Managing press and media relations for the Belgian construction association Embuild, formerly known as Confederatie Bouw-Confédération Construction.Embuild represents more than 16,000 Belgian construction companies. Embuild is the only construction association active throughout Belgium, has by far the most members and represents self-employed workers, SMEs and large construction companies alike. With 217,400 workers and 81,500 self-employed, construction is one of the largest sectors in the country. Embuild, founded in 1946, employs some 300 people. Embuild, Embuild Flanders, Embuild.Brussels, Embuild Wallonia and a number of professional federations are housed at The Hubb headquarters in Brussels. Embuild provides services for its members and takes positions on all kinds of themes that affect the construction industry: from social, fiscal, legal and European issues to the environment, climate, energy, sustainability, spatial planning, public works, employment, training, safety at work, innovation, digitalisation, the economy, etc.

Managing press relations, external communications, advocacy and lobbying for NSZ (Neutraal Syndicaat voor Zelfstandigen) and SNI (Syndicat Neutre pour Indépendants), an organization defending the interests of the self-employed and the SMEs in Belgium. Spokesperson (NL/FR/EN).Responsible for communication and project management for different projects: - Talenticap (a project NSZ realizes for the European Social Fund in order to promote entrepreneurship to people with a handicap or a chronic illness), - Boost2Success (a project that NSZ manages for the Flemish government and Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen. Boost2Success gives advice and coaching to Flemish entrepreneurs and also organizes workshops and networking events in Flanders. The aim is to strenghten companies located in Flanders),- Screening4You (a project that NSZ organized for the Flemish government in order to help and to assist companies with difficulties in Flanders).

Working for several accounts in the travel (BCD Travel, BATM), airline (Etihad Airways, Star Alliance), HR (CVWarehouse.com, Executive Search) and IT industry (Oracle, Altitude Software) and organizing different PR and Marcom Projects for them.

Responsible for online communication of the Flemish social democrat party sp.a (websites, blogs, e-mailings, newsletters...).

Organizing press relations, communication and advertising campaigns, responsible for marketing and sales actions.

Writing articles for the newspapers De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad on international, national and local topics, focusing on politics and culture.

Two months internship at the weekly magazine Knack.