May 20, 2022

CV - Support and marketing specialist

First and last name: Agafonov Olezha

Date of birth: 20.09.1996 (25 y.o.)

Gender: non-binary gender fluid (any pronouns)

Contact information: +4915146398806

[email protected] https://www.facebook.com/hawids/

Where am I based: currently Berlin, Germany; waiting for German residence permit, I have Russian passport and Ukrainian residence permit

Languages: English (advanced), Russian (native), Ukrainian (basics), German (basics - A1), Belarusian (can understand but cannot write and speak)

profile

For 3+ years in a row helping individual people and companies navigate the worlds of SEO and Influencer marketing through software or by setting up social media campaigns. I was born in Russia, immigrated to Belarus to avoid Russian military service. Due to 2020 revolution in Belarus I moved to Ukraine. Because of the war, Berlin is my 3rd city that I call home. All these experiences taught me to adapt and learn faster and with bigger motivation.

Career:

2019-2022 , IT customer support,

link-assistant.com (SEO marketing software)

office + remote full-time

what I did

Helping set up and maintain software

Providing technical support, troubleshooting and resolving basic software operation issues

Helping sell and upsell the products via chat

Consulting clients on technical issues of their websites

Improving existing and creating new reply-templates

Compiling help materials for new features of the software

Working with Jira, Zendesk systems

Communication with payment processors

Hosting video demo sessions of the software

Consulting on the basic ideas of SEO campaigns (rank tracking, website audit and backlink building)

what I achieved

Achieved conversion rate from demo-sessions up to 10%

2018-2019, Influencer and affiliate marketing specialist

arteza.com (Ecommerce for art supplies)

office full-time

what I did

Influencer outreach, communication, discovering new influencers

Planning and executing Influence and affiliate marketing campaigns through various social media and blogs

Improving existing influencer communication strategies and texts

Raising brand awareness through creating new effective PR messages for campaigns

Developing Affiliate network and setting up efficient incentives for new partners

Working with affiliate platforms shareasale, pepperjam

Creating and planning new content ideas for future Sales and social media campaigns

Collaborating with the Team of 4 people

Working and communicating with design and developers team by setting up tasks

what I achieved

Helped create and execute multiple marketing  campaigns across different social media for new and existing products which increased yearly sales 5 times

Helped to reach social media base growth through influencer marketing (for example Instagram grew up to 300 - 500 000 subscribers in 1 year)

Improved affiliate base from 50 to 200 affiliates and therefore increasing sales through it

2017-2018, content manager,

mfm.by (Belarusian art and photography festival)

remote part-time

what I did: managing website content

what I achieved: compiled an online archive of belarusian photography

2017-2018, call-Center consultant,

Furniture company (Belarus based)

office full-time

what I did

Consulting customers on products and scheduling appointments with them

Dealing with clients' complaints

Systematisation of the client base

Selling and upselling products

what I achieved

Successfully integrated CRM system into existing workflow

Education:

2012-2017 Cherepovets Metallurgical College (Russia) - electrician, manager (the course combined basic technical skills with series of lectures on people’s resources management, economy, modernisation of industrial plants)

Skills: negotiating with empathy, explaining after listening, clear and consensual communication, patience, creativity, influencer marketing, SEO marketing, troubleshooting tech issues.

Volunteer jobs: helping elderly people to learn how to use IT resources

Hobbies or side projects: in my free time I love dancing, playing LARPs, creating clothes, writing on different topics. I document my journeys through photography, follow politics of different countries and try to be an ally and activist for causes that view as important ones

2018-2019 - series of interviews via YouTube channel, focusing on how creativity can help bring yourself up in a harshly capitalist environment

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp7oY7T05qTET7e7bcfysew

2020 - a LARP-experience 'Traditional values' hosted 2 times in Minsk, focusing on discrimination that happens inside an oppressed group

2020 - till now - series of texts about social events and sexual, romantic life in russian and english https://t.me/olezhadance , https://teletype.in/@olezha