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Catherine Lenoir

Grand Chemin 125

BE – 7531 Havinnes

+32 (0)476 22 46 34

+32 (0)69 66 16 76

Born on January 26th, 1971 in Mouscron

What I have to offer

  • Copywriting, rewriting in French
  • Editing, (creative) translation and proofreading (from Dutch/English into French)
  • Translation of books (tourism for Berlitz & children novels) from Dutch to French
  • All editorial & marketing related documents
  • Fields of expertise : Editorial, marketing, market research, public relations, human resources, ICT, telco, cooking & culinary, business, general, lifestyle, baby, tourism, novels
  • accuracy, autonomy, organisational skills, discipline… and a catchy smile!

Professional skills and experience

‘94 - NowFreelanceCopywriter & translator (first part-time, now full-time)

Copywriting: Belgacom Group (DM Letters, marketing documentation, web texts, magazines, advertorials), Delhaize (DM letters), Duval Guillaume (websites, eDM),G4S, Internet Architects (websites, eDM), Kunstmaan (DM, eDM, websites, magazines), Luna PR Agency (DM, eDM, websites), The D-Sign (website, eDM),…

Translation of documents from Dutch and English into French for various customers (B&K Projects, Belgacom Group, Berlitz, Diamant Museum Provincie Antwerpen, G4S, Indigov, iVOX, Kronos, Luna PR Agency, Lu!s Paragraph, Miranda Translations, Misty Meadows, NewsEngine PR, Pantext, Plus!, Securex, The Language Lab, Wilkens, Xplanation, …).

Translations of books from Dutch to French: City guides for Berlitz (100% Bruxelles & 100% Prague), novels for children.

’98 –‘05Luna PR Agency (near Brussels)

Account Manager (Languages used: French, Dutch and English)

Copywriting in French for various customers (Easynet, Vanden Borre, ASTRID, etc.):

corporate brochures/profiles, product flyers/leaflets, websites, mailings, etc.

Press relations for various customers (Group 4, IBM, Infobel, Uniway, etc.)

Full responsibility: budget definition and management, proactively looking for PR opportunities in relevant media, planning and timing of appropriate press actions, follow-up of ongoing PR initiatives and actions, writing,editingandtranslation of press releases and user stories based on briefings, set-up of interviews, press conferences and press trips, follow-up of press coverage, maintaining regular and close contacts with journalists, etc.

’97 – ’93Differentpositions in Market research agencies

Coordinator, Data Collection Coordinator, Field Manager.

‘95 – ‘92 Nord Eclair – Daily regional press (Lille and Mouscron)

Journalist (apprentice and free-lance)

education

2005Agregation in Social Sciences at the Université Catholique of Louvain (UCL)

1992Master in communication (journalism and public relations) at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

1990Bachelor in economic, social and political science at the UCL

other relevant trainings

Seminar Financial Communications (Tijd Academie)

Workshop Writing for the Web (Technofutur 3)