Monika Sebestova, Senior English Language Instructor

Monika Sebestova

Senior English Language Instructor

American College of the Middle East

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree, English Language and Artistic Communications
Experience
13 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 3 Months

Senior English Language Instructor at American College of the Middle East
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • September 2015 to March 2024

Teaching academic English based on specific vocations and content, specialization in academic writing skills, and communications, designing exams, proctoring in exams, grading
- creating and designing various projects for students related to the field of engineering and/or business administration which were ceremonially showcased and presented on campus at the end of each term
-support and participation in various on-campus extracurricular activities such as sports events, academic clubs; etc.
- coordinating and leading the speaking club and the photography club
- offering and providing academic/ teaching support to the Liberal Arts Department - teaching English for academic studies, English composition, etc.
- providing overall support to newcomers- instructors

Confidential Secretary/ Administrative Assistant at Consulate of Slovakia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Brazil
  • August 2016 to August 2016

Served as Ambassador’s and Consul's Personal and Confidential Secretary; accompanied Ambassador in conferences; produced professional correspondence and documents; translations of documents and consecutive translations at conference (from Slovak to Portuguese, and vice versa); prepared and managed correspondence; handled incoming mail and other material; organized and coordinated meetings, conferences; responded to face to face and telephone inquiries

Linguistic Specialist - Interpretation Services, the Protocol and Language Team at Rio 2016 - the Organizing Committees of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
  • Brazil
  • August 2016 to August 2016

Served as a facilitator of communication with the athletes, members of the Olympic Family, and the media, as well as among volunteers; operation areas: field of play, mixed zone, media center, athletes' preparation area, doping; consecutive translations in four languages (Slovak, Czech, English, Portuguese) for broadcasters, such as Olympic Broadcast Services, Globo, Sport TV, RTVS, and other press media.
Consecutive translations and accompanying athletes in conferences; representing the values of Union, Energy, Happiness, Respect and Commitment.

Key Account Manager at Isifa - Getty Images
  • Czech Republic
  • April 2008 to November 2012

Managing entrusted TOP 40 clients from the field of advertising, media, TV, film who need special care, proving complex services for them - from stating client´s needs, research /selection of appropriate materials, being useful for clients with my great expertise in licensing content, making calculations and being able to give immediate cost estimation based on experience, negotiating, respecting the client´s budgets - creating special offers, bonuses, invoicing
Regular business meetings to strengthen interpersonal relationships with clients, presentation of our content and products, visiting new potential clients to prospect new business opportunities, gathering market and customer information, meeting or exceeding monthly targets, managing data and administration associated with processing of sales and clients development
Monthly reporting to the Managing Director, participating in conference calls with our Market Managers from Berlin and London, responsible for Central Europe
And supervision of my colleagues working in sales - sales executives productions, and corporates;

Education

Master's degree, English Language and Artistic Communications
  • at University of Constantine the Philosopher in Nitra
  • June 2007

Specialties & Skills

Digital Media
Innovation
Customer Service
Communications
interpersonal skills, language skills, behavioral skills
communication
organization skills

Languages

English
Expert
Portuguese
Intermediate
Slovak
Native Speaker
Czech
Native Speaker
French
Beginner