Nicole Kidd ~ Content Strategist
Education
California State University - East Bay
BA (summa cum laude), Mass Comm, Journalism & Int'l Biz 1998-01-01 - 2000-01-01
Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
, -Work Experience
die-journalisten.de GmbH
Current
die-journalisten.de GmbH
NK Jewelry Designs
Current
NK Jewelry Designs
Stealth Startup
2022-01-01 - 2022-10-01
Stealth Startup
Partake
2019-07-01 - 2020-03-01
Partake
BeyondVerbal (now VocalisHealth)
2013-08-01 - 2019-07-01
BeyondVerbal (now VocalisHealth)
Revuze
2015-11-01 - 2018-01-01
Revuze
REBMANN RESEARCH GmbH & Co. KG
2009-06-01 - 2014-01-01
REBMANN RESEARCH GmbH & Co. KG
Nanosolar
2012-02-01 - 2012-12-01
Nanosolar
Younicos
2011-01-01 - 2011-06-01
Younicos
living-e AG
2008-03-01 - 2009-04-01
living-e AG
Skills
Summary
RESULT: Deliver engaging content that elicits desired response from your target audience(s). SERVICES: * Writing & editing of MARCOM deliverables: Product datasheets, corporate & product related web content; social media content (FB, corporate Twitter &blog); event coverage; storyboarding (product demos); press releases, customer success stories, employee- & customer newsletters; writing of op-ed pieces (published in WIRED, HuffPost, VentureBeat) & executive interviews & ghostwriting. * German/English localization (RocheDiagnostics) * Personal content: First person essays & memoir writing. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Currently a contractor to a soon to be revealed PaaS startup in the mobile retail space, Nicole has enjoyed a rewarding, more than two decade-spanning calling as a multilingual journalist, twice published book author, software & market research-focused analyst & consultant. She has delivered on scores of revenue-driving #MARCOM/ #MRX endeavors as well as PR strategies for startup- and established multinational clients including Attensity Corp., Roche Diagnostics, Siemens ICN, Sun, among others. Nicole's customer success stories, business white papers & competitive analysis (SWOT) reports continue to result in strategy shifts within her clients' business units. Described as the quintessential cross-Atlantic networker, she started in biz dev at the German American Chamber of Commerce in SF where she served as the IT-industry expert for 5 years during the 1st Internet Wave. Fluent in both English & German and conversant in Spanish, Nicole graduated summa cum laude from California State University of Hayward with a B.A. degree in Mass Communications with an emphasis in International Marketing and Public Relations. Specialties: #MARCOM, Trend scout. Moderator. Editing, Writing, Content Development: #SocialMedia, Content Marketing; Web Editing, Social Branding, Public Relations, Corporate Positioning, Media Relations, Corporate Communications; Multilingual: German, English.
