About MBR

Since 2007
– Freelance editor & writer of English marketing documents
– Transcreation of marketing documents from German into English
– MS-Word Ninja: taming of large, unwieldy Word files

Marketing experience
In the European head office for a major American software company:
– Creation & roll-out of a customer reference program across 30 country subsidiaries
– Collaboration with international clients in various industries

Software industry
– Programming for IBM
– Marketing for SAS Institute

Creative industries
– Sales & design in the interior landscape industry
– Large-scale commercial holiday decorations in NYC and elsewhere
– Costume creation at a state theater in the USA

Public service
– Facilities & operations for a fast-growing school district in western US
– Non-profit organization for water conservation in an arid land

20+ years of work experience in Germany
– Fluent, accent-free German
– Ability to write and speak English without idioms or Americanisms

Education
– BA: major in Linguistics and German, minor in Computer Science; University of Arizona
– Exchange scholarship to the TU Berlin, one year
– Graduate studies in Germanic languages
– Numerous academic honors & laurels

Links
www.linkedin.com/in/mbrobinson
www.xing.com/profile/MaryBeth_Robinson