Rikke Sørensen

Current

• Consultant at Danish Management A/S

Past

• Administration and Communication Worker at Danish Management A/S
• Area Representative and Interviewer at STS High School
• Volunteer at Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/ MS Action Aid

• Information worker at VisitAarhus
• International Coordinator at International Student Centre

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Education

• Aalborg Universitet
• Vallekilde Højskole
• Århus Medie- og Designskole

• Brandbjerg Højskole
• Syddansk Universitet
• Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla
• Brownsboro High School
• Aabenraa Gymnasium

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company

Rikke Sørensen’s Summary

Rikke Sørensen’s Specialties:

International coordinator
Intercultural communication and training
Journalism, storytelling, web, online communication + new media

Rikke Sørensen’s Experience

• Consultant

  Danish Management A/S

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2009 — Present (5 months)

• Administration and Communication Worker

  Danish Management A/S

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2007 — June 2009 (2 years 3 months)

  Administrative tasks:
  - Daily administration in cooperation with administration team
  - Booking of travels, handling of contracts and documents, assisting staff and external experts, organizing social activities, purchasing, etc.
  
  Communication tasks:
  - Web, intranet, PR
  - PR for client (Danish municipality)
  - Occational translation (English/ Spanish/ Danish)

• Area Representative and Interviewer

  STS High School

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2006 — January 2009 (3 years 1 month)

  - Interviewing and evaluating Danish students wishing to go on exchange and potential Danish host families
  - Contact person for foreign exchange students living in the Århus area

• Volunteer

  Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke/ MS Action Aid

  (International Trade and Development industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years )

  - National collection coordinator, Århus region 2006 and 2008
  - Intercultural training of volunteers
  - Planning of summer school in Gellerup district in Århus, theme: Africa

• Information worker

  VisitAarhus

  (Information Services industry)

  January 2005 — September 2007 (2 years 9 months)

  - Advising tourists on sights and activities in Århus and Denmark
  - Booking of hotels, sight seeing tours, ferries and more
  
  Languages used: Danish, English, Spanish and (poor) German

• International Coordinator

  International Student Centre

  (Events Services industry)

  August 2005 — December 2005 (5 months)

  - Organized social/ cultural events for Danish and foreign exchange students
  - Wrote weekly newsletters and updated website
  - Guided Danida scholarship holders on study visit in Denmark
  - Wrote/ edited Survival Guide for new exchange students in Denmark with help from exchange students and Danish volunteers

Rikke Sørensen’s Education

• Aalborg Universitet

  MA , Culture, communication and globalization , 2004 — 2006

  Focus: European studies, anthropology, development + intercultural communication and training.
  
  Thesis on intercultural learning through simulations and games.

• Vallekilde Højskole

  Journalism/ Communication 2004 — 2004

• Århus Medie- og Designskole

  Tekstforfatter/ copy writer , Writing in different genres , 2004 — 2004

• Brandbjerg Højskole

  Journalism + Art 2003 — 2003

• Syddansk Universitet

  BA , English and Spanish Business Communication , 2000 — 2003

  BA project on international marketing in Spanish.

  Activities and Societies:

  Member of YES (Yngre Erhvervssprogs Studerende) student society. Organized local and national events on a voluntary basis.

• Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla

  Part of BA , Spanish, marketing, Mexican social studies , 2002 — 2002

• Brownsboro High School

  High School , Spanish, Journalism, American History and more , 1995 — 1996

• Aabenraa Gymnasium

Additional Information

Rikke Sørensen’s Websites:

• My Company

Rikke Sørensen’s Interests:

Intercultural communication, journalism, development, ICT tools, new media, PR, training, event making, photography

Rikke Sørensen’s Groups:

Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke, Amnesty, ICYE, Børnefonden, NASAGA, YSIETAR, NfN Kommunkation og Sprog, International Student Centre, Brandbjerg Højskole

•    Aalborg University (AAU) Alumni Association - Kandidatnet
•    Syddansk Universitet Alumni
•    Global Voices Online

Rikke Sørensen’s Contact Settings

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