Karen Sehling

Freelancer PR & Content

Karen Sehling
Eching am Ammersee, Germany

Experience

Jun 2009 - Present
15 years 9 months

Freelancer

agentur WUNDERWORT

Portfolio: text & layout, product & corporate communications, PR campaigning

Clients & References: Archetype PR (Media-Saturn, Magellan, Kodak Alaris, Activision, Skype), Broadbean, CleverConnect, Deutsches Ehrenamt, Veltrup Immobilien, Careerbuilder GmbH, LECHUZA, CHERRY (ZF- Friedrichshafen), livescribe, Creative labs, disaster.com

Tasks:

  • Editing & creative copywriting
  • Media & blogger relations
  • Trade fair support
  • Event planning
  • Planning and implementation of media cooperations
Jan 2004 - May 2009
4 years 5 months

Senior Consultant

A&B ONE Kommunikationsagentur

Clients: iriver, Iomega, Audible, Combined Vereinigte Versicherungsgesellschaft, Doblinger (u.a.)

Tasks:

  • Head of the Consumer Electronics Team
  • Coordination of European PR agencies
  • PR strategy planning
  • Resource and budget planning
  • Campaign communication
  • Client management
Oct 1999 - Dec 2004
5 years 3 months

Account Manager

Harvard PR

Clients: PlayStation, Creative, iriver, Handspring, lastminute.com, Iomega, Audible (u.a.)

Tasks:

  • PR strategy planning
  • Resource and budget planning
  • Client management
  • Campaign communication
  • Media relations
  • Team lead
  • Coordination of European PR agencies
  • Planning, organization & implementation of trade fairs and press events
Sep 1996 - Aug 1999
3 years
Ravensburg, Germany

Student

Berufsakademie Ravensburg

Study (Diploma) in Media & Communications / Journalism & PR

Theory: economic skills and practical qualifications in print and digital media as well as in the fields of advertising, journalism and public relations

In practice: practical education at the Schwarzwälder Bote Mediengesellschaft mbH, Oberndorf

May 1995 - Jan 1996
9 months

Trainee

Thüringer Allgemeine Zeitung (TAZ)

Traineeship in the local editorial office of TAZ with focus on research, editing, layout, photography, direct marketing

Summary

Portfolio: text & layout, product & corporate communications, PR campaigning Clients & References: Archetype PR (Media-Saturn, Magellan, Kodak Alaris, Activision, Skype), Broadbean, CleverConnect, Deutsches Ehrenamt, Veltrup Immobilien, Careerbuilder GmbH, LECHUZA, CHERRY (ZF- Friedrichshafen), livescribe, Creative labs, disaster.com Tasks: Editing & creative copywriting, media & blogger relations, trade fair support, event planning, planning and implementation of media cooperations

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Intermediate
French
Elementary
Russian
Elementary

Education

Sep 1996 - Aug 1999

Berufsakademie Ravensburg

Diploma · Media & Communications / Journalism & PR · Germany