Julie Willaert
French/Dutch Native Translator with large Marketing / Communication experience

• 10 years of translation experience

• Native French and Dutch speaker & fluent in English (other languages spoken but not promoted for translation asignments are Spanish and German)

• Masters' Degree in Roman Languages – KULeuven 2000 (Belgium)

• Masters' Degree in Multilingual Corporate Communications - University of Ghent 2001 (Belgium)

• 10 years of experience in Marketing and Communication consultancy: giving strategic advice to companies on how to communicate externally (media, customers, large public, opinion leaders, ...) and communicate internally (employees, middle management but also employees communicating/giving feedback to management) + marketing promotion actions (engage your employees to develop strong sales figures)

• International background: I have been living in Congo DRC (at 2 different moments in my life) + UAE (Abu Dhabi)

I offer Translation, Copywriting and Proofreading services


My fields of expertise and working areas

TOURISM/LEISURE/AVIATION/HOTEL INDUSTRY
MARKETING/ADVERTISING/COMMUNICATION/MEDIA RELATIONS
MINING INDUSTRY
ENGINEERING


Relevant Project History

• TOURISM/LEISURE/AVIATION:
1 year FTE at Belgium's main tour-operator + its airline company
A wide range of tasks: copywriting, translating, proof-reading, ...
of several documents:
- website
- intranet
- press releases
- corporate speeches
- corporate presentations
- press presentations and launches
- marketing materials and promo materials
- internal communication messages
- social media posts

• MARKETING/ADVERTISING/COMMUNICATION/MEDIA RELATIONS
- Working as a communications consultant for 7 years:
- Copywriting and translation of several press releases, internal and external communication messages, advertising texts (long copy), marketing slogans (short copy), website, intranet, ...
- Clients: FMCG, Belgian Post, Belgian Railways, Financial Institutions, Venture Capitalists, Banking sector, pharmaceutical industry, Auditing&Taxes Companies, ...

• MINING INDUSTRY:
- Working in a mining company (Copper and Cobalt) in Congo DRC
- Translations of general documents from the company (presentation, letters, speeches, press articles, advertising, marketing materials, ...)

• ENGINEERING
- Technical proposal for an energy consultant - translation - 16.000 words EN-FR
- Instructions for site access to employees, contractors and visitors - translation - 900 words DU-FR
- Website for operational management servicer - translation - 800 words EN-FR

About me

I am a Belgian French and Dutch native speaker.
I was born in Belgium, but raised partly in Congo DRC (Kinshasa). This gave my travel appetite that made me travel to many countries in the world. I like to discover new cultures, new languages, new persons, ...
In 2007 I returned to Congo DRC (Katanga province, Lubumbashi) to live there with my husband and work for the mining industry. Today I am living in the UAE (Abu Dhabi) with my family.

Keywords
Quality, respect of deadlines, and communication with the client

If you are interested by my profile, please contact me for more information, questions on my work experience, ... I will answer you the best I can.

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