Gordon McBane

Gordon McBane

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  • About me

    Officer Press & Communication at Schwarz Produktion

  • Education

    • School for Trading and Commerce, Krefeld

      2009 - 2012
      Business Administrator Managerial Economics

      Business Administration, Information Management, Managerial Economics, Big Data, B2B-Communications, Taxation

    • FernUniversität in Hagen

      2019 - 2023
      Master of Arts - MA Political Science

      - Policy & Governance- States, Trading, Economies within globalization- Statistics & Analysis- Thesis: Brexit and the consequences for an independent Scotland

    • Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

      2012 - 2015
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) Social Science

      - Information Management, Statistics and Marketing Research - Economics and Finance - Fragmentation of Media and Sociology of Social Media - Advertising and Publich Relations - Law and Business Justice - Gouvernance, Agenda-Setting and international Policy

  • Experience

    • ZDF

      Mar 2008 - Sept 2014
      Broadcast Journalist

      - Prior to this as Intern at local studio in Düsseldorf- Act in front of camera as Reporter- Act behind the camera as Speaker- Shows like "Drehscheibe", "Hallo Deutschland", "ZDFzoom" or "Volle Kanne"

    • China & South East Asia

      Aug 2008 - Apr 2009
      Work and Travel
    • Atlan-tec Systems

      Aug 2009 - Jan 2012
      Apprentice

      - Office Management- Client Support

    • Radio News 89.4

      May 2012 - Jun 2012
      Intern

      - Interviews and opion poll- Cut of Broadcast- Responsible for news, audience-support and competition

    • Westdeutsche Zeitung

      Jul 2012 - Sept 2014
      Editor

      - Prior to this as Intern at local office in Krefeld- Research, editing and rewriting of articles- Developing of topics, news and stories

    • Center.tv Heimatfernsehen Koeln GmbH

      Jul 2012 - Oct 2012
      Intern

      Working for the show "Citylife":- Shooting, cutting and synchronisation of reports- Interviews and Storytelling- Research and Editoral

    • Deutscher Bundestag

      Mar 2014 - Apr 2014
      Intern

      - Employed in the office of Uwe Schummer, Member of the German Parliament- Press and media organization, e.g.: Drawing speeches, reports etc.- Office administration, research, time coordination- Participating on commissions, working groups and plenary sessions- Working Topics: Inclusion, digital infrastructure, technological impact assessment, big data

    • University of Düsseldorf

      Oct 2014 - Sept 2015
      Abstractor Public Affairs

      - Public relations and presentation of the AStA (Allgemeiner Studierendenausschuss) and University- Editing and publishing the newspaper "Campus Delicti" - Research and authoring- Creative and administrative work connected to the newspaper’s blog- Responsible for different rubrics, e.g. the column "Geschichten aus der Matratzengruft" (Engl.: Tales from the Mattress-Crypt) under the alias Heinrich Heine as author was honoured and became part of the literary collection of the Heinrich-Heine-Institut. Show less

    • European Parliament

      Feb 2015 - Apr 2015
      Improver

      - Employed in the office of Karl-Heinz Florenz, MEP- Press and media organization, e.g.: Drawing speeches, reports, press articles etc.- Office administration, research, time coordination- Participating on commissions, working groups and plenary sessions- Working Topics: Environment, food safety, TTIP, internal market, tourism

    • Cognito

      Apr 2016 - Jul 2020

      - Corporate Communications, Public Relations & Social Media-Benchmarking- Industries: Human Capital Management, Telecommunication, Energy & Utilities, Automation - Public Relations & Contentmanagement- Industries: Talent Management, Finance, Human Resources, Manufacturing, E-Learning, Aviation

      • Public Relations Consultant

        Jan 2018 - Jul 2020
      • Consultant Junior

        Apr 2016 - Dec 2017
    • Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum

      Aug 2020 - Jul 2022
      Spokesperson

      - Head of press office- Strategic corporate communications and marketing- Responsible for public relations, events and social media-benchmarking- Brandmanagement, fundraising and active sourcing- Recruiting and onboarding for test persons in case of scientific surveys & researches

    • Schwarz Produktion

      Aug 2022 - now
      Officer Press & Communication
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Communication in Conflict and Crisis

      Journalisten-Zentrum Busch
      Jan 2017
    • Strategic Management of Products

      Haufe Akademie GmbH & Co. KG
      Mar 2020
    • Advanced Social Media-PR

      BSJK Berliner Schule für Journalismus und Kommunikation GmbH
      Jan 2019
    • SEO-Certificate

      IHK Akademie München und Oberbayern
      Jan 2018
    • Content Marketing

      IFM Institut Für Managementberatung GmbH
      Jan 2017
    • Certificate for International Expertise

      Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
      Jan 2015