Jorge D'Garay Juncal

Jorge D'Garay Juncal

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Master of Arts Linguistics - Bachelor of Arts
Baja California, Mexico

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  • Modern Day Wordsmith
    Content Designer
    Modern Day Wordsmith
    Jan 2020 - Current (5 years 5 months)
    - I help SMEs and non-profits harness the digital transformation with humancentered content that bridges business goals with user needs. - I design warm, clear, helpful & meaningful conversations between digital interfaces and human beings. Projects include: A winery in Baja (delivered: Summer 2020) - An employee engagement and motivation SaaS based in Israel (delivered: Fall 2020) An NGO fighting domestic abuse in the United Kingdom (delivered: Winter 2020) - A legacy bookstore chain with nationwide deliveries in Mexico (expected: Spring 2021) - A façade materials' supplier operating from Tijuana (expected: Spring 2021)
  • OECD - OCDE
    Acting Counsellor for Economic Affairs - Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD
    OECD - OCDE
    Apr 2019 - Dec 2019 (9 months)
    - I followed the work of several OECD committees and reported back to capital, providing policymakers in Mexico with timely recommendations & accurate assessments on global economic policies and developments. - Additionally, I produced our Delegation's economic affairs-related content: position papers, background briefs, talking points and diplomatic speeches on the following topics: International trade & investment Digital economy policy - Responsible business conduct Consumer protection; and Competition & regulation
  • OECD - OCDE
    Policy Analyst for Digital Affairs - Permanent Delegation of Mexico to the OECD
    OECD - OCDE
    Apr 2017 - Mar 2019 (2 years)
    - As the Delegation's lead analyst on digital economy affairs, I promoted a better-informed public understanding of the socio-economic shockwaves of digitalization in our everyday lives. - Working closely with Commissioner Javier Juárez Mojica, from the Mexican Telecomms Regulator (IFT), we represented the only country from the Global South with a seat at the OECD Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence (AIGO). - This initiative would develop the first intergovernmental policy guidelines for AI.
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    Features Writer
    Editorial Etiqueta Negra
    Jan 2016 - Mar 2017 (1 year 3 months)
    - I wrote creative non-fiction pieces exploring Germany off-the-beaten-path. Stories included: An autarchic, self-sufficient, energy-autonomous village A nature-preservation NGO that produces homemade pornography to protect the tropical rainforests. - A geneticist working on modifying the DNA of barley, one of the four key ingredients for making beer An allegedly direct descendant of Charlemagne, building a real-scale medieval city in the middle of the Black Forest, using only tools from the era - A private detective who's also the fastest lock picker in the West: an essay on privacy and surveillance in the 21st century - A trial of a former Nazi, an instrumental process of coming to terms with a complicated national past.
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    Field Producer
    Liveshot GmbH
    Jan 2015 - Dec 2015 (1 year)
    - I worked with international TV correspondents and their teams to produce news packages and deliver live segments for major international news networks, such as Al–Jazeera, CCTV and CNBC. - Often operating to a tight schedule, I organized logistics for location & studio shoots for daily newscasts. I developed a solid understanding of essential satellite coordination and live transmission technologies.
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    Intake Editor
    Ruptly
    Jan 2013 - Dec 2014 (2 years)
    - I managed a multilingual newsroom covering international affairs, multitasking under extreme pressure to ensure the 24–hour, time–sensitive targets were met. - I successfully co-built a network of freelance video journalists operating in 60+ countries, and anticipated news developments by leveraging the ABC of digital news–gathering technologies. - During field coverage across Europe, I spearheaded multicultural teams under hostile and intense situations, like the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, or the 2014 Ukrainian–Russian conflict. - My tasks included Editorial decisions Operations oversight Budget design and monitoring Travel arrangements Equipment logistics
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    Associate Producer
    Radio Ambulante
    Apr 2012 - Dec 2012 (9 months)
    - For the first two seasons of this New York–based, NPR–syndicated podcast in Spanish, I was part of a team narrating, editing and producing non–fiction radio stories across the Americas.
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    Staff Writer
    Semanario Zeta
    Apr 2011 - Mar 2012 (1 year)
    - Worked directly with ZETA's award–winning editor-in-chief, Adela Navarro Bello, most notably covering the US trial of former Tijuana Cartel leader Benjamin Arellano Felix. - Often high–risk reporting for this investigative journalism weekly included bilingual, in–depth news developments on both sides of the Mexico–US Border about: - Human rights; Migration; Organized crime; Drug trafficking; Corruption; Governance; and Transparency
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    Consultant
    De la Calle, Madrazo, Mancera SC
    Sep 2006 - Aug 2009 (3 years)
    - Every day at dawn, I would send a media monitoring and analysis report on the topic / project I was assigned to. The key was ensuring a timely delivery, consistency of style and quality of writing. - All the while making sure each strategic issue and message was covered. - I also worked in a team conducting research, collecting data and evaluating results to write case studies, white papers, feasibility reports and policy reviews concerning economic and social issues, such as: - International trade & economic policy Foreign investment Pension funds and retirement plans Corporate responsibility Intellectual property rights Industrial policy Rural development.
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    Advisor
    Cámara de Senadores
    Sep 2005 - May 2006 (9 months)
    - Working as a staffer for the North American Affairs Committee Vice–Chair, Senator Héctor Osuna Jaime, my main tasks were to draft background briefs on cross–border issues, such as: - Trade & economic policy Human rights Migration Security
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    Content Design
    London Academy
    Mar 2020 - Apr 2020 (2 months)
  • UX Writing Academy
    UX Writing Hub
    UX Writing Academy
    Jan 2020 - Feb 2020 (2 months)
  • Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
    Master of Arts Linguistics
    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2010 (2 years 1 month)
    - Excellence Scholarship Program of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). - Graduate research on emotions as political arguments in the 2009 Mexican electoral campaigns was selected for and presented at the 2011 International Conference of the Latin American Discourse Studies Association (ALED) in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
  • ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
    Bachelor of Arts
    ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2005 (3 years 1 month)
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    High School Diploma
    Lomonosov Moscow State University
    Jan 1998 - Jan 1999 (1 year 1 month)
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    Excellence Scholarship Program
    Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)
    Sep 2010
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    Writing Residence Grant Recipient
    Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts - (CONACULTA)
    Jul 2006