Resume
Working Activities
| Design and Product Planning | ||
| 02.2016 - today | Founder and CEO "Cho’jac items" www.chojac.net (social production company) • Design and conception of a sustainable product line (bags / accessories) • Establishment of a sustainable enterprise with Mayan artisans (Mexico) • Further development and establishment of chojac in Mexico and Germany • Organization and coordination of international production • Preparation and implementation of courses with local NGOs • Sales and operations management |
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| 10.2020 - today | Lecturer "Design- and Media-Theory" (freelance) Macromedia University of Applied Science, Berlin |
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| 02.2020 – 08.2020 | Project Coordinator for Local International IV (part time) Weißensee School of Art Berlin and Goethe-Institute Bangladesch • Handling selection process of students for exchange program • Research, planning and coordination of study trip Bangladesh • Support and contact person during the study trip • Project support in dealing with international students’ issues • Actively support of the final exhibition in Berlin and Dhaka |
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| 10.2018 – 05.2020 | Design and Product Devolpment (part time) Diakonia Johannes Foundation / Wertraum der Wille gGmbH, Berlin • Concept and design of the entire upcycling product range • Coaching and instruction of up to 20 participants in the textile and paper workshop |
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| 10.2017 – 09.2018 | Management Assistance in Administration (part-time) Weißensee School of Art Berlin • Procurement of goods, disposition and proposal selection • Consulting and monitoring of workshop budgets • Supervising and instruction of the Facility Manager-Team |
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| 10.2011 – 09.2017 | Administrative support as a student in the Art College Weißensee School of Art Berlin |
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| 04.2014 – 10.2014 | Tutor, dyeing workshop Weißensee School of Art Berlin |
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| Other professional activities | ||
| 04.2010 – 09.2010 | Category Field Manager Accessoires Office World AG, Zurich, Switzerland • Purchase for all stores in Switzerland • Exposition and clients visits • General administrational tasks • Correspondence with clients • Supervision of the stores in whole Switzerland |
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| 02.2000 – 03.2010 | Diverse employments in Textile Mechandise, Purchase and Administrations Boutique Roma AG, Globus Department Stores, Fidelio AG |
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| Studies | ||
| 2020 - 2021 | Online-Lecturer in Adult Education WBS School, Berlin |
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| 2017 | Meisterschüler Style in Textile- and Surface Design Berlin Weißensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany |
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| 2011 - 2016 | Master of Arts Textile- and Surface Design Berlin Weißensee School of Art, Berlin, Germany Master thesis: Cho’jac - Net bags of the Maya-Tzotzil, Bricolage of two sustainability contexts |
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| 2007 - 2010 | Foundation Course Design F+F School for Arts and Design, Zurich |
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| 1996 - 1999 | Apprenticeship in Retail Trade and Sales, Textile women’s and men’s avant-garde Boutique Roma and Globus Departmentstores, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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| 1985 - 1995 | Primary school and secondary school, Gossau SG, Switzerland | |
| Avocational Education | ||
| 2017 | Workshop, Sustainability in Fashion, Goethe-Institut Bangladesh | |
| 2015 -2017 | Entrepreneurship for the Arts – EntrepArt, Universität der Künste UdK Berlin, Germany | |
| 2008 | 6-month semester stay Foundation Course Design, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2005 | Language Stay in Montréal CAN, 3 months (French) | |
| 2005 | Language Stay in San Francisco USA, 3 months (English) | |
| Language Skills | ||
| German | Mother Tongue | |
| English | • Spoken very good • Written very good |
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| French | • Spoken good (DELF 1) • Written good (DELF 1) |
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| Spanish | • Spoken basic knowledge • Written basic knowledge |
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| Italian | • Spoken basic knowledge • Written basic knowledge |
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| Computer Skills | ||
| Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Access |
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| Volunteering | ||
| 08.2020 - today | Student Coach Haydee! Digital extra tuition for children with migration background |
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