Career
09/2009 – present LONDON GREEK CONCIERGE: Membership & Events Manager, London
04/2008 – 08/2009 SUNDAY, Greek Press: Freelance journalist, weekly magazine, Thessalonica
05/2006 – 04/2007 TAXIDIA (Trips), Greek Press: Chief Editor, weekly travel issue in newspaper, Thessalonica
07/2005 – 08/2008 MAXIM, Imako Media: Freelance journalist, Greek edition of “Maxim” magazine, Athens
03/2005 – 01/2006 TRAVELLER’S ICONS magazine: Chief Editor, monthly travel magazine, Athens
07/2004 – 10/2004 ATHENS 2004: Assistant venue producer, cycling events, Olympics and Para Olympics, Athens
08/2003 – 01/2004 MISSION, Ena Productions: ENG Story Editor, TV reality, Athens
06/2003 – 08/2003 SURVIVOR, Fremantle: Logger, TV reality, Greek production team, Malaysia
05/2002 – 06/2003 POLIS ΤV: Production Manager of local TV station’s broadcasts, Athens
05/2001 – 05/2002 MACEDONIA TV: Producer of a live morning show broadcasted nationally, Thessalonica
09/2000 – 05/2001 Freelance: Translator for a betting company, London
07/1997 – 08/1998 MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY (MPA) GR: Website journalist writing news in both English and Greek and news translator from English to Greek, Thessalonica
06/1996 – 07/1997 OMNIA Advertising: Account Executive, Thessalonica
Brief Employment
Blue Sky TV: TV Presentation and chief editing, evening news, November 2005, Athens
PAOK Channel: editing (post production), satellite TV sports channel, May 2002, Thessalonica
Interval International: Holiday Counsellor, April 2001, London
Hotpoint service: Customer service, phone enquiries and technical appointments scheduling, Harrow, London, August 1999 – November 1999
Education
09/1998 – 09/1999 Master Degree in International Journalism,
TV & Radio Broadcasting, University of Westminster, London
09/1991 – 06/1996 Bachelor Degree in Business Administration,
AmericanCollege of Thessaloniki (ACT), Greece
09/1985 – 06/1991 Lyceum Degree, Greek-French College, Greece
Training Filmmaking: Documentary filmmaking, screenplay, shooting and lighting for film & digital, at London Film Academy (LFA), London
Digital Photography: Professional use of digital cameras (SLR), post-production with Photoshop CS3, studio and location lighting, at Photofusion, London
Web Design: Set up, design and management of web pages, Adobe CS4 Dreamweaver and Flash web-design programs with Home Learning College, UK (currently attending)
TV Presenting: ΑΝΤ1 TV station, one of the biggest TV stations in Greece, Athens
Other qualifications Trained as air cabin crew with excellent assessments
Languages English, fluent: Cambridge Proficiency certificate, first English course attended at the age of 4 at YMCA kindergarten and never stopped training and practicing ever since
French, good: Diplôme and D.È.L.F. certificates
Greek, native language: Born and raised in Greece
Achievements I travelled the world alone (SE Asia, Japan, Australia, Europe) with only a backpack and a video camera.
Turned my travel experiences into a competitive business tool while working as a travel journalist.
Personal aspiration I want to create new media and broadcast documentaries about different cultures and communities
Personal information Single, no children or other dependent members
References UK and Greek references can be presented whenever required
