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Joana Cidade

Angestellt, Head of Business Development, FUNKE
Abschluss: Master Degree (MA), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Berlin, Germany

Skills

Management
Project management
Social Media
Online Media
English Language
German language
Scrum Master
Marketing
Video
Content
Leadership
Problem Solving
Creativity
Intercultural competence
Reliability
E-Commerce
Business Development

Timeline

Professional experience for Joana Cidade

  • Current 3 months, since Mar 2025

    Head of Business Development

    FUNKE
  • 1 year and 3 months, Oct 2023 - Dec 2024

    Sabbatical

    Sabbatical

  • 4 years and 9 months, Jan 2019 - Sep 2023

    Managing Director / Geschäftsführerin @ Media Partisans GmbH

    FUNKE
  • 5 months, Aug 2018 - Dec 2018

    Head of Content

    Media Partisans GmbH

  • 10 months, Nov 2017 - Aug 2018

    Head of Video

    Media Partisans GmbH

    - Leading a team of 30+ employees, and overseeing the production of 50+ recipe and life-hack videos per month. - Responsible for the final content selection. - Acting as liaison to the sales Team, and coordinating the production of sponsored videos for major brands (Tchibo, Goldsteig, Poliboy etc). - Analysis and evaluation of new distribution channels and social media strategies.

  • 1 year and 6 months, May 2016 - Oct 2017

    Creative Video Director

    Media Partisans GmbH

    - Responsible for conceptualizing and directing recipe/food videos to be distributed online (Facebook, Youtube, Instagram). - Supervision of all creative and aesthetic aspects of the videos. - Coordination of the production of sponsored videos for major German brands. - The videos are published on the German FB page www.facebook.com/leckerschmecker.me, and are also translated into 9 other languages, reaching an audience of over 50 million people worldwide.

  • 7 months, Oct 2015 - Apr 2016

    Online Editor

    Media Partisans GmbH

  • 3 months, Sep 2014 - Nov 2014

    Communications Officer | UNCCD

    United Nations

  • 1 year and 1 month, Nov 2013 - Nov 2014

    Academic Researcher

    DW Deutsche Welle

    The DW Akademie undertook the research project "International Journalism Education Standards" (IJES), which aim was to assess the international standards and practices of journalism education in developing and transformation countries. The research was conducted in four different world regions. As a member of the team, my responsibility was to analyze the situation in Colombia. The results were published in this book: http://vistas.de/vistas/neuerscheinungen/Standards_of_Journalism_Education/550/detail.html

  • 2 months, Apr 2014 - May 2014

    Newsroom Intern (Brazilian Department)

    DW Deutsche Welle

    Reporter, translator and TV producer and at Deutsche Welle's Brazilian News Department.

  • 3 years, Sep 2009 - Aug 2012

    International TV Production Lead

    Red Terra Studios

    Red Earth is a Brazilian-based production company, specialized in working with foreign TV Networks, such as BBC and HBO. My tasks included the budgeting and the production coordination of the Brazilian segment of the international projects, as well as the research of characters and stories, and the contribution to the development of new products. Some of my projects in 2011 and 2012: “Witness - Rio de Janeiro” for HBO, “Scam City: Rio de Janeiro” for National Geographic, “Stephen Fry: Out There” for BBC.

Educational background for Joana Cidade

  • 2 years and 2 months, Oct 2012 - Nov 2014

    International Media Studies

    Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

    This Master's Program is a four-semester, full-time program. It is conducted by the Deutsche Welle, Germany's international broadcaster. Partner universities are: University of Bonn & Bonn Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. I was awarded a full scholarship by the DAAD.

  • 2 years and 9 months, Feb 2009 - Oct 2011

    Film and audiovisual media

    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

  • 2006 - 2006

    Film and audiovisual media

    Universidad de Salamanca

  • 2006 - 2007

    Audiovisual Multimedia

    Université du Sud-Toulon-Var

    Bac +3 , Licence Pro Techniques du Son et de l'Image

  • 5 years and 10 months, Feb 2003 - Nov 2008

    Journalism

    Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Languages

  • Portuguese

    First language

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Fluent

  • French

    Basic

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