CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

1.        Family name : SIFO

 

2.        First names :   ANNA MARIA

 

3.        Nationality :  Freelance  Italian based in Rome

4.         

5.    PROFESSION & EXPERIENCE  :  JOURNALIST, LINE PRODUCER,    MEDIA    ASSISTANT/RESEARCHER/LINGUIST

 

Dear Employer, Director, Editor,

 

Hire me for short and/or longer strings . I work in English and Italian, assisting in any form of Media for print,TV, Cinema and the web:  Research, write, edit, translate and assist.

 

 

Institution :

 

The English College, Helsinki, Finland

Åbo Akademi- Helsinki, Finland

Radio & TV Institute , Helsinki, Finland

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year) :

 

05/1959-04/1970

04/1999  to 12/1999

09/20/2007-12/2009

 

Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained :

 

Diploma: Bachelors

Certificate: Press and Media Assistant

Diploma: New Media TV&Cinema

 

 

5.        Language skills : (mark 1 to 5 for competence, 1 for excellent)

 

Language

Reading

Speaking

Writing

English

   1

   1

 1

Italian

   1

   1

  1

Finnish

   1

   1

   2

Swedish

French

Spanish

German

Greek

   1

   3

   3

   4

   0            

   1

   3

   3

   4

   4

   2

   5

   5

   0

   0


 

 

6.        •Membership of professional bodies : IFJ- International Federation of Journalists

7.        •SAL- Finnish Magazine Association  

8.        •SJL- Finland Journalist’s Federation  

9.        •SKTL- Finland Translators’ and Interpreters’ Guild.

 

10.     Other skills (eg : Computer Literacy, etc.)

11.     •Windows XP Office ,

12.     •Internet Explorer,

13.     •Excel 2000, Trados 6.5

 

14.     Present position: Freelancer Media Assistant, contents researcher, writer

 

15.     YEARS WORKING AS A FREELANCE JOURNALIST  :   

16.     •15 years as a freelancing journalist for “custom publishing “ agencies internationally. (Finland, Sweden, Italy, Germany and USA).

 

17.     KEY QUALIFICATIONS :

18.     Contents’ researcher, editor, proof reader , writer and translator,

19.      Line Producer Italy

 

20.     INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATING:

21.     •Italian-English

22.     •English-Italian

23.     •Finnish-English

24.     •Finnish -Italian

 

SOME OF MY MY EMPLOYERS:

•Vision & Design for Sony Music Italia

•Finnair Airlines

•The Danish Consulate-Savona, Italy

•Suntours Ltd, Helsinki, Rhodes, Las Palmas

•Alitalia Airlines

•Pasanet OY, Finland

•Appelberg Publishing, Stockholm

•Kynämies Publishing, Finland

•Harpers’ Bazaar , New York

•Mondadori Publishing, Milan, Italy

•A4-Media, Finland and Italy

•Automation News, Finland

•Lindos Sun Hotel

•Ava SpA, Rome, Italy 

 and more……
 

25.     Specific experience in developing countries:

 

Country

 

Date: from (month/year) to (month/year)

Syria

01/2004  - 12/2004

Greece

05/1981 -  12/1989  (period developing in certain sectors)

 

 

 

26.     Professional Experience Record :

 

Date: from (month/year)

to (month/year)

01/2004  -  12/2004

Location :

Italy  & Syria

Company :

 AVA S.p.A

Position :

 Consultant

Description :

Drilling Fluids & Muds Tender negotiations and consulting business initiatives with local authorities.

 

Date: from (month/year)

to (month/year)

05/1999 – today

Location :

Italy & Finland

Company :

Custom Publishing Agencies

Position :

 Freelancer & contract journalist

Description :

 Contents researcher, journalist media assistant

 

Date: from (month/year)

to (month/year)

04/1974  -  12/2005

Location :

Finland, Greece, Spain, Italy, Singapore, India, Japan

Company :

Finnair, Sterling Airways, Suntours , Alitalia  Airlines

Position :

Check-in officer, Tourist guide, Cabin crew

Description :

I have climbed all steps to excellence in learning  everything about the travel industry.

 

 

27.     Others  (e.g.) publications : -

28.      Forum Newsletter: Sustainable Development and the Natali Prize.

29.      Al Jazeera: Journalists should know how to use words with responsibility

30.      –Published and unpublished articles .

31.     – Business initiatives research, consulting and assisting inItaly,Finland, Syria, Lebanon, and U:A:E.

32.     – Air-disaster - Post – Crisis Assistance  training received and air-disaster on site accident experience.

 

References:

 

Highly professional and considered collegue. She has accumulated experience to the degree that she knows how to  act independently in all forms of information and communication,

                              

                     Virgilio Violo

(President of Free Lance International Press)