Marie Gonter
Professional experience
Broadcast Assistant
STORY BOX PRESS - Paris - France(Fixed-term contract - September 2009 - February 2010)
Account Executive - Intern
HAVAS SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT - London - United Kingdom(Permanent contract - Started 17 months ago)
Marketing and PR Assistant
LEHMANN COMMUNICATIONS - London - United Kingdom(Training scheme - January 2009 - March 2009)
- Actions to support a law reform campaign to address the unfair VAT treatment of UK charities:
- Researching MPs interests
- Online channels of communications research - e.g. Twitter, Labour Space,Diggit, Delicious
- Planning messages for audiences, including MPs
- Press Relations - PR for a new opera venue in London.
- Pitching and contacting journalists in the national and local media - Research on different topics of interest for a Professional Services Trade Association client
- New Business Development
TV Production Assistant
STORY BOX PRESS - Paris - France(Fixed-term contract - July 2006 - August 2007)
- In charge of a broadcast entitled “13ème Soir” on 13ème Rue, presented by Thomas Hugues:
- Looking for the appropriate place and negotiation to obtain the shooting authorizations
- Looking for interesting personalities that fit to the theme to be interviewed by Thomas Hughes
- Organisation of the shooting, booking the shooting team and the material - Production assistant for “Dimanche +”, a political broadcast, presented by Laurence Ferrari for Canal + channel
- Investigation for documentaries sold to M6, France 2, Canal+ and 13ème Rue channels.
- PR for Thomas Hugues and Laurence Ferrari - Coordination with the press bureau of Canal plus and I Télé
Account Executive
LA BELLE ECOLE - Paris - France(Training scheme - June 2006 - May 2007)
- Organising customized events for major companies
(TF1, Morgan Stanley, L’Oréal, Bouygues, Yves Saint Laurent, La Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin) - Coordinating a PR strategy for La Belle Ecole
- Commercial prospection ( event agencies, and luxury companies)
PR assistant
EVENT INTERNATIONAL - Paris - France(Work placement - March 2004 - September 2004)
- Assist the PR campaign of the Kraft Food France coffee brand "Jacques Vabre" (organisation of press conference and sailing race “La Transat Jacques Vabres”)
- Assist the organisation of the "Salon du Chocolat" (the Chocolate trade)
- Involved in all brainstorming
Skills
Languages
- French - Mother language
- English - Fluent (TOEIC 910/990)
- Danish - Conversational
- Spanish - Notions
Press and Public relations, internal communication, marketing, events.
- Communication
- Organisation
- Adaptation
- Creation
- Negociation
Education
Master of Arts in Marketing and Managment
Middlesex University (January 2008 - January 2009)
- Dissertation Topic : "The London Mature Market in the food retail industry: Benefits sought by Elderly”
Master of Public Relations and Mass Communications
E.F.A.P (French School of Public Relations and Communications) (September 2003 - June 2007)
- Dissertation Topic: "How to implant a School of French Art of living in New York"