indiekit-blog/_data/cvStatic.js

/**
 * Repository-managed CV fallback data.
 * Edit this file to maintain CV content without the backend CV plugin.
 */

export default {
  lastUpdated: "2026-03-08T12:00:00.000Z",
  experience: [
    {
      title: "Public Relations Specialist",
      company: "Landratsamt Garmisch-Partenkirchen",
      location: "Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany",
      startDate: "2024",
      endDate: null,
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Spearheaded strategic communication initiatives, improved public outreach, and strengthened stakeholder relationships.",
      highlights: [
        "Media campaigns",
        "Press releases",
        "Stakeholder communication",
        "Public image management",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "Social Worker",
      company: "BIB Augsburg",
      location: "Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany",
      startDate: "2021",
      endDate: "2024",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Provided social support and counseling with a focus on integration, empowerment, and crisis intervention.",
      highlights: [
        "Social integration",
        "Crisis intervention",
        "Family support",
        "Agency collaboration",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "Founder and Communication Consultant",
      company: "Textbureau & Communication Giersig",
      location: "Konstanz and Murnau, Germany",
      startDate: "2014",
      endDate: "2023-12",
      type: "self-employed",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Built and ran a communication agency delivering content, editing, and strategic communication across industries.",
      highlights: [
        "Agency leadership",
        "Project management",
        "Client engagement",
        "Content creation",
        "Editorial work",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "Store Manager",
      company: "Jack Wolfskin",
      location: "Murnau, Germany",
      startDate: "2017",
      endDate: "2021",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Managed daily store operations, team leadership, and sales strategy with consistent growth and strong customer service outcomes.",
      highlights: [
        "Retail operations",
        "Team leadership",
        "Sales strategy",
        "Customer satisfaction",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "Sales Professional",
      company: "Jack Wolfskin and Vaude",
      location: "Konstanz, Germany",
      startDate: "2012",
      endDate: "2017",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Built strong customer relationships and product expertise in outdoor retail while improving sales performance.",
      highlights: [
        "Customer service",
        "Product consulting",
        "Sales performance",
        "Brand representation",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "Research Assistant",
      company: "University of Constance",
      location: "Konstanz, Germany",
      startDate: "2007",
      endDate: "2012",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Supported sociological research projects, contributed to publications, and tutored students in qualitative and quantitative methods.",
      highlights: [
        "Research design",
        "Data analysis",
        "Academic publications",
        "Methods tutoring",
      ],
    },
    {
      title: "UNIX Consultant",
      company: "Netzwerk2000 and Emprise Network Consulting",
      location: "Waiblingen and Stuttgart, Germany",
      startDate: "1998",
      endDate: "2002",
      experienceType: "work",
      description:
        "Delivered UNIX consulting in networked environments, covering system administration, troubleshooting, and technical support.",
      highlights: [
        "UNIX system administration",
        "Troubleshooting",
        "Technical support",
        "Large network environments",
        "LDAP",
        "Checkpoint Firewall",
      ],
    },
  ],
  projects: [
    {
      name: "Communication Agency Development",
      url: "",
      description:
        "Built and scaled an independent communication agency and delivered tailored messaging for clients across industries.",
      technologies: [
        "Project management",
        "Client communication",
        "Messaging frameworks",
        "Editorial production",
      ],
      status: "completed",
      projectType: "work",
      startDate: "2014",
      endDate: "2023-12",
    },
    {
      name: "Public Outreach and Media Work",
      url: "",
      description:
        "Designed and executed public communication initiatives for social topics in district administration.",
      technologies: [
        "Public relations",
        "Press writing",
        "Media coordination",
        "Stakeholder relations",
      ],
      status: "active",
      projectType: "work",
      startDate: "2024",
      endDate: null,
    },
    {
      name: "Social Integration Support Programs",
      url: "",
      description:
        "Worked with families, young people, and refugees through social support and integration-focused services.",
      technologies: [
        "Counseling",
        "Case coordination",
        "Community partnerships",
        "Intercultural communication",
      ],
      status: "completed",
      projectType: "work",
      startDate: "2021",
      endDate: "2024",
    },
  ],
  skills: {
    Communication: [
      "Strategic communication",
      "Public relations",
      "Press releases",
      "Media campaigns",
      "Content creation",
    ],
    Technology: [
      "Unix Systems and Networks",
      "Checkpoint Firewall",
      "LDAP",
      "Community collaboration",
    ],
    Research: [
      "Ethnographic perspective",
      "Qualitative methods",
      "Quantitative methods",
      "Sociological analysis",
      ],
    "Social Work": [
      "Social integration",
      "Crisis intervention",
      "Counseling",
      "Community collaboration",
    ],
    Operations: ["Project management", "Team leadership", "Adaptability", "Client engagement"],
  },
  skillTypes: {
    Communication: "work",
    Research: "work",
    "Social Work": "work",
    Operations: "work",
  },
  languages: [
    { name: "German", level: "native" },
    { name: "English", level: "fluent" },
  ],
  education: [
    {
      degree: "B.A. Sociology",
      institution: "University of Constance",
      location: "Constance, Germany",
      startDate: "2007",
      endDate: "2018",
      educationType: "work",
      description: "Academic training in sociology with a strong methodological and social-theory foundation. Minor Subjects: Politics and Administration, Gender Studies",
    },
    {
      degree: "A Level / Abitur",
      institution: "Kolping-Kolleg Stuttgart",
      location: "Stuttgart, Germany",
      startDate: "2003",
      endDate: "2007",
      educationType: "work",
      description: "General university entrance qualification.",
    },
  ],
  interests: {
    "Professional Focus": [
      "Social issues",
      "Community communication",
      "Ethnographic inquiry",
      "Grassroots movements",
    ],
    Personal: [
      "Long-distance hiking",
      "Designing and sewing ultralight hiking gear",
      "Running blogs",
      "Minimal techno",
    ],
  },
  interestTypes: {
    "Professional Focus": "work",
    Personal: "work",
  },
};