Alexis Sheldon

Alexis Sheldon

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Owner and CEO (MD) - In-Company Business Language Training
United Kingdom

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  • Language Trainers
    Owner and CEO (MD) - In-Company Business Language Training
    Language Trainers
    Dec 2004 - Current (21 years 7 months)
    Founded company and created language instructor database (90,000 language tutors) and website with online quote and testing and Client Control Center catering for group and one-to-one language courses for businesses and individuals worldwide, in-company, at clients' homes or at our trainers' offices. • Running sales and ongoing training operations with a multinational managerial and customer service team and a huge network of qualified native speaker language teachers worldwide. • Main countries of operations include UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Spain and Brazil but courses in other countries can be arranged. • In-company business language training, one-to-one and small groups. • Live Skype online language cou
  • Translation Central
    Owner - Translation Services
    Translation Central
    May 2004 - Current (22 years 2 months)
    Founded company and created translator database (60,000 translators) and website with online quote and ordering system catering for translations and localizations of any size from any language into any other language. • Now running sales and ongoing translation and localization operations with a multinational managerial and customer service team and a large network of qualified native speaker translators and interpreters worldwide. • Specialise in website and brochure translations and localizations • Multilingual SEO and CMS consultancy and implementation • Market research in foreign languages • Clients include Expedia and Google
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    Owner - Digital Marketing for Language Course Providers and Other Clients
    Upstream Connections
    Nov 2003 - Feb 2010 (6 years 4 months)
    Founded company (in my bedroom), set up office, hired employees, ran sales, account management, company administration and ongoing SEO operations with small, medium and multinational clients including language training companies, Expedia, Hotels.com, Carphone Warehouse, Kew Gardens and eHarmony. Managed multinational team of linkbuilders, copywriters, bloggers, Diggers, designers, developers, testers, researchers. • On-site optimisation, linkbuilding, social bookmarking, social media, blogs, analytics, PPC, keyword research, reporting, multilingual SEO and CMS consultancy and implementation. • Responsible for tens of thousands of number one Google rankings, website design and e-commerce, concept and implementation.
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  • University of Brighton
    MA, Tourism Management with Dissertation about the Overseas Marketing English Language Schools
    University of Brighton
    Jan 1998 - Dec 1999 (2 years)
    Masters in Business Management Dissertation subject (Marketing) on the images and perceptions among foreign language students of Brighton and Eastbourne (2 English seaside towns).
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    CELTA (TEFL, Teaching English as a Foreign Language
    St Giles London Highgate
    Jan 1992 - Dec 1992 (1 year)
    Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults. An intensive course covering classroom management, English grammar and teaching practice.
  • University of Cambridge
    BA, Social & Political Sciences
    University of Cambridge
    Jan 1989 - Dec 1992 (4 years)
    Fitzwilliam College.
  • Tel Aviv University
    Overseas Student and Language Program
    Tel Aviv University
    Jan 1988 - Dec 1989 (2 years)
    Gap year between school and university. Studied Hebrew language (intensive Ulpan), Arabic and Middle-East politics, religion and culture.
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    Language Trainers English Accent Challenge
    Jan 2008 - Current (18 years 6 months)
    How good are you at spotting accents from around the world? Put yourself to the test in the Language Trainers English Accent Game! Simply listen to a couple of lines from the poem, take a guess at their country of origin, and see how high you can score. Can you make it onto the high score table?
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