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Maylis Konnecke

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Maylis Konnecke
43 years old
Driving License
Beirut Lebanon
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Professional Status
Freelancer
Available
About Me
Currently offering my services in the culture and education sectors as I've been constantly gravitating towards both over the past 15 years. It seems I can't get enough of panicky students, restless audiences and impossible deadlines. One has to rise to one or two challenges !
Based in Beirut, I'd be ready to jump on a plane for a short-term mission if required and happy to answer your questions if you think I could be the right fit for the position.
Experiences

Consultant in Cultural Projects Coordination

Beyt el Kottab
March 2017 to August 2018
  • Organise cultural events
  • Coordination administration
  • Compile or develop materials to submit to granting or other funding organizations.

Private Tutor

Freelance
Since January 2014
  • Teaching French as a foreign language.
  • Complete surveys on the following:
    Elections (national & subnational)
    Political parties & electoral systems
    Judiciary
    Civil liberty
    Sovereignty
    Civil society
    Media freedom
    Political equality
  • Assist the Bureau Manager in developing, managing, delivering and promoting the Institute's and Ministry's grants programme.
  • Ensure that the grants review and selection process in a manner that is responsible, professional, financially sound, participatory, sensitive to local needs, culture and politics and in accordance with the French Institute policies and procedures.
  • Facilitate regular communication with grantees, maintains cooperative partnerships between the Institute and the grantees and other possible stakeholders
  • Assist in the development of and maintains the system of a database of grantees, including a tracking system that provides frequent updates on fund-flows, reporting requirements, audits, contract deliverables and budget revisions.
  • Work on all administration aspects of the role to a timely and accurate standard.
  • Support efforts to ensure the cross cutting themes are integrated into the planning, implementation and monitoring of programme activities
  • Manage content of the Bureau du livre and Beirut French-speaking Book Fair communication media.
  • Manage and provide relevant contents for the various social media
  • Develop and sustain excellent relationships with authors, publishers, and booksellers
  • Assist foreign journalists
  • Initiate and support the growth of strategic partnerships with institutional donors through effective management of existing frameworks and establishment of new partnerships
  • Develop our press relations in Europe with special focus on France, Belgium and Switzerland as well as helping to define a strategy for our digital media in order to increase our audience
  • Develop and implement strategies, tactics and tools to position Tamyras as the premier, effective and innovative publishing house in the view of Lebanese and regional partners
  • Identify points of common approach within sponsors strategic, build connections and leverage Tamyras strategic objectives within multiple sponsor strategies
  • Manage, provide and create relevant content for the various social media. The content in question includes videos, digital photography, articles, posts from partners' pages etc.
  • Key accomplishments:

    Obtained Tamyras authors TV, online, and print interviews with national and international distribution;

    Successfully planned and supervised Tamyras participation to several notorious book-fairs in Paris, Geneva and Brussels;

    Developed and maintained a deep understanding of social media strategy;

    Progressively increased Tamyras partnerships with institutions and private companies thus providing great publicity, visibility, and services for the company.

    Reached the first year objective of 50 k$+ sponsorship for our main project.
Company Description
Tamyras is a Lebanese publishing house which has been promoting Lebanese culture and Lebanese civilian initiatives for more than ten years now. We try as much as we can to establish a creative sphere for innovation, experimentation, and continuous development of books through ground-breaking ideas, concepts and media.
  • Manage content of both the event's website and catalogue
  • Manage and provide relevant content for the various social media
  • Develop and sustain excellent relationships with authors
  • Moderate conferences with worldwide reputed authors.
Detailed Description
  • I was offered to fully coordinate the event the following year but decided to acquire more experience in the publishing field through my position at Tamyras.
Company website
http://www.salondulivrebeyrouth.org/
  • Plan the EU-funded project on social housing in Lebanon including scope, aims, and methods
  • Research and analyse urbanism as well as construction issues in Lebanon
  • Plan yearly budget
  • Design communication strategy and development ie. website, documentation, social media...
  • Maintain constant and good relationships with stakeholders.
Company Description
The project in question intends to build social houses in semi-rural areas in Lebanon. The project's main objective is to create a private / public structure making it possible to build and manage social housing adapted to the Lebanese context. The municipality would provide the land whereas private funds will be used to build the flats.
  • Organise study trips dedicated to French elected representatives but also offered to the general public from A to Z. During these trips, the participants would meet political figures, journalists, artists, curators and members of the civil society. Each trip had a theme revolving around political and social issues. I thus had to be able to take quick decisions and be as autonomous as possible while respecting the original requirements and standards.
  • Coordinate partnerships with the media in order to develop Via Civis visibility and reduce the cost of our marketing communication. These partnerships were also rewarding experiences and fruitful professional exchanges.
  • Develop and maintain our website in terms of content
  • Translate our content into English.
Detailed Description
  • After my first experience as Head of Study Trips at the IEPP, I was appointed managing director of Via Civis, a branch dedicated this time to the general public. I was in charge of the following:
  • Manage operational and administrative functions to ensure specific projects are delivered efficiently
  • Maintain and develop client relationships
  • Venues Sourcing
  • Deliver events on time, within budget, that meet (and hopefully exceed) expectations
  • Promote study trips on-line and off-line
  • Recruit consultants and on-site staff
  • Develop partnerships
  • Supervise website content
Detailed Description
  • Following several very successful study trips, I was promoted as Via Civis Director. Via Civis is IEPP sister company and organises study trips dedicated to elected representatives as well as "regular" citizens.
Company Description
IEPP is a training center dedicated to French elected representatives, who can benefit of various training including field trips on various issues such as international cooperation.
Company website
http://www.iepp.fr/

English Language Instructor

Cetradel and Loquendi
January 2011 to June 2013
Freelancer
Paris
France
  • Plan, prepare and deliver lessons to a range of classes and age groups
  • Mark and provide appropriate feedback on oral and written work
  • Devise, write and produce new materials, including audio and visual resources

French Language Assistant

Lagan College
September 2008 to June 2010
Belfast
United Kingdom

French Teacher

Greenfield College
September 2005 to June 2006
Full-time
Beirut
Lebanon

Bilingual Executive Assistant

Propriétés Roussillon
September 2001 to December 2003
Part-time
Birmingham
United Kingdom
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