Eglė Girdzijauskaitė, Phd Email & Phone Number

Vilnius, LT

Vilnius, Vilniaus, Lithuania

Communication and image of Vilnius globally, attracting investors and tourists from around the world.

Europe

• Lead and inspire a team of 7 direct reports and geographically dispersed ambassadors in 9 markets in developing and executing communication strategies for branding and rebranding processes across countries.
• Design brand sustainability initiatives for resource scarcity and abundance scenarios.Key accomplishments include:
• Created and implemented a decentralized communication model, improving speed and agility.

• Owned the direction of the Ministry of Economy & Innovation's communication strategy and execution. Key accomplishments include:
• Official spokesperson on behalf of the Minister.
• Led the communication strategy for innovation policy reform.
• Spearheaded the branding of the newly-developed Lithuanian Innovation Agency.
• Trusted advisor to the Minister on effective communication strategy during the pandemic crisis.

Vilnius

• Managed and mentored a team of ~10 creatives that ideated and launched 50+ successful projects, including multiple award-winning international PR initiatives across verticals.
• Created and fundraised several academies, programmes, and hackathons, bringing together stakeholders from education, business, and government.
• Organised and facilitated events with up to 2,000 participants. Key accomplishments include:
• Winner – Gold Award (Adrenalinas)
• Winner – 1st Place (Verslo Žinios Pasword)
• Winner – LOGIN Best Internet Award

Vilnius

• Developed marketing strategies that outperformed income goals (100-200K).
• Supervised the procurement and budgeting processes.Key accomplishments include:
• Co-created the centre’s business model, communication plan, and long-term strategies.
• Designed and instilled new services for the business, developing and nurturing strategic partnerships.

• Published a PhD dissertation and 9 scientific articles in peer-reviewed scientific publications on higher education management, innovation, internationalization, and public policy.
• Conducted lectures for students on international management.Key accomplishments include:
• Presented work in 7 international conferences.

Vilnius, Lithuania

• Co-managed institutional self-analysis and external evaluation.
• Partnered on internationalisation strategy formation and data management on university international activities, including rankings and projects.
• Organised international events.

Leeuwarden Area, Netherlands

• Developed research frameworks and executed research on internationalisation.
• Co-authored a publication.Key accomplishments include:
• Developed a set of recommendations for the university management to optimize internationalisation strategies.

Phd, Management, Social Sciences

PhD Thesis: Modelling the branch campus development in the context of higher education internationalisation

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), International Business Management

Master Thesis: International Business Models Transfer to Higher Education

Bachelor, Business Management And Administration

Bachelor Thesis: International Relations for Development of University Activities: Networking Perspective

Creativity Training

Phd Research Training Programme

Phd Research Training Programme

Qualitative research methods, literature review writing.

Phd Research Training Programme

Quantitave research methods