Hi,
I'm Lucie. I'm originally from Germany but after quitting my desk job I have been based in a very small surf town in the Costa Rican jungle. I love surfing, travelling, bouldering, skiing and generally being outdoors and going on adventures. Besides Costa Rica I've lived in New Zealand, Australia, Spain, and the US and have travelled intensively around Central America, Europe and other parts of the world.

05/18 - today Program Leader at Rustic Pathways (Costa Rica)
• Acting as role model and mentor to students & creating positive and inclusive group dynamics
• Following safety protocols & monitoring and managing student well-being
• Facilitating discussions
• Delivering curriculum & acting as liaison between RP and community partners
• Managing day-to-day program logistics, financial responsibilities, and administrative tasks
• Acting as assistant instructor for surf lessons

09/16 – 06/19 Operations & Business Development Manager at Pyrodyne Europe GmbH (partly remote) Coordination of all operations necessary for setting up and running 5 pop-up stores for the sales of New Year’s articles in Munich/Germany:
• Researching, negotiating and securing quality retail locations
• Recruiting and coordinating employees
• Logistics (securing storage space, transportation, help with importing product etc.)
• Marketing and social media
• Ensuring all legal requirements are being complied with
• Administration

07/16- today Freelance Data Base Manager (at HANWAG GmbH & EVOC GmbH) (remote)

02/16 – 07/17 Freelance German Teacher at Easy Languages abc GmbH (remote)

04/15 – 09/15 Assistant Manager at Caza Olas Hotel & Hostel (Pavones, Costa Rica)
• Customer Service and information, reservations and bookings, handling of payments
• Coordination of tours, transport, activities with local operators
• Supervision of other hostel staff

04/13 - 10/14 PR Consultant/Junior Media Consultant at TOC Agentur für Kommunikation, a PR agency consulting clients from the sports, tourism and lifestyle industry (Munich, Germany)
PR Consulting
• Development and implementation of tailor-made communication concepts to position a brand, built up a brand’s image and help to gain high acceptance and brand awareness amongst target groups
• Translation and editing of press releases (German/English)
• Supervision of interns
Media Consulting
• Media planning with budget responsibility
• Reporting of results/coverage
• Coordination of layout orders

07/11 - 03/13 Project Manager TV Marketing/Communications at Smaragd Media, a TV production agency specializing in fun sports, extreme sports, mass sports and lifestyle events (Munich, Germany)
Project Management
• Communication with clients and working at the interface between client’s needs, production department and TV Stations
• Coordination of satellite bookings
• Logistics
Media Coordination & Editorial Support
• Coordination of all editorial & distributional requirements & managing of all media requests
• Preparing and conducting interviews
• Integration and implementation of editorial requirements from media partners
Public Relations TV
• Market research
• Costumer acquisition
• Coordination and controlling of TV distribution in correspondence to client’s guidelines

MA in Cultura de Paz, Conflictos, Educación y DDHH (in Spanish), University of Cadiz/Spain (in progress)
MA in Business in Sports, Culture and Event Management, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein/Austria
BA in Media and Communication, University of Augsburg/Germany
TEFL Certificate
WFR training

German, Czech (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)