Sofia Costa Email & Phone Number

Brazil

Rio De Janeiro, Brasil

As Communication Manager for Swissnex in Brazil, I work to develop and implement the communication strategy, focusing on developing and implementing an innovative and coherent approach across different offline and online channels, strengthening the Swissnex in Brazil brand. I also seek to extend the outreach of Swissnex services to potential clients and partners through marketing.Some of my responsibilities are:- Strategic planning, coordinating, and executing communications throughout all channels, multidisciplinary projects, and collaborating with various partners for project and event coverage and visibility.- Management of social media channels and content production (+40% followers on Instagram / +50% -followers on LinkedIn).- Management of suppliers (incl. press offices and agencies, designers, videomakers, and photographers).- Plan and implement strategic actions to grow brand recognition (coordinating press in big projects and implementing weekly presence on social media and monthly website articles and newsletter, significantly increasing our credibility to stakeholders).

Content production for Instagram, YouTube, and email marketing as a content producer focused on Yoga since 2019, growing the number of followers organically and launching own products (online courses) related to the Yoga practice.- Partnerships with different local brands (zenhood, Lett Sports, Lubs, Inciclo, Track & Field, Power Focus, Hidratei and BBCream, among others).- Production and editing of videos and content for social networks- Instagram (+24k followers), YouTube (+130k views and +4 thousand subscribers), and emails (+6k list)Creation and launch of online courses:- Beginners Program: Corpo São, Mente Sã (+100 students).- Sollar Yoga digital platform, with over 200 classes (+150 students worldwide).- Free Flexibility Workshop (Jornada Flex) and 14-day Challenge, practiced by more than 8,000 people.

São Paulo, Brasília E Rio De Janeiro

Planning, coordinating, and acting on the communication channels of the Ambassador and the Swiss Embassy in Brazil during the visit of Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and the Secretaries of State, Martina Hirayama (SERI) and Helene Budliger Artieda (SECO), accompanied by a notable Swiss business, science and innovation delegation, which included parliamentarians, private companies and startups in São Paulo, Brasília and Rio de Janeiro. The preparation took place in June 2023, the visit to Brazil from July 3 to 8, and the report and closing were delivered by July 14, 2023.The work consisted of- Preparing a communication plan for all the Embassy's social media channels, with an analysis and report at the end.- Connecting with Swiss partners and Brazilian institutions (companies and government) such as Itamaraty, the Vice-Presidential Secretariat, Firjan, SENAI, CEBRI, among others.- Alignment with the national press (with 40 articles in the online media).- Coordinating photos and videos at all events, visits, and meetings.- Coordinating and acting on all the posts on the Embassy's different social networks and those of the Swiss Ambassador to Brazil, Pietro Lazzeri, from July 3 to 8 (totaling +11,000 impressions on Twitter and a 20% gain in engagement on Instagram and 2000% on LinkedIn).

Rio De Janeiro

Responsible for collaborating in creating marketing strategies while managing eight teams of ambassadors spread in colleges throughout Brazil every semester, with a focus on capturing and converting leads, leading the platform from the unknown to exceeding sales targets at three universities in just one semester. Responsible for selecting, training, and keeping the teams motivated, as well as monitoring and measuring the impact of marketing actions to improve them at each project cycle.

Rio De Janeiro

Collaborator in organizing the monthly event in Rio de Janeiro called Creative Mornings Rio.Together with a team and the people responsible for the event, interpretation of the world theme to the local reality, curator of speaker and organization of the event structure in the day and the elaboration.- Responsible for the communication area, including e-mail marketing and website updating.

The Luna Program was created to rescue women's self-esteem and self-confidence, with the great objective of helping women reconnect with their inner strength. It was a face-to-face event, where through coaching techniques and behavioral training tools, the participants went through experiences to rescue their self-esteem, went through practical exercises and re-signified past traumas and beliefs.

Responsible for Swissnex's finance, accounting, and project controlling; assisting and managing brainstorming, planning, and implementing projects and events; developing ideas and recognizing opportunities to expand and deepen Swissnex's relationships with Brazilian and Swiss partners.

Responsible for solidifying and professionalizing Swissnex's operations and processes; assisting in brainstorming, planning, and taking full responsibility for project parts and events; effectively contributing to strengthening swissnex Brazil's image through creative communications.

Uerj - Universidade Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

TEDxUERJ - independent eventThe executive group, formed by five university students, was responsible for organizing the event, which took place on October 4, 2016. As Executive Producer, her primary responsibility was to guarantee the framing of TEDxUERJ in the rules of TEDxTalks. In addition, she was also responsible for organizing and structuring all the resources so that everything- staff management, agenda, and programming- was running perfectly on the day of the event. (All the talks are available on YouTube on the TEDx Talks channel).

Rio De Janeiro

Responsible for keeping the website content up to date, producing and overseeing the delivery of internal newspapers, sending e-mail newsletters, and organizing small events and presentations. Responsible for maintaining good relations with agencies, designers, and other suppliers and cooperating in producing giveaways. Sofia also replaced the person responsible for customer service and participants for a short period via e-mail and telephone. (Private Pension of Coca-Cola Brazil).

Uerj - University Of The State Of Rio De Janeiro

Responsibility to be accessible for questions and problems of the expresse! Executive Board: Be present in meetings with the Board to collaborate in brainstorming for decisions about the company's future.

Member of the Executive Board, also responsible for creating structure, organizational culture, decisions, and strategic planning. Responsible for finance: relationship with the accountant, financial planning for the company, and pricing of projects. As Director, I am also responsible for project management and training new Trainees.

Responsible for collaborating with content, releases, and reports production, generating mailing, contacting journalists and national press, follow-up, creating clippings, and updating the website, among others.

Universidade Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

LED UERJ - Electronic Publishing LaboratoryResponsible for producing articles and stories for four agencies - scientific, sports, film criticism, and regional - including research, meetings, interviews, press conferences, writing, and editing.

Universidade Do Estado Do Rio De Janeiro

TV UERJ OnlineEach day, I am responsible for a different area of producing a small online television newspaper. Areas: audio and video editing, content preparation, news production, reporter, camera and light handling, space organization, reproduction on social networks.

Social Communications, Communications And Journalism

Specialization In Oss Yoga And Mandala Flow, Vinyasa Yoga And Flow

Specialization of 40h

Yoga Teacher Training 200H, Yoga Teacher Training/Yoga Therapy

Vinyasa and Hatha Yoga

Behavioral And High Impact Trainer, Desenvolvimento Humano

High Performance Coach

Specialization, Communication Planning

Press Relations | Press Office

English Course

Graduated fluent in English

Ensino Fundamental E Médio