Simona Nichiteanu

Media Relations @ ATG Europe for European Space Agency | Certified Translator

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

As a Media Relations Officer for the European Space Agency (ESA) at ATG Europe, I coordinate and implement media relation activities for various ESA projects and Member States, in alignment with the Communication Program Officers and the Outreach team. I have a Master's degree in Anthropology and a certification as a sworn translator for English and German, issued by the Romanian Ministry of Justice. With over 7 years of experience as a freelance translator and interpreter, I have developed strong communication and editorial skills, as well as a keen interest in art, culture, and science. I have translated and interpreted for various organizations, such as the National Theatre of Bucharest, the George Enescu Festival, the Ministry of Labour, and the Romanian Parliament. I have also contributed to several online platforms, such as Exporevue and Art360, and curated exhibitions and events for different institutions and festivals. My current mission is to share the ESA stories and achievements with the media and the public, and to inspire curiosity and appreciation for space missions operations and research.

Experience

  • ATG Europe (Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)
    • Media Relations for the European Space Agency - AT, CH, CZ, PL, RO
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

      Media Relations for ESOC Establishment in Darmstadt and Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania Focus topics: Operations, space safety, space debris, space weather Deal with requests from media for interviews, information and support related to ESOC, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania - ensuring message coherence and answering the journalist queries in a timely manner Organise interviews and briefings for individual journalists as appropriate Organise media and outreach events Prepare, send and update press releases and news releases Contribute to media insight analysis Maintain and use relevant journalist and influencer databases Maintain the list of ESA spokespersons

    • Media Relations @ European Space Agency
      Feb 2022 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs

      Coordinate and implement the media relation activities at the European Space Centre in Darmstadt in close coordination with the Communication Program Officers, the Outreach team and site services; Coordinate and implement the media relation activities related to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Romania and Estonia and/or any other ESA Member State in the future Contribute to media insight analysis; Maintain and use relevant journalist and influencer databases; Deal with requests from media for interviews, information and support related to ESOC, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Romania and Estonia - ensuring the necessary level of message coherence and answering the journalist queries in a timely manner; Organize interviews and briefings for individual journalists as appropriate; Organize media and outreach events; Ensure the newsroom and media relations processes are well implemented between the establishments; Prepare, send and update press releases and news releases.

  • Freelance Translator and Interpreter at Self-employed
    Dec 2014 - Mar 2022 · 7 yrs 4 mos

    Certified translator and interpreter for German and English Collaborations with the National Theatre of Bucharest and Vellant Publishing Collaboration with George Enescu Festival (translation of 4 librettos) Conference interpreting for Ministry of Labour and Romanian Parliament Technical, legal and general translations

  • Training Program Coordinator at Microsoft
    Nov 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Establish and maintain relationships with new and existing key WWL stakeholders, internal groups, and partners for a strong network and open communications • Build the delivery plan for an agreed customer skilling plan by partnering with internal stakeholders (Operations, Scheduling department) to organize the delivery specific details • Communicate delivery plan to TPM and Customer POC for sign off/approval • Manage the delivery plan – monitor plan execution, make iterations, and monitor registration • Entering new deliveries in D365 • Manage updates to existing deliveries • Attending / driving customer calls • Manage registration, highlighting low enrolment early on (TPM, customer POC) • Provide registration and delivery status reports • Manage Registration Links to send to customer • Interface with Scheduling and Operations Teams • Coordinate logistical arrangements for training sessions with customer POC and Operations teams • Influence future tool upgrades to support automation objectives

  • Co-curator at Quantum Questions Festival
    Oct 2020 - Nov 2020 · 2 mos

    Content selection Liaison with artists https://quantum-cluj.ro/efect/

  • Correspondent at Exporevue
    Feb 2014 - Nov 2020 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Articles on contemporary art exhibitions in French and English: http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/index_route_bleue.html http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/index_distant_proximity.html http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/index_salgado_berlin_2015.html http://www.exporevue.com/magazine/fr/index_roberta_curca.html