Elena Stankova

Experience

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  Freelance

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2015

  Translating as freelancer for translation agencies.Translating magazine and newspaper articles.Translating for the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation.Translating and interpreting for Pre-accession Advisor on Justice and Home Affairs Tony Regan.Interpreting for the British Ambassador’s wife during visits to orphanages for mentally disabledchildren.Part-time interpreting for a PHARE project on vocational training.Part-time interpreting for the American College in Sofia Show less

  • Freelance Translator and Interpreter

    Jan 1993 - Jan 2015

  • Freelance English Language Teacher

    Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
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  A Data Pro

  Sept 1998 - Apr 2007

  Co-managing a project preparing an English-language service for the Italian news agency ANSA;Editing stories under the joint project with ANSA as well as stories released on Factiva.com;Training junior staff;Liaising with the clients from ANSA;Administrative duties, including recruitment, salaries, days off, shifts, etc.;General translation, editing duties for journalists, staff members and external clients;Since 2005 assisting in preparing the Bulgarian edition of Business Spotlight, a language magazine issued by Economedia under licence from German publisher Spotlight Verlag; Show less

  • Managing Editor

    Sept 2003 - Apr 2007

  • Media Translator and Editor

    Sept 1998 - Sept 2003
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  UNDP

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2007

  Translator and Interpreter

  Translating official documents, project documents, newspaper/magazine articles, incoming/outgoing correspondence from and into English;Providing interpretation at official meetings and conferences; accompanying international consultants, acting as interpreter/translator as needed;Proof-reading drafts of documents and correspondence prepared by staff in English;Undertaking other duties as assigned such as drafting and editing short stories, announcements, articles for the UNDP, UN websites and regular publications. Show less

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  ENovatica EOOD

  Nov 2007 - Apr 2008

  Training & eLearning Specialist

  Creation and integration of e-learning platform for company client.

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  SeeNews

  Mar 2008 - Jun 2011

  Managing Editor

  Managing a project providing abstracts of business news articles from a leading British newspaper released on Factiva.com;Writing and editing stories under the project; Monitoring and assessing staff performance;Training junior staff;Administrative duties, including recruitment, salaries, days off, shifts, etc.;General translation, editing and proof-reading duties for journalists, staff members and external clients;

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  A Data Pro

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2017

  Managing a media monitoring project for the ECB, involving a 12-hour a day, 7 days a week service, covering over 30 languages and over 20 countries, involving a team of over 100 language specialists. Duties included recruitment, training, supervision of all staff and processes, including editorial & administrative tasks, liasing with IT team on any IT-related matters, including daily operation and client delivery.Managing a start-up project with duties involving arranging trials and training, defining processes and procedures as per client requirements, involvement in pricing, defining project scope, support in contract negotiations, staffing, liaising with clients, supervising all staff and processes, including editorial & administrative duties, IT tool development supervision.Managing a number of online content provision/SEO outsourcing projects with duties including staff coordination, recruitment, training, supervision, editing, staff evaluation, compilation of client dossiers/style guides, client liaisons (trials, day-to-day coordination, client requirements/remarks/updates, payments), administrative duties. General translation, editing and proof-reading duties for journalists, staff members and external clients. Show less

  • Quality Manager

    Dec 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Project Manager Media Monitoring & Analyses

    Jun 2011 - Nov 2016
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  ICOVER Services

  Nov 2017 - now

  BI Quality & Support Manager