Europass CV

Curriculum Vitae Martha Papathanassiou

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Martha Papathanassiou

36-38 Ifikratous St, Pangrati, Athens, 116 33, Greece

+30 210 7560183 +30 6944 75 22 20

mpapath@hcmr.gr

www.indigo-med.com

Sex Female | Date of birth 04/12/1981 | Nationality Greek

WORK EXPERIENCE

January 2012 – Current

June 2012 – November 2015

January 2007- January 2012

Press & Communications Officer

Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece.

Press & Communications Officer for the FP7 EU-funded project PERSEUS (http://www.perseus-

net.eu). Duties include:

▪ Dissemination of project results to scientists and the general public, including the relevant

stakeholders;

▪ Producing professional press releases to ensure appropriate media coverage, writing creative and

comprehensive texts for posters, flyers, leaflets and other communication materials.

▪ Generating website content while maintaining and updating the project’s website;

▪ Responsible for the education action plan including the citizen-scientist campaigns, responsibility

for their dissemination and their overall success among the public;

▪ Organizing, editing, producing and proofreading the project’s newsletters (electronic and hard

copy);

▪ Dealing with media and public enquiries as required.

Project Assistant in the EU FP7 Sea for Society project (http://seaforsociety.eu/)

This project assigned 9 Geographical Area leaders to carry out Citizen/Youth and Stakeholder

Consultations across Europe. As Geographical Area Leader contact point, duties included:

• Translating, editing and adapting all project materials including the project brochure, project video

(subtitles) and invitation templates;

• Recruitment of Citizens/Youth for the Consultations through targeted dissemination campaigns

using social media and personal invitations;

• Overall event management: preparing the Consultations; Translating, managing and updating the

Greek national blog; preparing and sending out Press Releases, Official Invitation Letters and

follow-ups;

• Facilitation of the Consultation sessions for both citizens/youth as well as stakeholders using the

Collective Intelligence Methodology;

• Production of 8 consultation reports and participation in mobilization activities upon completion of

consultations.

Press & Communications Officer, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Athens, Greece.

Press Officer for EU FP6 project SESAME. Main duties included:

• Producing press releases to ensure appropriate media coverage, creative content for posters,

flyers, leaflets and other communication materials as required.

• Designing, creating and writing website content while maintaining, updating and upgrading the

project’s website;

• Responsible for the educational activities, which consisted of School Competitions and ‘Online

Cruises’, which were broadcast live to the general public through web streaming;

• Responsible for internal and external communication of the project, liaising with external project

partners, as well as representing the project at major events;

• Organizing, editing, producing and proofreading the project’s newsletters (electronic and hard

copy);

Curriculum Vitae Martha Papathanassiou

March 2005 – April 2006 Editorial Coordinator,

Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, London, UK.

Responsibilities included:

• Running five bimonthly medical review journals, including timely commissioning of

authors, editors and section editors;

• Liaising with authors, editors and section editors on issue content and providing

coordinated author support and follow-up;

• Working in teams with Production Editors in the London and USA office to deliver

manuscripts under tight deadlines;

• Proofreading and editing manuscripts;

• Monitoring journal costs and keeping alert to marketing leads in STM publishing

markets; maintaining records of payments and copyright fees.

Publishing

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

PERSONAL SKILLS

April 2006 – September 2006

Press & Communications Officer, The Dairy Council, London, UK. Responsibilities included:

• Monitoring daily media coverage through press cuttings.

• Generating creative ideas for press releases and responding to journalists as required.

• Building relationships with key journalists in target publications.

• Monitoring the regional press by maintaining an article database.

• Dealing with media and public enquiries as required.

Communications

2003-2004

MA Communication Studies (Merit)

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Communications

1999-2002

B.Sc (Hons) Marine Sciences

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Oceanography

1996-1999

International Baccalaureate

Copenhagen International School, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mother tongue(s)

Greek, English

Other language(s)

UNDERSTANDING

SPEAKING

WRITING

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

French

B1/2

A1/2

DELF A2, A4

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Curriculum Vitae Martha Papathanassiou

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Communication skills

Good communication skills gained through experience in dissemination of project results to diverse

audiences (scientists, policymakers, general public) and interaction with a broad spectrum of users.

The Sea for Society project included organising and facilitating consultations with citizens and

stakeholders, thereby strengthening abilities to deal effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Organisational / managerial skills

Good organisational skills enhanced through the work done in The Sea for Society project, which

included the entire organisation and facilitation of consultations with citizens and stakeholders.

Similarly, the PEREUS project helped to strengthen organisational skills through the various events

organised for the project.

Computer skills

▪ Good command of Microsoft Office™ tools and CMS systems for managing websites

Other skills

▪ Jewellery making, Internet Radio Show production

Driving licence

▪ B

Publications

Conferences

Memberships

Fermeli G., Papathanassiou M., Ermidou E., Streftaris N., Ioakeimidis C., Giannoudi, L., 2015. My

school voyages with Perseus and Andromeda in Mediterranean Sea. (3rd EMSEA Conference,

Crete, Greece, Sept-Oct 2015).

Papathanassiou M., Ermidou E., Streftaris N., Fermeli G., Papathanassiou V., 2014. Promoting

marine education in the Mediterranean & Black Seas: The PERSEUS project. (2

EMSEA

Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2014).

Papathanassiou, M., Ioakeimidis, C., Streftaris, N., Gogou, A., 2014. Engaging Stakeholders to

formulate Strategies for Sustainable Tourism and ‘Clean Seas’ in the Mediterranean Region: a joint

effort of ‘Sea for Society’ and ‘PERSEUS’ FP7 projects. (MedCity Conference, Athens, Greece, June

2014).

Papathanassiou, E., Streftaris, N., Kaberi, E., Moncheva, S., Papathanassiou, M., 2012.

Mediterranean and Black Seas: a case for disseminating and communicating marine science through

European projects. (1

Conference on Ocean Literacy, Bruges, Belgium, 2012).

European Marine Science Educators Association Conference (EMSEA) 2015

Chair of the 3rd European Marine Science Educators Association's (EMSEA) Conference organised

by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, in Heraklion, Crete, 28 September - 1 October 2015.

Responsible for the organisation of the Conference.

Atlantic Stakeholder Conference, Ocean Literacy Workshop – January 2015

Invited speaker at the European Commission’s Atlantic Stakeholder Conference for the Workshop:

‘Ocean Literacy in Europe: Recent Developments and Key Challenges’

(http://ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/policy/sea_basins/atlantic_ocean/atlanticforum/events-

2015/porto/index_en.htm)

Transatlantic Ocean Literacy Workshop – June 2013

Invited to participate at the EU’s Transatlantic Ocean Literacy Workshop co-organized by the

Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) and the European Marine Board at request of the EU Commission

and the Ocean Literacy in Europe consortium which gathered experts to deliver recommendations to

the EC's DG Research & Innovation on mechanisms and initiatives to better support marine science

outreach and education in the Horizon 2020 Programme and beyond.

Member of the European Marine Board Communications Panel

(http://www.marineboard.eu/operational-panels/communications-panel) since October 2012.