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What was your background before IESA arts&culture?
Extremely diverse in terms of training, professional and personal experiences: training as an artistic and cultural management officer in 2011 at the ATLA school, multimedia project manager training from June 2011 to March 2012 at IESA multimedia, various positions in Paris and London in show promotion, administration, and production, various volunteering experiences as an animal caretaker in South Africa.
Which program did you complete at IESA arts&culture and why did you choose it?
I completed the Professional Master in Cultural Project Management. I wanted a 1-year, Bac+5 degree program in culture careers with an internship, to develop knowledge of public authority policy, fundraising, marketing, cultural mediation, …
What did you expect from this program?
Using this 1 year to develop my business creation project, which I do not wish to discuss for the moment, as there are still many steps to complete, but what I can tell you is that it is linked to my great passion, wildlife.
What do you take away from it?
I made enormous progress on my professional project by creating my business plan, and I also brought to life a parallel project directly connected to my passion.
What did the school and your program bring you?
Reflection, knowledge, support, encounters, stress, and fatigue.
What are the highlights of the program?
Creating my business plan, founding my association Les Défis de Noé and carrying out my Real-Scale Project in South Africa in August, and most recently launching the website lesdefisdenoe.org.
What Is Your Job Today?
I am interning in the marketing/education/conservation/animal departments at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey (UK).
What did IESA arts&culture bring you for your career plan?
The intensity of the schedule between classes and exams was an accelerator in bringing my project to life. Ideas sharpened and gave rise to this parallel project.
A side project?
Continuing the development of my association Les Défis de Noé, raising donations to fund new actions, developing partnerships, and building a community that follows and encourages us. Our missions: to support, through financial and human contributions, the organizations working on species conservation, and to raise public awareness of wildlife protection through academic education as well as artistic and cultural action. Continuing my travels abroad to train with the best specialists in order to develop the skills and knowledge essential to my business creation.