Tom Sarrazin

About Tom Sarrazin

With a career straddling strategic communications, digital marketing, publishing, social media, content marketing, communications for development, event planning and blogging, I am a development professional with strong project management skills and a passion for storytelling for audiences in Latin America and beyond.Leveraging singular attention to detail and an extraordinary knack for languages, I am equally comfortable devising and executing digital marketing strategies as I am editing and managing corporate flagship publications or producing high-impact corporate videos for a broad range of audiences. Fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.Key Skills- Strategic communications planning and execution- Digital marketing strategy development and implementation- Publication management- Social media management and engagement- Communications for development initiatives- Event planning and execution- Proficient in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and German

Experience

1. General Editor and Head of Marketing at Idb Research Department

   Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

   Dec 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Oversee strategy and production for all analog and digital knowledge products at the IDB Research Department- Manage production workflow of multi-year publications in multiple languages- Lead a team of editors, translators, designers, typesetters and printers- Devise product-specific campaigns leveraging traditional media outlets, partnership agreements, advertising, blogging and social media- Ensure editorial quality control of all knowledge products

Education

• Universidad de Valladolid

  English Studies, Spanish Studies

  2006 — 2006

• Leipzig University

  Magister Artium (Master’s equivalent), Communications and Media, English Studies, Spanish Studies

  2003 — 2010

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  New Passage to India Program on Indian politics, economics, law and culture

  2010

• Stellenbosch University

  Journalism, English Literature, Political Science

  2007 — 2008

Skills

• Latin America
• Video Production
• Ngos
• Public Relations
• Media Relations
• Southern Africa
• Social Media
• International Development
• Strategic Communications
• Editing
• Writing
• Content Marketing
• Project Management
• Analytical Skills
• Non-Governmental Organizations (Ngos)
• Online Journalism
• Crisis Communications
• Corporate Communications
• Storytelling
• Customer Service
• Annual Reports
• Portuguese
• Content Strategy
• Marketing
• Online Communications
• Blogging
• International Relations
• Spanish