Owner of advertisement and printing company which expertise is in hospitality area.

The Tourism & Hospitality Committee liaises with the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast authorities to develop the region’s tourist infrastructure and to promote the City and Oblast as a tourist destination. Working in unison with the City’s top hotels, medical and insurance companies, travel agencies and airline representatives, the Tourism & Hospitality Committee not only forms ambitious initiatives, but also implements them. The committee also advocates the international tourism industry’s top priority issues, namely: visas, transportation, safety and security.

Managing of PR and Marketing department for Novotel St. Petersburg Centre, a four star hotel in St. Petersburg, which is a part of Accor Hotels.Budgeting, PR planning and implementation of strategies for the hotel promotions. Direct contacts with publishers, editor-in-chiefs and journalists. Implementation of Accor corporate office strategies and politics at local market. Writing of press-releases, news-letters, organizing and conducting photo sessions, special functions (thank you parties, receptions, events, charity projects, etc).Management of the hotel’s homepage, social media accounts, TripAdvisor page. Establishment and development direct contacts and partnerships with cultural institutions like Hermitage museum, Mikhilovsky theatre, Philharmonia, etc. Development and maintenance of the hotel’s frequent contacts with clients and partners by creating and distribution of regular news letters, organizing of special events and gifts.Organising support of cultural events in St Petersburg by the hotel for its promotion among representatives of political, business and cultural society as well as at tourism field and among a wide audience. Planning and implementing of advertising campaigns at local media, in international catalogues and listings; informational support in Internet.Support of operation needs of the hotel as well as its restaurant, bar and cafe with printing materials, both image and informational, according to the visual identity standards of the company.

On this position I am in charge for localization of www.accorhotels.com to Russian language and launching of the web site.

Marketing Services for the Grand Hotel Europe, job description inlcuded wide PR issues. Basicaly position was something between PR manager and Marketing Manager. Development and implementation of communication strategy of the hotel at local and international markets. Organizing and management of advertisement and PR communications. Printing materials development, press-releases and information materials writing, special packages creating. Organizing of partnership projects and marketing researches. Cooperation with business associations and chambers of commerce.

Startup of web development company focusing on web design, web sites development, SEO, web programming and scripting.

Art direction, CRM, design of developing application.