Laura Manzi

Experience

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  Leeds University Union

  Sept 2017 - Jul 2018

  International Activities Assistant

  - Working on international students’ engagement in societies and activities; - Promoting integration between home and international students;- Giving presentations about Leeds University Union;- Running focus groups and giving training on Cultural Awareness and Global English.

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  Universidad de Salamanca

  Feb 2019 - May 2019

  Internship | Observatorio para la democracia paritaria en Iberoamérica

  Political investigation carried out through SPSS and Microsoft Excel aimed at tracing Latin American female politicians' behaviours and their comparison to the male counterpart.

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  IOM - UN Migration

  Jul 2020 - Jan 2020

  Media and Communications Intern

  - Supporting the production of content for the institutional blog; - Developing content for social media and scripts for audiovisual products;- Preparing newsletters, press reviews and translations -from English to Spanish and vice versa.- Attending regional meetings and preparing minutes and agenda;- Participating in the #XenophobiaZero project by writing blog articles and monitoring media.

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  European Solidarity Corps for Youth (ESC4Y)

  May 2021 - Jan 2021

  Community Volunteer

  - ESC at 'IMAGINA - Asociación de Desarrollo Social Participativo' & 'Casa de la Cultura Álora';- Responsibilities include: promote rural environment and development, improve local opportunities for people with functional diversity, giving Spanish classes at the House of Culture of Álora, addressed to Moroccan migrants;- Helping organise European Youth Exchanges by liasing with the partners, recruiting participants, preparing the projects' presentations and infopacks;- Taking part in the KA2 Erasmus+ Project 'Prospects in the Peripheries', which aims to counter uneven development that increasingly marginalizes the peripheral regions across Europe by exchanging good practices. Mostrar menos

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  Il Caffè Geopolitico

  May 2021 - now

  -Contributing writer of the Latin America and the Caribbean Desk & the Environment Program;-Writing articles and carrying out geopolitical analysis. - Editing articles' drafts;- Researching topics for articles and monitoring media; - Selecting candidates.

  • Researcher & Contributing Author

    Mar 2021 - now

  • Latin America Desk Co-Coordinator

    May 2021 - Oct 2023
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  Forus

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2022

  Advocacy Assistant

  - Collaborating with the Forus team and its national and regional members;- Assisting in the translation (English, French, Spanish) of policy and advocacy documents;- Supporting the network's advocacy meetings (groups, webinars, workshops);- Supporting the design and dissemination of newsletters or online surveys;- Supporting the engagement in the UN Sustainable Development Forums;- Researching, developing advocacy briefs, data collection, representing Forus in online forums;- Managing advocacy information and documentation. Mostrar menos

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  Link To Media

  Jan 2022 - Sept 2022

  SEO Copywriter, Web Editor and Translator

  - Writing SEO oriented articles;- Translating articles, video and other kind of digital content (ES > IT);- Editing and proofreading articles;- Managing social media;- Recording audio and finalising the script for Youtube videos.

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  European Parliament

  Sept 2022 - Jan 2023

  Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament Liason Office

  - Monitoring the media; - Promoting and strengthening contact with journalists; - Disseminating information about the European Parliament's activities and legislation through social networks, press releases and newsletters; - Translating various types of texts from Spanish to Catalan and vice versa;- Contributing to the organisation of events.

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  Comissió Catalana d'Acció pel Refugi (CCAR)

  Mar 2023 - now

  Communications Assistant

  - Being in charge of the overall project "Cities Defending Humans Rights"' communication;- Contributing to shape the project's communications plan and goals;- Managing relations with the local and national media, planning interviews;- Managing relations and follow-ups with human rights defenders; - Managing social media, writing press notes and content for newsletters and website;- Organising meetings and working gropus with the project's partners;- Liaising with human rights defenders participating in the project; - Producing audiovisual advocacy campaigns. Mostrar menos