Adrian Garcia-Landa

Copywriting, Editing, Localization, Proofreading, Subtitling, Translation

Advertising, Film, Software, Economics

Advertising, Automotive, Film and Cinema Studies, Music, Music History and Literature, Textile Sciences and Engineering

NEWS:

Winner of the translation prize 'Theater Transfer - Transfert Théâtral 2010'
More details here: http://www.institut-francais.fr/Theater-Transfer,7250.html

 

CLIENTS direct and via agencies

• Lufthansa Consulting
• Volkswagen Press releases
• Media Markt Switzerland
• Audi
• Mercedes
• Smart
• Austrian Airlines
• Crédit Suisse
  
• Osram
• Deutsche Post World Net
• German Presidency of the European Union

(a.o.)

EDUCATION

• University for Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Section Film and Television, Screenwriting (1993 – 2000).
• University Paris-IV Sorbonne, Paris, Philosophy (1992).
• Baccalauréat, Lycée François Ier, Fontainebleau (1989).
• Entire schooling in France.

WORK EXPERIENCE / TRANSLATOR
Target Languages French, German.
Source Languages English, German, French.

• Technical Translator for Philips Speech Processing – Localization of the speech recognition software FreeSpeech (January – June 1998), Vienna
• Technical Translator for Software Daten Service, software company belonging to the Raiffaisen Bank – Locaization of the banking software GEOS (July 1999 – June 2000), VIenna.
• Since 2003 freelance translator specialised on
  • Advertising (Media Markt Switzerland, Audi, Mercedes, Smart, Austrian Airlines, Crédit Suisse, Osram, Deutsche Post World Net, German Presidency of the European Union)
  • Marketing- & Press releases (German EU Presidency)
  • Film subtitling

WORK EXPERIENCE / COPYWRITER
Copywriter for Austria’s advertising agency Demner, Merlicek & Bergmann, Vienna (2001 – 2004).

Clients:

• Media Markt Switzerland, XXXLutz (Furniture), Julius Meinl (Coffee), Vöslauer (Mineral water), Wiener Städtische (Insurance), Kleidermanufaktur Habsburg (Austrian fashion).

Awards:

• Bronze, creativ club austria 2005, category self-advertisement
• Silver, creativ club austria 2004, category outdoor advertising - XXXLutz
• Bronze, New York Festivals 2004, category TV-Spot – Media Markt Schweiz
• Gold, Effie 2004
• Nominee, cca 2004, category outdoor advertising - Julius Meinl
• Nominee, cca 2004, category direct mail - Kleidermanufaktur Habsburg
• Nominee, cca 2004, category billboardn – Vöslauer
• Nominee, cca 2004, category media design – XXXLutz
• Since 2004 freelance copywriter.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

MARKET RESEARCHER for

• Ducker Europe Research, Consultancy specialised in the automotive and construction industry (2001 -
  
• Leo-Impact Consulting, Consultancy, automotive aftermarket, Berlin (2001 -
  
• Döhle Inclusiv, Consultancy specialized in textile, Ingelheim (2001-
  
• Kreutzer, Fischer & Partner, Consultancy, Vienna (2000 – 2004)

JOURNALIST for „täglich Alles“, Austria’s late and only Pop-Art Newspaper (1994).



OTHER SKILLS
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Wordfast, Photoshop, FileMaker
Driving License


OTHER WORK
Short FIlms:
Beziehungskrise, 8 min, 2004
Blendend schöne Aussicht, 7 min, 2003
Mord im Hotel, 7 min, 1995
Der Soldat, 4 Min, 1994

Radio Plays:
Gefährliches Glied, 30 min, 2003 (www.glied.org)
WG Terror, 2 min, 2003
Raumschiff Ambassador, Frz/D, 4 min, 1997
Bamboula à Bois-le-roi, Frz., 4 min, 1996

Collaboration:
One-Liners the morning show on radio ö3, 2003
One-Liners for the TV-Show „Das letzte der Woche“, 2003





 

Apple OS X

Clients:
Media Markt Switzerland, Audi, Crédit Suisse, Austrian Airlines, Mercedes, Smart, Deutsche Post World Net, German Presidency of the European Union