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JENNI SHEPPARD
Website: http://www.jennisheppard.com/
Freelance journalist, digital media professional and multilingual translator in Vancouver
CAREER
08/07 – present - Freelance Translator, London, UK and Vancouver, Canada
I work from Slovene, French and Spanish into English and provide global translation and proofreading services to government, academic and other clients including Berlitz Translations and thebigword.
03/09 – 06/10 - Broadcast Assistant/Journalist, BBC User Generated Content Hub, London, UK
Producing the BBC's user generated content (UGC) webpage, Have Your Say. Duties included:
- Originating, writing and developing online debates in line with the 24 hour news agenda.
- Spotting good stories in user emails, interviewing users and publishing stories online.
- Monitoring and managing the BBC's accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
- Editing stills and video for use on the Have Your Say webpage and video wall.
04/07 – 03/09 - Sports Liaison Assistant, BBC International Relations, London, UK
Responsible for making technical preparations for BBC Radio coverage of international sports events and liaising with international public service broadcasters wishing to cover events in the UK.
10/06 – 04/07 - Team Assistant, BBC World Service Trust, London, UK
Providing administrative support to the Media Development team and the Middle East, Latin America, Former Soviet Union and Europe regional team at this BBC journalism-based charity.
09/04 – 10/06 - Linguistic Administrator, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, Belgium
Translating and proofreading for the joint linguistic service of two busy European Union institutions.
QUALIFICATIONS
11/06 - present - BBC Training, London, UK
Various Broadcast Journalism skills courses - Training in self-operated studios, stills, audio and video editing, conducting pre-recorded and live interviews, producing clip sequences and packages, advanced web techniques and SEO.
01/08 – 11/08 - News Associates Sportsbeat, London, UK
NCTJ Pre Entry Certificate in Newspaper Journalism, Pass - 40 week NCTJ accredited journalism course, covering British Public Affairs, Journalism and Media Law.
04/07 – 07/07 - London School of Journalism, London, UK
Introduction to Journalism, Grade A+ - Practical introduction to the basics of Journalism, including news and features writing and media law.
09/00 – 05/04 - University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Modern Language Studies BA 2:1 with distinction in spoken French and Slovene - French, Spanish and Slovene with subsidiary modules in Portuguese, Serbian, translation and French and Spanish film. Third year spent volunteering and studying in Mexico, Togo and Slovenia.
09/92 - 05/99 - King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Birmingham, UK
Four A grades at A level including French and Spanish. Nine GCSEs - four A* and five A grades.
VOLUNTEERING
08/09 – 08/11 - Spencer Lacrosse Club, London, UK
Two seasons as Treasurer and Fundraiser of our local lacrosse club, managing a turnover of £18,000.
Throughout 2008 - Richmond & Twickenham Times / Hammersmith & Fulham Council Newspaper, London, UK
Various internships as a reporter for two London newspapers, each with more than 87,000 readers.
09/01 – 06/04 - Greenpeace, Nottingham, UK
Participating and leading in environmental campaigns and activism for my local Greenpeace group.
06/02 – 08/02 - La Escobilla Turtle Conservation Camp, Oaxaca, Mexico
Working with local students and conservationists on a remote turtle nesting beach, to protect turtles from poachers, re-nest eggs securely where possible and monitor mass nesting events.
SKILLS
COMMUNICATION – A stickler for grammar, spelling and accuracy, I produce high-quality and reliable written content.
IT – I am a competent user of PC, Mac, Office, Photoshop, HTML, CPS, ENPS, Jupiter and Q-Cut.
SOCIAL MEDIA – Advanced knowledge of new media includes Wordpress, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube.
LANGUAGES – Native English with excellent French, Spanish and Slovene and some German and Portuguese.
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