CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Last Name: Vigier	First name: ALBERT
Home address: 105 Avenue de la Bourdonnais
75007 Paris
FRANCE

- Email: languageservice.albert@gmail.com 

- Date of birth:  August 5^th 1978.
- Birthplace: Nogent-le-Rotrou (France).

- Nationality: French.
- Marital status: single.

EDUCATION:

•	June 1996: Baccalauréat, (French equivalent to A level). 
•	1996-2000: English studies at the Université du Maine, Le Mans (France). 

•	1999 : LICENCE Langues, Littératures et Civilisations Etrangères. (French equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in English). 

•	2000: Master’s Degree in English. 
•	2000- 2002: Courses to prepare for the Capes d’anglais (the exam to become an 
English teacher). 

•	2002-2003: D.E.S.S. in Literary Translation, (French equivalent to a Postgraduate Degree in Literary Translation). 

FOREIGN LANGUAGES :

•	English: read, written and spoken, I travelled to London for a week with my high school; I went to London again in 1997, for 3 weeks during the summer, to take lessons at the Hampstead School of English. 

•	German: 5 years of studies (until the Baccalauréat). 
•	Spanish: 6 years of Studies (until the Bachelor’s Degree). 
(I travelled to Berlin and Madrid for a week with my high school).

- Email: languageservice.albert@gmail.com 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

•	1/08/ 2001- 15/08/2001: Hostess at the castle of Nogent-le-Rotrou. I welcomed visitors and sold tickets. 

•	15/08/ 2001- 15/ 09/ 2001: Work placement at the reception of the Rainbow International Hotel in Torquay (U.K.). I did some administrative work (filing, sending brochures to clients, petty cash…). 

•	During the summer 2003: work placement in a Publishing House for my D.E.S.S. in Literary Translation. I translated their catalogue from French into English. 

•	September 2004 - April 2005 : I gave private English lessons. 
•	May 17^th  2005 – July 3^rd 2005 :  I gave English lessons in two primary schools. 

•	September 2005 - December 2005 : I gave private English lessons. 

•	January 4th - April 28th 2006 : work placement at Langues Vivantes in Brussels (a Company organizing language-learning trips). I did some administrative work (answering to clients on the phone, preparing and sending invoices, sending brochures, answering e-mails, translations for the website…). 

•	May 2nd - May 30th 2006 : work placement at l'Institut Européen des Relations Internationales in Brussels. I answered the phone, typed letters, translated some documents, helped to organize conferences…). 

•	July 17^th - November 17^th 2006 : work placement in a Publishing House (Les Presses de la Renaissance), working as the Assistant to the Rights Sales Manager within the Foreign Rights Department. I helped in the preparation and follow-up of the Frankfurt Bookfair (organizing my Manager’s schedule, contacting Foreign Publishers, sending books and other materials, updating the database…). 

•	November 2006- March 2007 : I translated summaries of books from French into English for the catalogue of Les Presses de la Renaissance. 

•	September 2008- December 2008 : Assistant in the Literary Agency “Agence 
Michelle Lapautre” in Paris. 

OTHER SKILLS AND OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES :

- Computer skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Lotus Notes and the internet. -I enjoy reading, watching movies, listening to music.

-I play the piano.

-Driving licence (clean).

- Email: languageservice.albert@gmail.com