Sebastián Cuevas, M.A.
betweendistances @ gmail.com
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Place of Birth: San Diego, California
Place of Residence: Hamburg, Germany
Citizenship: United States of America
Core Competencies: Social Media, Travel Writing, Translating, Interpreting, Proofreading, Editing, Writing, Intercultural Communication, Languages, Customer Service, Blogger Relations, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Teamwork
Professional experience
Freelance Translator/Editor/Author (Remote)
09/2013 – Present
- Creating quality content for respected and serious online magazines
- Providing accurate translations of academic papers
- Proof-reading and editing texts
- Clients include the Seminar for Eastern European History of the University of Heidelberg and the Friedrich Ebert Museum in Heidelberg.
Berlinerblau/NOMOS Glashütte (Berlin, Germany)
02/2016 – 02/2017
Editor/Translator/Social Media Manager
- Translation, editing, and proofreading of texts (from catalogs to the company’s website)
- Copy writing for the company’s social media channels
- Community management
- Ghostwriting a monthly column about watchmaking for the Chinese market
- Developing growth strategies for social media (with two successful Instagram campaigns to my credit)
- Customer, retailer, and influencer relations
History Seminar/University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
02/2014 – 08/2015
Research Assistant
- Conducting research in English, German, and Russian
- Managing the institute’s online database
- Assisting in the organization of events
University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany)
04/2013 – 09/2015
Admin. Assistant/Info Service
- Advising domestic and international prospective students on the application process
- Referring prospective students to the appropriate department
United Finance Co. (Portland, OR, USA)
02/2007 – 06/2009
Manager trainee
- Processing loan applications
- Approving/turning down loan applications under 2,500 US
- Contacting delinquent customers and working out payment plans with them
Telelanguage Inc. (Portland, OR, USA)
02/2006 – 01/2007
Translator/Interpreter (English/Spanish)
- Translations from English to Spanish and Spanish to English
- Simultaneous interpreting
Publications
As editor:
Prof. Dr. Walter Mühlhausen:
Friedrich Ebert, a Social-Democratic Statesman (Friedrich Ebert: Sozialdemokrat und Staatsmann)
Dietz Verlag/Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert Gedenkstätte
As author:
www.rebelhistorian.com (Personal blog)
https://theculturetrip.com/?s=sebastian+cuevas
http://blog.young-germany.de/tag/between-distances/
http://www.cvltnation.com/ruins-krampnitz-abandoned-soviet-military-base-near-berlin/
Education
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 04/2013 – 05/2015
Master of Arts: History
Grade: 1,7
· Modern European History
· Eastern European History
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 09/2009 – 12/2012
Bachelor of Arts: History/Slavic Philology
Grade: 1,9
- Modern European History
- Polish and Russian Philology
Portland State University 01/2009 – 06/2009
(Portland, OR, USA)
History/German
Universidad de Guadalajara 08/2003 – 06/2004
(Guadalajara, Mexico)
History
Languages
Spanish: Native proficiency
English: Native proficiency
German: Full professional proficiency
Russian: Conversational
Portuguese: Conversational
Polish: Basic skills
Interests and hobbies
Traveling
(28 countries and counting)
Literature
Sports
Music
Blogging
