Resume

A little overview of my education and work experience:

Marius Berg Askildsen - born 06-FEB-1980
Brisbane, Australia - Kristiansand, Norway

Education:

- 1996-2000: Vågsbygd videregående skole, almennfag (graduated Norwegian high-school)

- 1997-1998: Mullan High School (Idaho, United States), exchange student - completed senior year of American high-school

- 2000: Høgskolen i Agder (Agder University College, Norway), Examen philosophicum and Examen facultatum

- 2001: Universitetet i Bergen (Bergen University, Norway), one semester of social-economic studies

- 2002-2004: University of Queensland (Australia), Bachelor of Journalism

- 2005-currently: University of Queensland (Australia), Master of Commerce (Professional accounting)


Relevant work experience:

- 2000 and 2001: Kristiansand parkvesen (county parks department), leader of "Sommerpatruljen" - running summer activities for disabled youth

- 2002: Fædrelandsvennen, work-experience as journalist

- 2002: Web designer and journalist, www.landskapsentreprenorene.no

- 2003: Fædrelandsvennen, work-experience as journalist

- 2004: Web designer and journalist, www.blomsterbyen.no and www.nybilkatalogen.no

- 2004: Furyfox AS, journalist and desktop layout assistant for Nybilkatalogen

-2004: Established sole-proprietorship Berg Business Solutions, an online communication consultancy


Other positions and relevant experience:

- 2002-currently: Establishing, designing, updating, maintaining www.koalaplanet.org

- 2003-2004: Co-editor and webmaster of Greenzine

- 2003: Member of the UQ bidding committee for the Asia-Pacific Model UN Conference 2004 as under-secretary general of the International Press Team and Emergency Resolutions

- 2004: Vice president of the University of Queensland Media and Imaging Student Studio (student photo society)


Languages:

- Norwegian (native)

- English (native)

- German (average)

- Spanish (basic)

- (Danish, Swedish)