Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information
Name:
Claire Wenngren
Date of Birth:
6 March 1986
Place of Birth:
Oak Park, Illinois, USA
Nationality:
American
Address:
Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 71
24103 Kiel, Germany
24103 Kiel, Germany
Telephone:
+49(0)1575 20 09 952
E-mail:
claire@wenngren.de
Employment History
03/2015 to present
Freelance translator and author
Kiel, Germany
Kiel, Germany
- Projects and orders for private customers and agencies
- Publication of a novel
- Editorial work and proofreading for private customers and agencies
07/2017 to 02/2018
Freelance museum guide, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
- Guided tours of the permanent collection and temporary exhibitions at the art museum in Kiel
03/2014 – 08/2016
Eule Lokalisierung GmbH
Kiel, Germany
Kiel, Germany
- Technical translation from German to English, specialisation in SAP software and general IT texts
- Experience with machine translation, proofreading and editing
- Training of our English-speaking interns
- Design, consulting and technical realisation of a new company website
08/2013 – 02/2014
Starbucks Coffee Company AG
Bremen, Germany
Bremen, Germany
- Barista, 20 hours a week
09/2010 – 02/2014
Freelance translator and teacher
Canada and Germany
Canada and Germany
- Orders and projects for translation agencies, private customers and Queen’s University
- Language teacher at several language schools in Bremen and private customers
06/2012 – 07/2013
Institut für Management und Organisation
Bochum, Germany
Bochum, Germany
- Translation from German to English, mostly market analyses and texts on personnel management
- Language training for company management
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Research assistant in the following areas:
- Market analyses
- Personnel management
- Talent management
03/2012 – 05/2013
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Dortmund, Germany
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Research assistant with the following main tasks:
- Translation of specialist texts in Cultural Studies from German to English
- Editing of academic texts destined for publication
10/2008 – 04/2009
Language assistant at Lycée Malherbe
Caen, France
Caen, France
- English language assistant at the high school Lycée Malherbe in Caen, part-time
- Development of projects and courses
Academic Training
10/2011 – 04/2013
Technische Universität Dortmund
Dortmund, Germany
Dortmund, Germany
- One year as DAAD scholar in the Master’s programme “Kunst und Kulturvermittlung” (Art and Cultural Studies)
- Additional year independent study at graduate level focusing on historical garment construction and fashion history
09/2009 – 08/2011
Queen’s University
Kingston, Canada
Kingston, Canada
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M.A. in Art History, focusing on Fashion History and the Dutch Baroque
- Master’s thesis on fashion and the Wiener Werkstätte
- Overall mark: 3.90 of 4.00
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Research assistant with the following tasks:
- Translation from German to English, including texts with nineteenth-century fonts
- Reading and summarising texts in French and English for professors
- Collaboration on a project on Gothic wall painting
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Practicum at the Agnes Etherington Arts Centre
- Research on works of art in the University collection
- Reading and summarizing specialist texts in French, Russian, English, Dutch and German for curators
- Writing essays for a catalogue on the University’s Bader Collection
- Teaching assistant in bachelor’s degree courses
09/2004 – 05/2008
Grinnell College
Grinnell, United States
Grinnell, United States
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Bachelor’s degree in Art with honours
- Bachelor’s thesis on music in the work of Hieronymus Bosch
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Bachelor’s degree in Russian with honours
- Semester abroad in Saint Petersburg
- Translations from Russian to French for the Hermitage Museum
- Overall mark: 3.94 of 4.00
Educational Training
08/1999 – 05/2003
Cherry Creek High School
Greenwood Village, United States
Greenwood Village, United States
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Diploma with overall mark 4.4 of 4.00 (weighted AP system)
- Medal for excellence in French
- Medal for excellent overall marks
- Advanced placement (AP) courses at university level
Additional Training
05/2009 – 06/2009
Die Neue Schule
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
- Six-week intensive course, C1
06/2008 – 07/2008
Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies
Smith College, Northampton, United States
Smith College, Northampton, United States
- Six-week intensive course in Museum Studies
- Curator for exhibition “Bare Identities”
06/2006 – 08/2006
Political Russian
Beloit College, Beloit, United States
Beloit College, Beloit, United States
- Nine-week intensive course in Russian, C1-C2
Honours and Scholarships
10/2011 – 07/2012
Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
09/2009 – 08/2011
Fully-financed study in the Master’s programme at Queen’s University, Canada
09/2009 – 08/2011
Bursary from Queen’s University for foreign students with exceptionally high marks
06/2008 – 07/2008
Scholarship from Smith College for the intensive course “Summer Institute in Art Museum Studies”
08/2004 – 05/2008
Trustee Scholarship from Grinnell College for exceptional marks and study
08/2004 – 05/2008
National Merit Scholarship for exceptionally high test scores in the college entry exams
05/2007
Early introduction in the academic society Phi Beta Kappa
06/2006 – 08/2006
Scholarship from Beloit College for the intensive course “Political Russian”
05/2006
Neal Klausner Award for highest marks in class at Grinnell College
05/2006
Sophomore Award for exceptional performance in Art History
Languages
- English (native speaker)
- German (fluent, almost native speaker level)
- French (very good)
- Russian (very good)
- Dutch (good, very good reading knowledge)
- Danish (beginner, average reading knowledge)
EDV Skills
- Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- CAT tools: Trados Studio 2015
- Responsive web design with HTML5, CSS3 and Bootstrap
- Digital graphic design with Inkscape and Procreate
- Programming with JavaScript and PHP