Gabriela Alcantara De Barros

* Strategy & Operations: Shaped organizational strategy and led end-to-end operational execution. * Business Development: Identified growth opportunities and built strategic partnerships across the French and Brazilian innovation ecosystems. * Program Leadership: Built and scaled strategic initiatives and high-impact events, including a flagship event with 500+ attendees. *Executive & Institutional Relations: Represented the organization with executives, investors, government and diplomatic stakeholders. * Ecosystem Building: Connected startups, corporations, investors and public institutions to strengthen the French-Brazilian tech ecosystem. * Commercial & Financial Strategy: Drove sponsorship strategy, fundraising initiatives and commercial partnerships to support organizational sustainability. * Governance & Organizational Development: Established processes, documentation and operational frameworks to improve organizational effectiveness.

International Coordination of Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival. * International Project Management: Led international projects involving diplomatic institutions, distributors and festival stakeholders. * International Business Development: Built relationships and negotiated with international distributors in English and French. * Institutional Relations: Managed partnerships with the French and Italian Consulates. * Executive Communication: Delivered presentations and provided consecutive interpretation for international delegations during events. * Cross-Functional Coordination: Ensured alignment between diplomatic partners, distributors and festival operations.

School of Communication, Media, and Information. * Media Relations: Managed strategic media relations with leading Brazilian outlets, including CNN Brasil and Jornal da Cultura, strengthening institutional visibility. * Strategic Communications: Developed corporate communication strategies aligned with organizational objectives and stakeholder engagement. * Growth Marketing: Responsible for the strategy, implementation and follow-up of paid media. * International Project Management: Led international communication initiatives involving cross-functional teams and institutional partners.

Clients: Accor, Sodexo, Biotherm, Air Liquide, Moët Hennessy, Keolis, Intelcia, La Mutuelle Générale * Strategic Account Management: Managed a €360K+ portfolio of international corporate clients, driving long-term partnerships and business growth. * Project Leadership: Led multidisciplinary teams to deliver digital transformation and communication projects. * Business Strategy: Developed data-driven communication strategies aligned with business goals and performance indicators. * Executive Client Relations: Acted as the primary point of contact for senior stakeholders across global accounts. * Crisis Communications: Supported Accor’s communication strategy during the COVID-19 crisis, ensuring consistent stakeholder engagement.

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Time fixed job at La Défense head office • Production of multimedia content (videos, animations, gifs, photos, texts) for Social Media teams: Corporate Communication & Banque de détail de France (BDDF) • Community Management for Corporate Société Générale LinkedIn & Twitter accounts

Internship • Corporate communications development strategy • Digital communication strategy (Instagram, digital brand content) • Influencer strategy • Monitoring and management of client accounts (Galerie Perrotin, Fonds de dotation du Grand Paris Express) and partnerships • Monitoring and research themes such as advertising, digital culture, arts, urban planning • General Pop (webmedia & label): artist interviews, correspondent for Les Nuits Secrètes festival

Marketing and distribution agency for international channels, representing TV5MONDE in Brazil • Coordinate communications between the Rio and Paris offices • Assistant to the President of the agency • Fundraising for events • Community Management for Facebook account TV5 Monde Brasil

face-to-face work

Bookshop

Échange universitaire / Intercâmbio