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Riga, Lv

Riga, Latvia

* Team Leading: management of two of company’s directions (20 teams, 110+ remote international employees).* Project Management: implementation of projects related to processes optimisation, costs reduction, KPI development, AI instruments' implementation, quality management.* Operations Management: administration of business structure, overseeing employees’ workload and responsibilities, hiring new team members, key indicators' analysis.Key results:* Improved team’s indicators of on-time delivery by 10% by rearranging splits of responsibilities among team members.* Raised the percentage of tasks that don’t need corrections/re-work by 10% by restructuring the team (partial replacement of team members based on employees’ evaluation), updating an onboarding process, creation of knowledge base and implementation of recurrent quality control.

Remote

* Management of production division: team leading, implementation of the project management system, financial planning and budgeting, development of employees KPI’s, HR management.* Project management: leading projects as a General Producer: commercials, corporate videos, content, VR & AR, design, photo, branding.* Account management: communicating with key clients (including negotiations and sales).* Creative direction: development of creative concepts, managing creative and copywriting teams.* Art direction.Key results:* Multiply raised production projects’ profitability by rearranging the whole financial planning process, creation of several teams for different types of projects, selection and attraction of inexperienced but talented specialists.* Doubled department’s capacity by active use of freelance producers and their teams, implementation of tasks tracking system, introduction of knowledge base and creation of standardised documents templates.* Ensured agency’s participation in national advertising festivals. Projects that I produced have won 12 awards in different nominations.

Moscow, Russia

* Project management: leading projects as a General and Executive Producer: commercials, corporate videos, design, branding.* Account management: communicating with all agency clients on daily basis (including negotiations and sales).* Financial planning and budgeting, operations management of the agency.Key results:* Reduced production costs by rearranging financial planning and sales processes. * Expanded agency’s pool of clients by launching marketing campaigns and thorough account management.* Expanded contractors’ and freelancers’ pool. As a result, average project’s profitability increased by 30%.

Moscow, Russia

* A&R management: scouting for talents, negotiations with artists, labels, and rights-holders.* Project management: ensuring albums and singles releases, promotional campaigns.* PR management.Key results:* Ensured 15+ exclusive releases (both singles and albums).* Expanded companies’ library by 20+ artists (new releases + back catalogues).

Moscow, Russia

Key results:• Organised 5 business events with nationally known business experts.• Developed and implemented personal brand strategies for 2 business experts (including PR support and organisation of personal masterclasses).

Moscow, Russia

Key results:* Developed Career Centre product (multifunctional online space for alumni).* Enlisted cooperation with 50+ experts from different fields as school’s teachers and mentors.* Produced 200+ educational videos for school’s students and for larger audience.

Moscow, Russia

* Developed and implemented promotion strategy, ensured company’s presence on social media.* Organised 5+ events during winter season.* Expanded the pool of commercial and media partners.

• Curated 2 music festivals (1000+ visitors).• Enlisted cooperation with 40+ artists for 2 different music labels.• Developed hip-hop section for online music streaming platform.• Established social media presence for a recruitment agency, developed content strategy, persuaded 6 specialists to act as experts on social media platforms.

Master'S Degree, New Media And Audiovisual Art, 9

Bachelor'S Degree, Corporate Management