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1. English and Spanish Teacher as a Foreign Language María Elena Figueroa Fernández Contact details: E-mail: meffmarketing@yahoo.com.mx Phone: +52 55 8421 7727 Mobile: +52 155 2736 4568 Birth Date: June 12th, 1975. Current Address: Prado Churubusco, Coyoacán. México City, MEXICO. Objective I aim to develop a long term Language Teaching Career applying my Management and Personal Skills at work, helping the school and students to achieve their goals. My TEFL Certificate and my Marketing background gave me the tools for Teaching English and Spanish as a Foreign Language. Teaching worldwide enriches my personal goals, as to know different cultures and share experiences with new people. Management Skills Personal Skills Computer skills Languages Useful information Planning and developing Presentations. Managing Teams, assigning tasks and motivating people. Time Management Organizational skills. • Microsoft Office: • Word • Excel • Power Point • Project AVAILABILITY: Available for changing residence and travelling. NATIONALITY: Mexican. I am available for applying for the residence / work permit . Proactive: Delivering more than expected. Creativity. Aim seeker and hard worker. Problem solving mind. ENGLISH: TEFL Certificate with Distinction. SPANISH: Native Speaker. FRENCH: Basic. Education Internet Outlook • TEFL Certificate with Distinction. By Via Lingua Budapest, Nov – Dec 2010. 4 week, 120 hours intensive course with 10 hours Teaching Practice with groups of different abilities. Including One to One teaching. With high results in Grammar exam. I developed the next skills: • Designing Lesson Plans, assessment and report writing. • Classroom management and One to One lessons. • Language Awareness. • MASTER DEGREE IN MARKETING. By EAE of UPC. In Barcelona, Spain. October 2001 – June 2002. • BACHELOR DEGREE IN MARKETING with Honors. By ITESM. Mexico City, August 1993 – December 1997. Professional Experience Regarding the Teaching Experience, I have taught in the TEFL practices and one to one private lessons in Istanbul. However my whole Professional Experience is in Marketing, managing brands. The responsibility as Brand Manager, related to Teaching, is the Training to the sales force, demo-girls and clients about product’s benefits, as well as developing training and information materials for them. Common responsibilities as Brand Manager have been developing and executing Marketing Plans, Communication Strategy, Packaging, Advertising Campaigns, Media Plans, materials for the point of sale. Feb’08 – Aug’10 Kimberly Clark México as a Brand Manager Sr. for Kotex Brand. Jun’03 – Sep’06 Bayer de México as Brand Manager Sr. for Alka-Seltzer and Redoxon. Sep’02 – May’03 Corfuerte México as Brand Manager for Smuckers and Reynolds. Mar’02 – May’02 Nestlé Spain. 3 month student practices while studying in Barcelona in Nescafé. Jun’98 – Mar’01 Nestlé México. I began as Trainee, then as Assistant and finally as Product Manager Jr. July, 2011