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communications director, western europe

About

Director of Corporate Communications at Microsoft Ltd

Country

france

City

paris

Industry

public relations and communications

Skill

corporate communications, public relations, internal communications, strategy, strategic communications, communication training, marketing, crisis communications, integrated marketing, analyst relations, media relations, reputation management, content strategy, messaging, social media, crisis management, thought leadership, message development, communications planning, strategic planning, strategic partnerships, community management, global communications, public affairs, corporate social responsibility, influencer marketing, public speaking, team management, corporate social media, emea

Experience

director, corporate communications, europe, middle east and africa

microsoft

2013-12 - 2015-9 · 1 yr 10 mos

In this role I was responsible for crisis & issues communications, as well as influencer/pan-regional media management for Europe, Middle East & Africa from December 2013 - October 2014. In November 2014, the company reorganized at which time my scope became Europe only, for the same responsibilities. At that time, I also took over owned platforms for Europe. In April 2015, my team launched a new Europe News Centre at http://news.microsoft.com/europe/ and also managed the @MSEurope Twitter handle.

communications director, africa initiatives

microsoft

2012-10 - 2013-11 · 1 yr 2 mos

executive communications director, microsoft international

microsoft

2009-8 - 2012-10 · 3 yrs 3 mos

public relations director, online services division

microsoft

2006-6 - 2009-8 · 3 yrs 3 mos

PR for Microsoft's Online Services Division including Bing, MSN and Microsoft Advertising.

account director

bite global

2000-3 - 2006-5 · 6 yrs 3 mos

Public relations agency. My clients included: HP, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Applied Materials, Cisco Systems, BEA Systems, Wind River Systems, Tandberg Television, SeeBeyond, Genuity, SeeCommerce, AltaVista. Bite was formerly Applied Communications.

it consultant

pwc

1998-9 - 2000-2 · 1 yr 6 mos

Consulted for high tech and retail clients including IBM, Compaq and PETsMART. Trained in C, Powerbuilder, UNIX, SQL, and SAP/ABAP. Responsible for change management and technical functionality in SAP systems implementations and improvements.