CURRICULUM VITAE
Mr. ACHIM BAATZSCH
German
Achim((a)tamiro.de
born in 1970 in Halle (Saale), Germany
one child
EDUCATION
1986-88 extended secondary school „Müntzer“, school-leaving exam
1991 English in Harrow-on-the-Hill
1992-98 student: journalism and English at Leipzig University
1993-94 two terms: English literature at Leicester University (UK)
EXPERIENCE
journalist
1989-90 traineeship: daily Mitteldeutsche Neueste Nachrichten, Halle
1990-92 editor: daily Hallesches Tageblatt, Halle
1992–98 freelance editor (word and picture): newsagency Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst; dailies Junge Welt, Volksstimme, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Neue Zeit, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung; weeklies Extrablatt Halle and Sonntags-Nachrichten
1996 freelance: TV station Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, Halle
1998 traineeship: TV station Sat.1, Leipzig
from 1998 Feature Story Writer: monthly "Warsaw – What, where, when"
from 2000 Dresdner Morgenpost, Die Kirche
translator
- news digests "Polen am Morgen" + "Tschechien am Morgen" (published by Warsaw Business Journal) (Eng./Polish-German)
- "Warszawa – Co, Gdzie, Kiedy" (G --) Eng., Polish --) German)
- McKinsey & Company (English --) German)
- Poznan Messe-Magazin (Polish --) German)
- Centrum Badan Regionalnych (English --) German)
- Patent and Trademark Attorney (Polish --) German)
- Publisher Linia (Polish --) German): guide of hotels and conference objects
- Translatornia (Polish --) German): homepage of a real estate agency
coordinator
2010-2012 coorganizer of the Polish „Fair Play – Fair Work“ Campaign for the Building and Woodworkers International (www.bwint.org, Switzerland), organizer of two international conferences in Wroclaw and Warsaw, interpreting English-Polish-German, coordinating international trade union networks
teacher
- private school AJM Improve in Zoliborz
- Goetheinstitut Warsaw and private school "Bakalarz"
LANGUAGES
German (mother tongue)
English (very good)
Polish (fluently)
ABILITIES AND HOBBIES
• MS Office, QuarkXPress
• piano playing, cycling, swimming, visiting theatres