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Anna Söderblom
Email: anna@mediacooperative.com
Nationality: Swedish
Date of Birth: 29.04.74

Career

Mobile internet and internet consultant ( 2001 -  )

Conference and event organisation (2001 - )

Freelance journalist (2001 - )

Technology columnist, reporter, sub-editor, The Times  (1998 - 2001)

Founder and Director of Strategic Alliances, News Omnimedia, the mobile platform publishing division of News International (1999)
Responsible for initiating, designing and setting up the first SMS and WAP  services for The Times (MobileTimes) and The Sun (Supergoals, SunDial).

Editor and Co-Producer, www.4-d.co.uk, the student website for The Times (1997-1999)
Half of a team of two responsible for all HTML, design, commissioning, editing, sub-editing,
marketing and PR for a weekly 80-page webzine and 1000-page resource section aimed at universtity students.
Also initiated and took part in a series of lectures at universities to talk about careers in digital publishing.

Extensive and varied work in the fashion industry, as a model and stylist.

Extensive and varied work in amateur and semi-professional theatre, as an actress, director and playwright.

Languages

 Fluent English, Swedish,  Italian

Conversational French, German, Dutch

Comprehensive Spanish, Danish, Norweigan

Native-sounding accent in all.

Education

A-Level Psychology (A), English (B), Swedish (A), Charterhouse School, Godalming

11 GCSEs (10 at Grade A, including English, Swedish, French, German, Latin and Maths)

Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages,  Universal Language Training, Woking

Other Interests

Creative writing, singing, skiing, travel.

Full clean driving license.

Key Skills

Strong organisational and diplomatic abilities, good 'hostess' and listener, very fast learner.