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Resume / CV

I am passionate about finding ways to creatively show and explain the news on all digital platforms. My current goal is to work in a NYC-based digital newsroom as a multimedia journalist.

I have a strong understanding of social-first and TV video formats thanks to past positions at the BBC, France Televisions, EBU and Worldcrunch.

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Experience in creating vertical video content: curating stories, shooting, editing, publishing.
 

I have a deep interest in breaking news and current events. I cover a wide range of topics, from US global affairs to pop culture.

Bonus point: I am an expert in weird, offbeat news.

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Creative mindset, organized, hard-working, curious, team player.

 

Tasks executed:

  • Producing, writing, filming and editing vertical content on Adobe Premiere for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X, Youtube,

  • Producing carrousels and thumbnails on Photoshop,

  • Managing large accounts with millions of followers,

  • Writing articles in English and in French,

  • Interviewing in English, French, or Italian,

  • Publishing a newsletter on Mailchimp.

 Adobe Premiere Pro Illustrator   Photoshop    Mailchimp    Canva   Editing    SEO 

 Social media     TV  Tweetdeck  Web     Facebook business    Web CMS   

Skills

Work experience

2024 - Present

France Televisions - Multimedia Journalist

Coverage of the 2024 US presidential election, the 98th Academy Awards and the American continent for France Télévisions' Washington-based bureau. I produce vertical and horizontal stories for TV channel France 2's editorial offices as well as France Télévisions' social platforms.

TV Producer:
- Conducted interviews, filming voxpop and broll sequences,
- Researched, wrote and edited TV pieces for France 2's primetime evening news show "le 20h" (4 million viewers daily) and France 2's morning show "Télématin",
- Fact-checking, monitoring breaking news and current events.

Video journalist :
- Found ways to creatively show and explain US news on digital platforms to a French audience,
- Produced, filmed, edited and published short vertical video content and written pieces (tweets, carousels) for Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, Facebook, X,
- Skilled with lighting, MOJO kits, post-production software Adobe Premiere,
- Shot videos in-office or in the field,
- Increased France Télévisions' US coverage and expanding its audience on Instagram (from 7K followers in Feb 2024 to 65K followers in Aug 2026),

- Managed large accounts with millions of followers, including implementing strategies such as producing two series of US presidential election-related and World Cup-related social videos.

2022-2023

France Televisions - Trilingual Journalist and Content Creator

Pitched, created, produced and published content on France info's TikTok (548K followers), Instagram (662K followers) and Twitter accounts.
Produced notes for commentators on various European (breaking or not) stories.
Coordinated in English with EBU partners to curate and provide stories of a pan-European interest.

Curated, translated English stories produced by 12 European medias into French for France Televisions' website, the French national television channel. (https://www.francetvinfo.fr, category "Vu d'Europe" located in the middle of the homepage).
Curated, translated French stories into English for the members of 'A European perspective', a projet led by EBU, the world's biggest alliance of public service media organisations.

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Tasks:

  • Pitched, produced and published content on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter (carrousels, reels, threads)

  • Translated and edited French articles into English, and vice-versa

  • International news watching

  • Created notes for commentators on various European stories

2022

BBC - TV/Online/Radio Producer

Covered the French presidential election 2022 for radio, web, TV broadcasts.
I had the pleasure to work with Europe Editor Katya Adler and Brussels Correspondent Jessica Parker, Paris Bureau Correspondent Lucy Williamson, Parisian Producers Paul Pradier, Marianne Baisnee and Europe Producer Kate Vandy.

Tasks:

  • Researched, contacted and fact-checked sources,

  • Translated interviews live, news and took notes during press conferences,

  • Daily prospects,

  • Breaking news briefs,

    Organized shootings (sites, guests, subjects): interview of former Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire, former Ambassador of France to Russia Sylvie Bermann

  • Assisted with interviews, shootings and editing, voxpop (radio, digital press, Tv),​​

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The topics I covered include:

  • 2022 French presidential election,

  • Ukrainian refugees stranded in France as they wait for British visa approval,

  • French convoy of liberty.

2021

BBC - TV/Online/Radio Journalist

(internship)

  • Researched contacted and fact-checked sources,

  • Translated news and took notes during press conferences,

  • Daily press review,

  • Organized shootings (sites, guests, subjects),

  • Assisted with interviews, shootings and editing, voxpop (radio, digital press, tv),

  • Assisted with various administrative tasks.


The topics I covered include:

  • illegal small boat crossings from France to the UK,

  • France-UK fishing row,

  • France temporarily closing its borders to UK citizens in mid-December and its consequences on French ski tourism,

  • French pundit Éric Zemmour's presidential candidacy,

  • "wokism" in France,

  • Josephine Baker's induction to the French Pantheon.

