance Coaching

Certificate, Professional Publishing In The Global Environment

4-week instensive Summer Program for Professional Publishers at Stanford University in California, co-hosted by the Center for Publishing.

Certificate, Professional Publishing

Education record

Paralegal Diploma

Marketing Diploma