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Work History
Education
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Artistic education
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Dominika Rychlik

Lodz

Summary

An imaginative ESL teacher and translator from Poland aspiring to pursue Architecture as a major and a future career. Willing to discover new paths and absorb knowledge from the best practitioners in the field. Ambitious, yet patient and reflective.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher

Rainbow English
10.2021 - Current

Translator

Self-employed
09.2020 - 09.2021
  • English-Polish translation of drawing handbooks (with a focus on perspective, composition and geometry)
  • The handbooks served as a source for a client developing their own drawing course for hobbyists and prospective students of art schools
  • titles of translated books:

"Perspective Drawing Handbook" Joseph D'Amelio

"Perspective Without Pain" Phil Metzger

"Creative Illustration" Andrew Loomis (fragments)

"Successful Drawing" Andrew Loomis (fragments)


Education

High School Diploma -

IV Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace
Lodz, Poland
06.2019

Skills

    sustainable design

    drawing

    creative writing

    English-Polish translation

    teaching English

Additional courses

Architecture-related courses:

· Architectural Imagination, edX online course offered by HarvardX, 2023

· Sustainable Building Design, edX online course offered by MITx, 2021

· Sustainable Architecture Week, five-day online training offered by UGreen, 2021

· Green Spaces Explained, five-day online training offered by UGreen, 2021

· Green Interiors, five-day online training offered by UGreen, 2021


Work-related training:

  • Classroom management skills, Rainbow English, 2023
  • Literary translation workshops with Krzysztof Majer, Ph.D., Lodz Literature House, 2022
  • Literary translation workshops with Maciej Swierkocki, Lodz Literature House, 2020

Artistic education

  • Intensive Drawing Course (Architecture prep) - weekly studio classes, Domin Lodz, 2017-2019 during school year
  • Summer Drawing School in Warsaw - daily plein-air and studio classes, Domin Warsaw, July-August 2018
  • Summer Drawing School in Lodz - daily plein-air classes, Domin Lodz, July-August 2017

Accomplishments

  • Ziemowit Skibinski Poetry Contest (national level, contestants up to 25 years of age), 2nd runner-up, 2019
  • Cogito Magazine Prose Contest (national level, for teenagers & young adults), winner, 2016 - work published in the magazine
  • Cogito Magazine Poetry Contest (national level, for teenagers and young adults), honorable mention, 2016 - work published in the magazine
  • Edward Stachura Poetry Slam (national level, all age groups), winner, 2013


Timeline

English as a Second Language (ESL) Teacher

Rainbow English
10.2021 - Current

Translator

Self-employed
09.2020 - 09.2021

High School Diploma -

IV Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace
Dominika Rychlik