2021

Worldcrunch - Journalist & social content creator

(internship)

Journalism:

  • International news watch,

  • Pitched articles across a wide range of topics, 

  • Translated articles (from Italian to English and from French to English),

  • Photo search,

  • Wrote articles in English.

  • Participated in writing and uploading the daily newsletter with Mailchimp.

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Communication:

  • Participated in designing and implementing an online communication strategy for Twitter, Instagram, Facebook,

  • Created the content's visuals and scheduling media posts,

  • Selected, edited and produced written and video content for each platform (tweets and "#7ThingsToKnow daily threads, stories, reels, posts, IGTV)

  • Managed and engaged with audiences on Instagram.

2022

BBC - TV/Online/Radio Producer

Covering the French presidential election 2022.
I had the pleasure to work with Europe Editor Katya Adler and Brussels Correspondent Jessica Parker, Paris Bureau Correspondent Lucy Williamson, Parisian Producers Paul Pradier, Marianne Baisnee and Europe Producer Kate Vandy.

Tasks:

  • Researching, contacting and fact-checking sources,

  • Translating interviews live, news and taking notes during press conferences,

  • Daily prospects,

  • Breaking news briefs,

  • Organizing shootings (sites, guests, subjects),

  • Assisting with interviews, shootings and editing, voxpop (radio, digital press, Tv),

  • Assisting with various administrative tasks.

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The topics I covered include:

  • French presidential elections 2022,

  • Ukrainian refugees stranded in France as they wait for British visa approval,

  • French convoy of liberty.

2021

France TV Rome - TV/Web Journalist and Social Content Creator (internship)

Journalism:

  • Italian news watch,

  • Pitching ideas for video reports across a wide range of topics, 

  • conducting interviews,

  • editing and audio mixing reports,

  • writing articles for France Tv Rome's blog

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Communication:

  • Producing and creating written and video content for social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook),

  • Uploading written and video content for Twitter and Instagram (tweets, "#Buongiorno" daily threads, posts, stories).

2021

Minister of Higher Education, Research & Innovation - Presenter

  • Hosting live on social media the webinar "Persisting symptoms: what do we know about long forms of Covid-19" for the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

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  • News watching on long covid, writing the webinar's running order and content.

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  • Interviews of the guests:

- Dominique Salmon, epidemiologist
- Olivier Robineau, epidemiologist and coordinating a survey on the consequences of covid-19 on patients' health.
- Pauline Oustric, president and voice of #ApresJ20 Covid Long France association.

Personal experience

2018-2020

The Brunch media

Personal project of creating my own media to experiment new formats and learn what works best on Instagram and TikTok.

  • Producing high-value content,

  • Creating the visuals and a strategy,

  • Engaging with audiences.

  • The most popular reel cumulates 12,6K views.

2018-2020

Télésorbonne - Journalist & social manager

The University's student TV club.

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Journalism:

  • Creating high-value content for Facebook, Instagram,

  • Shooting, photomontage, video editing,

  • Reports on student clubs, cultural events, living abroad,

  • Interviewed Anne Hidalgo, Paris Mayor,

  • Interviewed Pierre-Marie Adam, Grand Maître de la Grande Loge de France (freemasonry).

Communication:

  • Posting digital content on Instagram,

  • Creation of a color scheme chart,

  • Developing special events to increase visibility among students.

2018-2020

University of Auckland (New Zealand) - Instagram ambassador

  • Posting digital content,

  • engaging with audiences.

Diploma

2020-2021

Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris)

  • Professional Master Degree in Bilingual Journalism 

  • French-English. Classes taught by professional journalists.

  • Radio, press, TV, web, mobile journalism MOJO, agency journalism and communication techniques.

  • Translation of the English-speaking press into French, and French into English

  • Classes on the English-speaking world (news and current affairs)

2019

University of Auckland (New Zealand)

  • 6 months spent at the University of Auckland, July-December.

  • "First in Course Award" for best overall grade of the class in Pacific Indigenous Literatures and Knowledge.

2018-2020

Sorbonne University (Paris)

  • Master Degree in French Literature, with honours.

  • Dual Bachelor Degree, in 'LEMA-Anglais', Literature, Journalism

  • and English studies.

2016-2018

Preparatory class for Grandes Écoles (Strasbourg)

  • A two-year undergraduate intensive course preparing for nationwide competitive entrance examinations.

  • Major in English Studies.

  • Honors distinction  : 'Sous-admissible' to the ENS de Lyon (2018).

  • Minors on Literature, History, Geography, Italian,  Philosophy, Latin.

  • Second year 'khâgne' with high honors (2018).

  • First year 'hypokhâgne' with honors (2017).

2016

High school diploma (Strasbourg) 

  • With high honors

© 2021 by Clémence Guimier.

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