Samuel Chopard
@samuelchopard
I build practical relocation and administrative support for international hires in Geneva.
SwitzerlandWhat I'm looking for
I founded Geneva Expat Solutions to make relocation and administration in Geneva simpler for international arrivals and the employers who hire them.
I built the Geneva Roadmap, a free personalized plan covering every step of moving to, living in, and leaving Geneva, alongside a Knowledge Hub with 65+ guides and a Toolkit of Swiss-format administrative documents. I also provide direct support and advisory consultations on Swiss relocation matters.
My work builds on supporting international employees at EFTA and CERN, where I managed facilities, staff moves, HR processes, contracts, and the Doctoral Student Programme for 200+ students.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Founder & Consultant
Geneva Expat Solutions
Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)
- Founded a platform giving international arrivals a personalized "Geneva Roadmap": every administrative step for moving to, living in, and leaving Geneva, dated and explained in plain language, free to use.
- Built a Knowledge Hub of 65+ guides and a Toolkit of ready-to-send, Swiss-format administrative letters and documents.
- Launched an employer offering where companies sponsor their internati
Facilities and Logistics Coordinator
EFTA
Jul 2020 - Jun 2026 (5 years 11 months)
- Manage EFTA's offices and meeting facilities in Geneva
- Administer the Secretary-General's and the trainees' flats
- Manage the official cars as well as the CD plates for the members of personnel
- Liaise with the Swiss Customs regarding import forms and petrol cards
- Provide support to staff members when they move in/out of Geneva
- Co-organise staff seminars
- Provide logistical support for
- Manage the Doctoral Student Programme (200+ students on-site)
- Be the main point of contact from the sourcing to the off-boarding of the students
- Provide contracts, contract extensions and various types of attestations
- Liaise with special funding coordinators (locally and internationally)
- Analyse and streamline the central email process (reduced number of emails by 40%)
- Participate in the integration of the new Applicant Tracking System (SmartRecruiters)
- Elaborate a communication calendar and create content for the social media accounts
- Review and validate Fellowship applications (SmartRecruiters)
- Prepare Fellowship contracts
- Proofread documents, emails and web pages
Website & E-commerce Specialist
Samuel Chopard Marketing
Oct 2015 - Oct 2017 (2 years)
- Build websites and online shops for Swiss SMEs (WordPress CMS, HTML, CSS, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Manage Google AdWords campaigns (SEM)
- Manage social media accounts (mainly on Instagram and Facebook)
- Create newsletters (MailChimp)
- Design communication materials (e.g. flyers and portfolio items)
- Analyse statistics
- Develop the brands of the holding and its companies
- Organise internal events
- Design a newsletter (HTML/CSS)
- Provide IT support to the employees
- Make daily backups of the servers (Symantec)
- Maintain the ethernet network (updating the map of the network on Visio and managing wiring closets)
- Manage the wiring (telephone) closet
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidade Anhembi Morumbi
University Degree, Foreign Trade
2015 - 2017
Futurekids
IT - Cambridge, IT
2008 - 2010
The frequency of the course was once a week (3 hours) during the entire academic year.
Availability
Location
SwitzerlandAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
Job categories
Skills
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