Career Objectives:
. A strong willingness to develop my professional skills in tourism, marketing & communication.
. Utilize my written/spoken skills in French, English & Spanish for a dynamic and forward-looking organization.
. Cultivate extensive cross-cultural experience with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Personal details:
. Address: Corner court- flat 5, Nathalie Poutiatin Street, Sliema SLM 1875
. Telephone: (356) 9903 4533
. Email: mrdid@onvol.net/ lauterorient@msn.com
. Date of Birth: 15 September 1962 (45 years old)
. Nationality: French
. Sex: Male
. 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:
. 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- to present: 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)
. 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).
. 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.
. 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.
. 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.
. 1985-1988: Press photographer in magazines and newspapers (Vroom Mag, la Provence, Haute Provence magazine)- France
. 1983-84: Military service in the Air Force
Computer skills:
. Hands on experience in Windows
. Internet and email applications such as Microsoft
. Use of digital camera, scanner
Hobbies:
. Table Tennis, running,
. Watching films and meeting people,
. Travelling,
. Oriental philosophy and poetry.
References in Malta:
. Member of the Maltese Table Tennis Association, player for Msida University team
. Close contacts with the Malta Tae Kwon Do Association as a journalist,
. Project to set up a friendly twinning agreement between Provence and Malta.
