María Belén Silva Campos
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Experience 3 - 5 Years
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Age 26 Years
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Languages Spanish, English
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Education Levels Master’s Degree
Education
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Bachelor in International Relations
2012 - 2016 Universidad Central de VenezuelaMagna Cum Laude Award for my grades: 17,52/20 points
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Joint Master's Degree in Euroculture: Society, Politics and Culture in a Global Context
2020 - 2022 Uppsala and Deusto Universities
Work Experience
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01-09-2021 - 21-01-2022
Intern
Research and analysis on populism, its relationship with democracy and nationalism and protests that have come up against it.
These arethe mandatory internships to complete my Master's degree. I was like a ResearchAssistant to Dr. Ashok Swain, head of the Deparment. My main task consisted of researching,analysing and writing about populism: its conceptualizacion and characteristics;its relationship with democracy; the protests that have come up against it andthe promotion of peaceful protests to avoid its rise; and its similarities anddifferences with nationalism. I wrote 4 papers about it.
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03-05-2019 - 09-10-2020
Social Secretary
Main tasks:
- Draftingof Notes Verbales and official documents
- Coordination of, briefing and drafting of minutes about meetings withGovernmental Ministries and Diplomatic Corps
- Translation of the received correspondence (notes verbales, documents, letters,invitations...)
- Translatorin meetings (Spanish-English and English-Spanish)
- Coordination and organization of Embassy events
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21-03-2018 - 29-04-2019
Costumer Account Representative
Main tasks:
- Collection of services provided by Shipping Lines to US customers.
- Tracking account statements and write status reports about them.
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16-02-2017 - 17-11-2017
Intern
Main tasks:
- Supportin the logistics, protocol, and administrative activities related to the culturalevents of the organization. This included: coordination of meetings with suppliersand artists and drafting the meeting minutes; sending invitations and writingthe list of attendees; constant communication with the logistics and communicationsdepartment to the organization of the events; assistance in the preparation ofand day of the event; person in charge of protocol in case of special guests(e.g. representatives from the Diplomatic Corps).
-Coordination and preparation of the Cultural Committees, which was the body incharge of deciding the events of the year. I was also the one in charge ofdoing the presentation.
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15-08-2016 - 30-12-2016
Intern
Main tasks:
- Follow-up of the press to the political, social, and economic aspects of Venezuela, and draft reports about it. Also, drafting of letters and/or reports upon the Representative's request. -
22-09-2015 - 18-12-2015
Intern
Main tasks:
- Support inthe evaluation and monitoring processes of the social projects funded by theFoundation. This also implied attending the events of the organization, brainstormingpossible projects for the NGOs registered in the foundation, briefing on the meetings with their representatives, among others.
- Update ofthe database of the organisations registered in the Foundation's network.
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01-07-2021 - Present
Head of Social Media
The Euroculturer is the Magazine written for and by the Euroculture students. Since I took thisposition, we have increased followers and promoted new initiatives: events, jobfairs, weekly news, newsletter... I have successfully built and managed a teaminto a common goal: to increase the magazine's reach through projects that helpstudents during and after their degree.