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Skills keywords: art history, bilingual, communication, event management, organisation

Short Bio:

I am a charismatic, proactive, outgoing and determined professional; bringing a passion for arts, fashion, film, creative industries and pursuits. I have experience working and volunteering within commercial companies, displaying an outstanding commitment to collaborative work. In my work I combine strong creative flair, with an exceptional eye for detail, and the organisation skills to complete tasks on time. I am highly driven, focused and always take pride and ownership in any job I undertake

Current location:  England, United Kingdom - View on map

Nationality: Russian

Preferred Sector of Employment:  media and design, Admin and Clerical, Travel and Tourism

Spoken languages: english, french, russian

Location I am interested in working: Anywhere

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I am a charismatic, proactive, outgoing and determined professional; bringing a passion for arts, fashion, film, creative industries and pursuits. I have experience working and volunteering within commercial companies, displaying an outstanding commitment to collaborative work. In my work I combine strong creative flair, with an exceptional eye for detail, and the organisation skills to complete tasks on time. I am highly driven, focused and always take pride and ownership in any job I undertake.

Languages: Russian (Bilingual), English (Bilingual)

Key Skills

• Excellent organisational skills and a true team player: working collaboratively with peers to deliver insightful presentations and complete large group tasks and projects during studies

• Communicate clearly in the work environment: paying particular attention to details to achieve 100% accuracy in delivered tasks

• Excel when working in a fast-paced environment: managing challenges with a positive ‘can do’ attitude whilst rapidly assimilating and applying new information and skills

• Possess passion and drive: securing a Master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary Art

• Confidently balance conflicting demands in a commercial situation: prioritising demands and planning work load to enable simultaneous delivery of tasks

• Deliver excellence in customer service: handling large numbers of clients and gaining excellent feedback when volunteering at Christie’s during a busy sales period

Career Summary 

Junior Digltal Designer, E-MAN., London
2014 – present

Leading the compliant design of websites and applications for iPhones across mulitple platforms.

• Collaborating across departments to preprare and present innovative design solutions to clients

Translator/Editor, VICE MEDIA Inc., London
June 2014 – August 2014

A demanding and time-critical project, requiring great attention to detail and accuracy in delivering the final documentary footage.

• Used excellent linguistic skills to translate the documentary from Russian into English

• Accurately edited footage and added subtitles checking work to ensure 100% accuracy

Volunteer, CHRISTIE’S, London
October 2013 – December 2013

A customer-facing role, volunteering as a front of house assistant during a busy sales period.

• Handled enquiries, managing large number of visitors and securing excellent feedback on customer service delivery

• Assisted with setting up sales room, coordinating activities with permanent members of staff to progress the set up

PR Internship, FIRST QUANTUM PROPERTY DEVELOPMENTS LTD., London
September 2012 – September 2013

Delivered excellent administrative support to the PR team across multiple brands and projects, requiring a keen ability to multitask and prioritise work.

• Contributed to event planning and organisation, collaborating with colleagues to ensure all attendees were provided with necessary information

• Applied excellent verbal communication skills when handling press calls and meeting with journalists, maintaining a professional demeanour at all times whilst providing accurate information and escalating issues where needed

• Monitored and reported on print and web coverage, compiled detailed reports to support the department activities

Photographer, VEDOMOSTI, THE MOSCOW TIMES
May 2012 – Dec 2012

A highly creative role, taking and editing photographs to support news coverage of current European events.

• Worked with multiple different colleagues and collaborators, meeting diverse demands on time, coordinating the timely delivery of appropriate photographs to support news and current affairs

• Travelled extensively within Europe, using creative instinct to capture and edit photographs and combine them with economic, business and social news stories

Digital Designer, LLC KARTINA VREMENI, Moscow
May 2011 – Sep 2011

Combine website development and photography roles, taking photographs of models for new projects and developing a website to support the game.

• Took the opportunity to gain business experience, in a busy software development company

• Used photography and video editing expertise to support website development

• Contributed to game design through the development of storyboards

Qualifications

• Master’s in Modern to Contemporary Art, Christie’s Education, University of Glasgow (2014)
Reporting on curatorial, cataloguing and objects; group and individual presentations to define relationships art practices, cultural context and critical debates; Curatorial trips to key destinations
Thesis: “Betweet East and West: Representation of the city through portraits of its citizens in 1950’s – 1970’s”

• Bachelor of Arts in Media Art, Royal Holloway, University of London (2013)
Dissertation: ”Representation of feminine nature in Lillian Bassman and Helmut Newton works”

• Diploma in Photography, SPEOS Paris Institute of Photography (2010)

• International Baccalaureate, Diploma Programme, European Gymnasium (2010)

Other

• INTERESTS: Fine Art, Film, Classical Music, Ballet, Photography, New Media, Fashion, Museums, Cinema, Art Market, architecture, Design

• ACTIVITIES: Golf, Snowboarding, Yoga, Tennis, Hockey

• LANGUAGES: Russian (Native/Bilingual), English (Bilingual), German (Intermediate), French (Beginner)

• IT SKILLS: Final Cut, FileMaker Pro, After Effects, Blender, Dreamweaver, MS Office, HTML, Photoshop, Illustrator, Soundtrack Pro