SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES: - Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, gained through my experience abroad; - Good communication skills in both English and Russian, gained through the experience as a journalist in both English and Russian language media; - Good public speaking and presentation skills gained through academic speaking classes and the university projects; - Ability to work along with a team. ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES: - Leadership (currently leading a team of 7 people; worked with high school children as a volunteer in the afterschool program; was a head of a student media organization); - Good time management (was holding three jobs and studying at the same time). TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES: - Good knowledge of video and audio equipment (was shooting and editing various documentaries and television plots); - Expertise in photography and photo equipment (gained through photojournalism training and professional experience); - Good knowledge of PR campaign planning and implementation (gained through experience as a student in a practice-oriented PR course). PROFICIENT OR FAMILIAR WITH A VAST ARRAY OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE, CONCEPTS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING: - Microsoft Word, Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Excell - QuarkXPress8, Adobe InDesign - Adobe Premiere, Pinnacle Studio - Photoshop - Basic knowledge of HTML and Flash - Joomla CMS POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS: - Student Film Festival participant (featured documentary filmmaker); - Nobel Prize Peace Forum participant, Iowa, USA; - Augustana Theater One-Act Showcase actress, USA; - The First Presbyterian church, Afterschool program volunteer, USA; - Kazakhstan English Language Theater actress; - IWPR (Institute of War and Peace), Almaty, Kazakhstan – one day Journalism seminar; - AIESEC International Organization member – Marketing division