A new freelance writing opportunity has been posted by oDesk.com:

We're looking for someone who can proofread Spanish content that has been translated by our main translator, and to act as a backup to translate if our main translator is unavailable. The proofreader should have experience in Spanish to English translation, and be able to proof North American / Mexican Spanish, with proper accents and sentence structure. To start, there will be very limited work, just 1-2 hours a month, but you would need to be ready to take on more work as it comes in (would mo...

Work Load: Copywriting / Editing
Skills: spanish translation, good english skills, good spanish skills
Country: United Kingdom
Hours Billed: 0

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I am writing to you in response to the Spanish copywriter position.
I have worked as a free-lance copywriter, proofreader and translator on a part time basis for over 10 years. I have done work for several industries and companies all over North America, I currently co-own the Calgary Spanish Academy and work along with my business partner as my proofreader for complicated projects. I do most of my work through email and for clients all over Canada and the US. I believe I would be able to respond to a good amount of your Spanish Copywriting needs as a freelancer and at a distance.
I am particularly attracted to the nature of this position, as it will allow the work to ramp up, making it easy to adapt our mutual expectations.

In addition to my experience, I hold a bachelors degree in business and a graduate diploma in Marketing and Advertisement, both from Venezuelan universities. As well, I hold a Masters of Communications from the University of Calgary (Alberta, Canada).
I believe that my academic and professional background, along with my language knowledge could mean a great contribution for your company.
Please find attached a copy of my resume.
Regards,

Juan Osuna

Juan osuna

Email: juan.osuna@shaw.ca; juan_osuna@hotmail.com

Telephone: 403-262-1659 Mobile: 403-619-5063

49 West Ranch Road SW, Calgary. T3H5B9

expertise


· Advertising, PR, economic and financial document writing
· Spanish Copywriting.
· Marketing communications and stakeholder’s analysis.
· Communications and marketing strategic planning.
· Qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
· Organizational communications.
· Networking and group management techniques
· Economic analysis and modeling and statistics for analytical communications and market research.


Experience


2000– Free-lance translator Calgary, Alta
n Independent free-lance translator for marketing and business related texts.
n Translation editior English-Spanish-English.
n Worked as an independent translator for a group of Canadian companies.

July 2007 Enbridge Pipelines Calgary, Alta
Senior Business Development Representative
n Coordinate and manage BD inititatives.
April 2004-06 Enbridge Pipelines Calgary, Alta
Market Forecast Representative/ Senior Analyst
n Build market intelligence to support corporate business decisions, and business development.
n Follow and analyze world oil supply, demand and geopolitics.
n Prepare reports and presentations for senior management and North America Oil companies.
n Support all corporate departments as a information provider, expert analist and strategic planning.
2000– Flint Hills Resources Calgary, Alta
Lead Market Analyst
n Develop market analysis tools for key corporate decisions.
n Participate in key corporate strategic decisions making.
n Develop and maintain day-to-day analytical tools for market understanding.



Sept 2002–Oct 2003 Confetti Ice-cream group Calgary, Alta
Marketing strategy consultant (free lance)
n Create an Alberta ice-cream market profile.
n Designed new branding corporate plan.
n Determine key market development and new opportunities.
n Designed marketing starting plan.
n Led new image creation.
Sept1999–Oct 199 Staff Matters Consulting group Calgary, Alta
Market research consultant (contract)
n Guide clients on their information needs for new branding process. Develop the client’s research and market intelligence development strategy.
n Design, moderate and write reports for a series of concept change focus groups.


1996–1998 Falcon State Government Falcon, Venezuela
Market Analyst
n This position started as a consulting work, ended as a fulltime employee.
n Develop market and investment information package.
n Reported directly to the State governor and Head of Economic development.
n Led government and private sector relations.
n Led government international relations program.
n Designed and lead State’s marketing communications plan, for tourist destination promotion and investment attraction.
n Designed and developed investment promotion marketing plan.
n Designed and led international relations marketing communication plan.
1994–1997 Flacomedi Medical Supplies Falcon, Venezuela
Marketing Manage
· Create company’s new corporate branding strategy.
· Managed marketing team, including sales.
1993-1994 Datos Information Resources Caracas, Venezuela
Market Research Consultant
n Develop qualitative and quantitative market research projects for different international corporations.
n Led Ford Motors of Venezuela market research and service satisfaction program.

Education


1998–2000 University of Calgary Calgary, Alta
n Masters of Communications
n Concentrating in marketing communications, and the use of Internet based customer relationships.
1994-1995 Santa Maria University Caracas, Venezuela
n Graduate degree in Marketing and Advertising.
1988-1992 Rafael Urdaneta University Marcaibo, Venezuela
n Bachelors in Business Administration.
Concentration in strategic planning.

Interests


3rd degree black belt in karate.
Member of the 2003 Alberta provincial karate team
Founding Member and Board Member for the Venezuelan Canadian Association of Calgary.

Computer skills


Expert use of Excel and general Microsoft Office tools.
Use of S-plus for statistical market analysis.

• e-mail juan.osuna@shaw.ca; juan_osuna@hotmail.com
49 West Ranch road• Calgary, Alberta T3H5B9• Phone (403) 262-1659