TESSA PONCELET Freelance translator, TranslationFrench

OBJECTIVE French to English and English to French Translation Software : Worfast, Microsoft Office, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effect, Dreamweaver, Flash   Areas of expertise : arts, culture, cinema, multimedia, new technologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009 -   2008 - 2009   2007 - 2008   2006 - 2007   2005 - 2006   2005 - 2010 Freelance translator, TranslationFrench   About Blank Project – Artistic, participatory and nomatic project in Brazil (6 months)   AKQA/The Lost Ring – Production of an alternate reality game (US, France, Middle East, China)   Synchrolab – animation and graphic design for the agency of media synchronisation, Synchrolab   Concentré Production – junior graphic designer   freelance graphic/web designer (creation of websites)

EDUCATION 2001 - 2005   2003 - 2004   1999 - 2003   1997 - 1999   École Multimédia, Paris, France – Associate's Degree in graphic design/integration   Centre Iris, Paris, France – Associate's Degree in photography   Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon – Bachelor's degree in psychology   Fountain Valley School of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado – High School diploma

LANGUAGES French – native tongue English – fluent Spanish and portuguese (brazilian) – read, writen, spoken

PERSONAL INTERESTS Arts – drawing, photography, video art Travels and nomatic artistic projects Music – batucada, tuba, guitar, vocals Sports – hiking, biking, camping