Didier Lauterborn

Didier P. Lauterborn ▲CAREER OBJECTIVES: . Strongly motivated to be involved in business strategy throughout marketing and communication . Ready to face new challenges in a forward looking company. ▲PERSONAL DETAILS: . Address: Corner court- flat 5, Nathalie Poutiatin Street, Sliema SLM 1875 . Telephone: (356) 9903 4533 . Email: mrdid@onvol.net/ lauterorient@msn.com . Nationality: French . Age 45 years old . Marital status: Married . Languages: speak, read and write French and English fluently Have a good command of Spanish ▲EDUCATION: - A Baccalaureate (1982) + 2 years Literature (University of Aix-en- Provence). - Photography: courses and assistant of photographers (1984-87) Wedding photographer and assistant of Francis Van Sever in Manosque- -Tourism: technician in Tourism, option entertainment (Agay and Saint Raphael)-Côte d'Azur/ France (1990) - Communication: private courses of psychology and communication methods (seminars in Provence) 1999-2005. ▲EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: E business . May 2008 (contracted for 1 year): On line moderator- analyzing , correcting and selecting adverts in a short time on a French website (www.leboncoin.fr). Tourism . December 2007 – March 2008: Leisure coordinator in a Language School-organizing excursions and leisure activities for the students, including sales. . August 2007-November 2007: narrator- translator . August 2006-July 2007: Travel Malta D.M.C. (Birkirkara)- contact assignment . Consultant for the French market, . Developed new accounts and maintained the existing clients, . Provided quotations with foreign companies and offered a diversity of attractive tour plans, . Translated various kinds of documents from English to French and vice versa. . July 2006 : narrator for a communication company Exalta Projects. . Translated various scripts about the History of Malta and recorded the text in French. . Voice of Jean de la Valette (audio guide- Archaeologic Museum) Press & Communication : . 2000-2006 : Free Lance journalist assigned to regional newspapers (la Provence, l’Essentiel en haute Provence, Tae Kwon Do Choc). . Taking pictures of an event, . Interviewing people, . Writing the report in short delays. . Reporter for a local press agency (Parchemins de Provence located in Forcalquier) . Author of a book about plants “Mémoires d’un Herboriste” . Self marketing operations to promote the title (fairs, TV, signatures). . 1985-1988: Press photographer in magazines and newspapers (Vroom Mag, la Provence, Haute Provence magazine)- France Sport & Management: .2001-2006: President of a martial art Academy called A.P.P.Manosque (France) Management of the various sessions of Tae Kwon Do and Kick Boxing, taking care of the administrative duties and the promotion of the club. 110 members, 3 instructors. . 1998: part time professional table tennis coach in the Reunion Island (Indian Ocean), . Work in partnership with a psychotherapist on a project of mental training method for sportsmen. Table Tennis player since 1977, coach sine 1994, co-organizer of international exhibitions and one France championships (1997 in Marseille) Marketing: . 1999-2000: sales promoter in various outlets. . responsible for promoting renowned products, such as smart-Karcher, Kronembourg, Pastis Girard, Céréal, Danone, Freedent, Wonder, through face-to-face interaction. . Analysed feedback from customers and develop marketing strategies. Tourism: . 1988-1998: responsible of Entertainment in Holidays resorts (France) . Guest relation officer, . Organised sports activities and nights entertainment, such as a variety of shows, games, dancing, . Used the microphone to create animation during afternoons (swimming pool) and beginning of evenings (aperitive games), . Worked as a guide for groups of retired people in the Côte d’Azur. Public relations actions in Malta: . Photographer selected for an international pictures exhibition in Valletta (June 2008) called “The Intercultural Dialogue”-initiated by the European Commission . 1 picture selected for the Maltese fair in Ta’Qali (July 2008) . Initiator of a friendly twinning committee between Malta and my native area “the Haute Provence” (press articles at your disposal), in partnership with a village called Puimoisson. ▲OTHER SKILLS: Informatics: . Hands on experience in Windows . Internet and email applications such as Microsoft . Use of digital camera, scanner Hobbies: . Running, . Yoga, . Watching films and meeting people, . Travelling, . Oriental philosophy.