Jonathas De Mello

Experience

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  Freelance

  May 2004 - Dec 2011

  Multimedia independent professional and entrepreneur

  Independent communication expert conducting various projects involving design (print and online), advertising, photography, video and web development.Projects for different industries such as education, art, fashion and gastronomy.

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  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

  Mar 2005 - Mar 2006

  Internship - Journalism
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  Abril

  Aug 2007 - Jan 2009

  Graphic Designer

  Advertising campaigns and art finalization for magazines from Abril publisher.Coordination of multiple service providers (illustrators, photographers, scrip writers, etc.)

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  UFSC

  Mar 2009 - May 2009

  Journalist
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  Instituto Stela

  Apr 2009 - Nov 2011

  Knowledge Media Researcher / UX Designer

  • Establishment of institutional partnerships and joint projects with German Institute of Artificial Intelligence;• Research on Social Media, Human Interaction, Ergonomy and Usability;• Research and development of systems interfaces for internal projects (Enterprise Knowledge Platform) and external clients (Pepsico, Natura, Itaú, PAHO)

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  Entrelinhas Agência de Comunicação

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Bilingual Journalist
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  University of Western Ontario

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Visiting graduate researcher

  At the Faculty of Media Studies (FIMS) by the Emerging Leaders of the Americas Program - Canadian Government

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  CNPq - MCT

  Sept 2011 - Feb 2012

  Masters Scholar

  Scholar from the CNPq-MCT working on the project "Disasters Early Warning ICTs"

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  UNESCO

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Coordination of the extrabudgetary (USD 4.5 million) project Empowering Local Radios with ICTs; • Coordinated 6 UNESCO Field Officers for implementing activities in 32 radio stations from 7 African countries• Liaised with donors and presented the project in conferences (missions to Germany, Tanzania), seminars, UNESCO General Conference 2013, and meetings with governments and other stakeholders; • Responsible for Results-based management and reporting, developed high-level management tools such as Log Frames, Results Chains and Results Based Matrix; • Created calls for proposals, analyzed submissions, shortlisted proposals, contracted and managed external organizations to build an online community of practice (USD 40,800) and to carry out the project's mid-term evaluation (USD 52,900) and final evaluation (USD 80,000);• Drafted extension and replication proposals for Africa, Asia, and Latin America;• Developed public visibility strategy and coordinated visibility actions at regional and international levels; • Conceptualized an innovative online community of practice for local radios and coordinated its development along with the project website; • Identified and proposed ICTs to be adopted by the project. Networked with companies and developers; Show less • Enhancements on UNESCO WSIS KC platform of communities of practice;• Recruitment and coordination of volunteers to translate the platform to Russian, Arabic and Portuguese languages;• Design of the global logo of Open Educational Resources to be adopted by UNESCO in the World OER Congress Paris 2012;• Participation in brainstormings, discussions and creative sessions with TEDx, One Laptop per Child and UNESCO internal meetings;• Graphic and online designs for UNESCO Communication and Information Sector Show less

  • Project Coordinator - Communication and Information Sector

    Mar 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Communication Expert - Communication and Information Sector

    Jan 2012 - Mar 2012
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  Self-employed

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  Communication Expert

  Paris - San Francisco - Seoul - Amazon• Led communications training for the UNESCO World Heritage Programme. Built capacity of NGO leaders from 11 Asian countries at a training in South Korea and 17 European countries at a training in Germany;• Pitched the UNESCO Youth Mobile to Facebook in San Francisco and the Korean Education Government in Seoul;• Produced a photo-expedition on nature photography with the world-renowned photographer Araquém Alcântara in the Brazilian Amazon.

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  UNESCO

  Jan 2015 - May 2016

  Project Officer - ICT in Education Unit - Education Sector

  • UNESCO/Hewlett Foundation project on developing Open Educational Resources (OER) Policies (Philippines and African regional policy). Coordinated case studies and publications.• Managed the work between UNESCO and Intel to develop a joint platform for policymakers to discuss and create ICT in Education policies.• Organization of the International Conference on ICT and Post-2015 Education in Qingdao, China.• Organization of the Mobile Learning Week 2015, a UNESCO flagship event that gathers 600+ experts, government officials, researchers, and other key stakeholders to discuss mobile technologies to improve education quality. Show less

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  United Nations

  May 2016 - now

  Knowledge Manager / Digital Lead / ICT Expert

  • Senior guidance on project and knowledge management to advance the 2030 Agenda;• Coordinate the conceptualization and full-range development of multiple global digital products; • Coordinate knowledge and project managers assigned to different teams and locations;• Daily liaison with partners, governments, and contractors from the private and public sectors.