Curriculum Vitae - PR Consultant - Madrid

Journalist/ Translator/ PR Consultant

PERSONAL DETAILS:
 
Name & Surname: ADRIAN ELLIOT
Place of Birth: London
Nacionality: British
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PROFESSION:
   
  Journalist.
  PR Consultant specialised in IT and Telecoms.
  Spanish-English/ English-Spanish translator.
 
   
   
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
 
  Director, Technology Division, Trimedia, Madrid.
  June 2008 - Present.
   
  Senior Executive, Weber Shandwick, Madrid.
  November 2006 - June 2008.
   
  Account Executive, Funcorp Consulting, Madrid.
  April 2005 - October 2006.
  Responsible for IT and telecoms accounts.
  Organisation of press conferences and client events.
  Press office activities and new client proposals.
   
  Account Executive, Perception&Image, Madrid.
  April 2003 - April 2005.
  Executive on the Cisco Systems account, the Certification Service of the Spanish Property Registry (SCR) and Industrial Handling Systems, S.A. (EINSA).
  Reporter on the Nokia Mobile Phones channel magazine.
   
  Translator, Distinct Software Corporation, California.
  October 2002 - April 2003.
  Translation of the corporate website and technical documentation.
  Freelance translator and interpreter for IT companies and cultural organisations.
   
  PR Assistant, Inforpress, Madrid.
  November 2001 - September 2002.
  'In-house' translator of press office materials (press releases, industry research,...)
  Assistant on the PwC Consulting, William M. Mercer, TDK and SAP accounts.
  Organisation of statistical data for a study on internal communication in collaboration with the Instituto de Empresa business school.
   
  PR Trainee, Accenture Spain.
  June - July 2001.
  Qualitative and quantitative study of the media impact of the separation of Andersen Consulting from Arthur Andersen and the subsequent change in corporate identity.
  Analysis of the coverage generated and elaboration of formal study for internal consumption.
 
 
HIGHER EDUCATION:
 
  M.A. in Business, Institutional and Journalistic Communication.
  University of Madrid (Complutense) (2000 - 2002).
  Dissertation: Proposal for a European wide newspaper (distinction).
   
  B.A.(Hons) 2.1 in Spanish, Politics and Latin American Studies.
  University of Southampton (UK). (1996 - 2000)
  Third study year at the Latin American Social Science Faculty (FLACSO), Buenos Aires.
  Dissertation on contemporary Argentine press freedom.