Verónica Iacona

Experience

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  Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación. Proyecto "Café, Cultura, Nación"

  Mar 2007 - Nov 2008

  Publishing Assistant

  "Café, Cultura, Nación" gathered great personalities of Argentinean culture over a cup of coffee to discuss the most varied topics. Each meeting was an opportunity to reflect over current matters regarding culture and politics in the country and in the world.All the meetings were released as a book, and I had the honour and great pleasure to be a part of the publishing team. My tasks included transcribing, proofreading and editing the published materials.

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  Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2011

  Administrative Assistant

  I've worked as an Administrative Assistant for the Ministry of Labour in Argentina. My tasks included writing of official documents, working in the sorting office, and dealing with providers.

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  Universidad Nacional Del Comahue - Facultad de Cs. Médicas

  Mar 2009 - now

  Freelance Copyeditor

  Freelance copyeditor for research projects developed by Dr. Susana Beatriz Sánchez.

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  Freelance

  Mar 2009 - now

  I've been working as a Freelance Copywritersince 2009. I work with a variety of texts and with a variety of clients, from academic papers to TV scripts, product description, and website content. I've been working for over 6 years as a Freelance English to Spanish Translator. I work with different texts, different clients and different deadlines. I am fast, responsive, and I only deliver translations with the highest quality.

  • Freelance Copywriter

    Mar 2009 - now

  • Freelance Translator

    Mar 2009 - now
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  TECtv (MINCyT)

  Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

  Editor in Chief

  TECtv is a science and educational TV channel financed by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina. It's main goal is to show the way in which Argentina does and conceives science, and to call out the young minds to be a part of it.As Editor in Chief I was in charge of the development and writing of channel's style manual, and adjustment of written and visual material to it, as well as the selection and preparation of written material for website publishing. I managed the publishing scheduling, both in web, social media, and paper. I also worked as a content writer, for which I wrote Science of Language and biography e-books, web content (scientific outreach material), TV scripts, advertising texts (leaflets, social media) and news reports. As a copyeditor I did full correction (spelling, grammar, style adaption) of scripts, written scientific outreach material, and graphics on TV shows Show less

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  WordReference.com

  Sept 2013 - now

  Project Manager

  WordReference.com is one of the best, most complete, and most-used online dictionaries available.I've started working for WordReference as an enthusiastic young editor, and over five years later, I'm now an equally enthusiastic Project Manager. My tasks include managing the Word of the Day for English Learners project (selection of words and writing of newsletter), as well as working on translation projects (translating terms from English to Spanish), regionalism projects for all the different varieties of Spanish, and also training and supervising all of our new editors, as well as Managing Eng>Chinese teams on a daily basis. Show less

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  Self-Employed

  Jan 2015 - now

  Spanish Teacher - Private Tutor

  I teach Spanish for all levels and needs. Wether it is tourists travelling round South America, expats making their way in Buenos Aires or businessmen and women with particular needs, I provide customised lessons targeted for every particular goal.

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  Expanish Spanish School Buenos Aires

  Dec 2015 - now

  Spanish Teacher

  I've started working for Expanish after over two years of living in the UK teaching my mother tongue. Being able to teach my language back home is just priceless. I'm an enthusiastic young teacher, eager to keep on growing and learning from my students every day. I teach large and small groups as well as private tuition, and I adapt to my students needs.

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  Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero

  Mar 2017 - now

  Comunicación y conflicto en las OrganizacionesLiderazgo Spanish teacher for exchange students from US Universities. Group lessons, and individual evaluations.

  • Profesor universitario

    Mar 2018 - now

  • Spanish Teacher

    Mar 2017 - now
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  Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ministerio de Educació

  Mar 2018 - now

  Evaluadora de examen de español CEI / CELU

  El CEI (Certificado de Español Intermedio) acredita un nivel de idioma suficiente para que estudiantes extranjeros de todo el mundo puedan ingresar a las carreras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. El CELU (Certificado de Español: Lengua y Uso) acredita un nivel avanzado. Ambos exámenes está reconocido por el Ministerio de Educación y el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto de la República Argentina, y tienen validez internacional.