Julia Veselkova

YULYA VESELKOVA

Academic History

September 2010 – May 2012

Master of International Relations

Specialization: International Information and Public Relations

Institute of International Relations

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

September 2006 – June 2010

Bachelor of International Relations

Institute of International Relations

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

May 2006

Graduated from Zhytomyr National Technological University Lyceum (Department of Economics) 

Work Experience

August 2015- November 2017

Public Relations& Account Manager, Presales Department, Grupo Vidanta, Cancun, Mexico

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Implemented PR Communication Plan according to Communication Strategy of the company. Created content, maintained crisis communications at social media platforms;

- Provided analysis on product updates, drafted presentations, sales materials for Presales department;

- Hold presales presentations with warm leads and current customers with the aim to upgrade (United States, Canada and Europe);

- Gathered and organized sales worthy information for CRM database;

- Maintained long-lasting and trustable account relations, problem solution support in coordination with Sales and Customer Support Departments;

- Prepared internal management reports, presentations.

April 2013 - April 2014

Government & Public Relations Manager, Itera Consulting, Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities: 

- Developed and implemented company Governmant&Public Affairs Strategy; 

- Provided monitoring and risk assessment of legislative, regulatory, business climate updates. Elaborated resolutions interacting management team, adviced to VP Global Outsoucing; -

 Maintained stake-holders communications (government authorities, NGOs, IT industrial associations, partners, startup community & IT market insiders, educational institutions, media etc.); 

- Launched and managed local and internationally focused projects on personal data protection (e.g. 'Corporate Code of Conduct on PDP in IT outsourcing'), IT-education (public-private partnership, National E-Competence/Qualifiactions Framework etc.), labor, legislation (taxation, copyrights issues); 

- Organized high-profile meetings, workshops, press events, related external PR-activities; - Drew up company position papers, analytical reports, presentations, press-materials etc.; 

- Voiced-up company position at high-profile meetings, working groups and public councils at GAs, NGOs and within IT community;

August 2012 - March 2013

IT Committee Coordinator, European Business Association, Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Planed and coordinated activities of the Committee and sub- working groups. - Monitored regulatory and political updates. Provided risk assessment of identified challenges for IT-outsourcing industry and ITC member companies specifically; - Maintained stake-holders communications and ensured interaction of IT companies with government officials, representatives of international organizations, industrial associations, business incubators, investors, educational institutions, media; - Managed projects on tax, labor, IT-education, personal data protection, e-Governance issues;

- Developed and implemented Government &Public Relations Strategyof the Committee. - Drew-up position papers, joint/individual appeals to government authorities, press-releases, lobbying digests etc. Ensured accurate documentation and database management; - Organized and managed high-profile events, PR-activities (TV, press, e-media);

- Voiced up Committee official position at high-level meetings, public councils at GA etc.; - Carried out Committee annual budget planning and control over cash flow.

February 2012 - June 2012

PR Manager, Warto Communications Agency , Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Developed PR-campaigns, corporate PR-strategies. Managed separate PR-activities.

- Drew-up PR materials: press releases, media-kits, analytical reports, internet blogs etc.

- Monitored local and international press-content for newsworthy information.

- Maintained media-relations. Increased media-base by 50%.

- Contributed to expanding corporate clients’ pool by providing effective negotiations.

September 2011 - October 2011

Intern, Secretariat of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine,Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Assisted in elaboration of draft laws on ratification of international agreements.

- Prepared analytical reports for the Foreign Affairs Committee sessions.

- Translated documents from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and

Cooperation in Europe.

- Assisted in organization of meetings with representatives of VRU European Integration Committee and

Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

September 2010 - March 2011

Assistant, Marketing & PR Departments, Agromat, Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Document and technical data translations.

- Prepared corporate PR-documents and assisted in development of corporate PR-strategy.

- Participated in organization of external PR-activities.

- Assisted as translator during meetings with key-clients, stake-holders.

June - August 2009 

Intern, Marketing & PR Department, Agromat, Kyiv, Ukraine

Main activities and responsibilities:

- Document and technical data translations (from English, German into Russian).

- Consecutive translations during meetings, presentations.

Personality & Skills

 Self-driven, result-oriented, analytically thinking, responsible and attentive to details. Good interpersonal communication skills and

proactive life-position. Has proven experience in project management and negotiations, deep knowledge of sales techniques. Legally

and financially literate ;

 Proficient in MS Office tools (Exсel, Power Point etc.), infographic tools, Adobe Photoshop.

 Advanced in Google Analytics, basic knowledge of HTML.

 Experienced with CRM.

Languages

English - Fluent

Spanish - Upper Intermediate

German - Upper intermediate

Ukrainian, Russian - Native