Max Kotin
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Russian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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German Limited working proficiency
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Fabio Matticoli
Max is a brilliant Product guy with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong ability to find creative solutions to tricky problems. He'll always align his short-term goals with the long-term strategy, and he is an absolute team player who always puts the company first. His cross-functional know-how across copywriting, design, UX and software engineering, paired with a kind, no-nonsense personality, make him a dream team member. If I ever have the chance, I'll immediately hire him again.
Misha Chernyshev
I was genuinely amazed by how Max combined a deep understanding of how communications work with a broad contribution to business growth. It was a true honor to work with Max at Dodo Brands and see how he built a company image through a book about CEO, 2 books about the company and culture, developing internal & external communication platforms, and developing owned media. Max has a talent for getting under the skin of any project through a deep understanding of the goals and how to achieve them efficiently. Along with leading and developing teams.
Fabio Matticoli
Max is a brilliant Product guy with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong ability to find creative solutions to tricky problems. He'll always align his short-term goals with the long-term strategy, and he is an absolute team player who always puts the company first. His cross-functional know-how across copywriting, design, UX and software engineering, paired with a kind, no-nonsense personality, make him a dream team member. If I ever have the chance, I'll immediately hire him again.
Misha Chernyshev
I was genuinely amazed by how Max combined a deep understanding of how communications work with a broad contribution to business growth. It was a true honor to work with Max at Dodo Brands and see how he built a company image through a book about CEO, 2 books about the company and culture, developing internal & external communication platforms, and developing owned media. Max has a talent for getting under the skin of any project through a deep understanding of the goals and how to achieve them efficiently. Along with leading and developing teams.
Fabio Matticoli
Max is a brilliant Product guy with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong ability to find creative solutions to tricky problems. He'll always align his short-term goals with the long-term strategy, and he is an absolute team player who always puts the company first. His cross-functional know-how across copywriting, design, UX and software engineering, paired with a kind, no-nonsense personality, make him a dream team member. If I ever have the chance, I'll immediately hire him again.
Misha Chernyshev
I was genuinely amazed by how Max combined a deep understanding of how communications work with a broad contribution to business growth. It was a true honor to work with Max at Dodo Brands and see how he built a company image through a book about CEO, 2 books about the company and culture, developing internal & external communication platforms, and developing owned media. Max has a talent for getting under the skin of any project through a deep understanding of the goals and how to achieve them efficiently. Along with leading and developing teams.
Fabio Matticoli
Max is a brilliant Product guy with an entrepreneurial mindset and a strong ability to find creative solutions to tricky problems. He'll always align his short-term goals with the long-term strategy, and he is an absolute team player who always puts the company first. His cross-functional know-how across copywriting, design, UX and software engineering, paired with a kind, no-nonsense personality, make him a dream team member. If I ever have the chance, I'll immediately hire him again.
Misha Chernyshev
I was genuinely amazed by how Max combined a deep understanding of how communications work with a broad contribution to business growth. It was a true honor to work with Max at Dodo Brands and see how he built a company image through a book about CEO, 2 books about the company and culture, developing internal & external communication platforms, and developing owned media. Max has a talent for getting under the skin of any project through a deep understanding of the goals and how to achieve them efficiently. Along with leading and developing teams.
Experience
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Really Social
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United Kingdom
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Advertising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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Apr 2023 - Present
Building a fully automated marketing service for the restaurant industry — first in the UK, then globally! Building a fully automated marketing service for the restaurant industry — first in the UK, then globally!
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NXT LVL PZA
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Restaurants
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Product Manager
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May 2022 - Feb 2023
NXT LVL PZA is a London-based food-tech startup aiming to make plant-based/vegan fast food ubiquitous. Key areas of responsibility: - managing product roadmap based on company strategy - growing a highly effective and cost-efficient tech team - managing the development of a full-scale ordering app (iOS/ web) — with menus linked to locations, payment processing, back-of-house integrations, vouchers, email automation, and push notification - experimenting and testing with new digital products to inform decisions on new initiatives Results: - Built a capable and cost efficient remote tech team from scratch - Delivered a full ordering solution in record time (3 months) - Successfully integrated NXT LVL's backend with Deliverect Show less
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Dodo Brands
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United Arab Emirates
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Restaurants
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300 - 400 Employee
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Product manager for dodobrands.io
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Jan 2019 - May 2022
Dodo Brands has a portfolio of digital-first foodservice brands, operating 880+ locations in 17 countries. Dodo Pizza was recognized as the most innovative foodservice brand at Global Restaurant Leadership Conference in Singapore in 2019. dodobrands.io is a b2b website that streams live sales data straight from Dodo IS, Dodo’s proprietary tech platform; it also serves as the central hub for all corporate communications. Its dedicated team was a part of a larger tech team of 150+ software engineers. Key areas of responsibility:- product vision, strategy, and tactics based on company OKRs- customer development: identifying key segments and formulating hypotheses for future testing - communication with key stakeholders in finance, franchising, marketing, HR, and tech team- managing a team of designers and software engineers (frontend/backend)Results: - Secured $20 million in funding from a US investor and multi-million master franchising deals- Best-in-class investor relations section- Complex financial data is presented in an innovative and easy-to-read form Show less
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Head of Global Communications
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Jun 2017 - May 2022
Key responsibilities:- outlining the brand's communication strategy in the b2b sector- defining key metrics for measuring success and tracking progress against the targets- managing and mentoring PR/comms team members (local and international)- overseeing the brand's corporate content in all channelsResults:- company profiles in Bloomberg and Der Spiegel- in 2019, Dodo was recognized as the most innovative foodservice brand globally
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Internal Communications Manager
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Oct 2016 - May 2017
- As product manager, I oversaw redesign and development of the internal Knowledge Base website- Produced an employee handbook that was printed in more than 1 million copies
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Maxim Kotin's Story Shop
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Moscow, Russian Federation
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Founder
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Jul 2013 - Oct 2016
Max Kotin's story shop was content marketing agency focused on book ghostwriting and speechwriting services. Clients included well-established companies and growing scale-up such as: • Troyka Dialog, a leading investment banking and asset management firm, now Sberbank CIB; • Renova Group, a conglomerate with interests in aluminum, oil, energy, telecoms, and a variety of other sectors; • Yota, a mobile broadband services provider. • MadRobots, an online retailer selling innovative gadgets; • Greensight, a digital agency; • Ubank, a mobile financial service; • Dodo Pizza, an innovative and fast-growing pizza chain now operating in six countries. Show less
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Mann, Ivanov and Ferber
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Moscow, Russian Federation
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Publisher
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2011 - 2012
In 2011-2012, I worked as a publisher for Mann, Ivanov & Ferber, the most successful publishing house in the country focused primarily on business literature. I was responsible for the whole cycle of book production, starting from finding promising topics and making deals with authors all the way through manuscript editing and book promotions. In particular, I was a driving force behind a bestselling book about Sberbank, the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe, and the third largest in Europe. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sberbank-Rebirth-Russias-Financial-Giant-ebook/dp/B016IPSHU0/ Show less
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Snob Media
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Russian Federation
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Media Production
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1 - 100 Employee
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Reporter, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
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Apr 2008 - Jun 2011
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Sekret Firmy
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Moscow, Russian Federation
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Reporter, Editor
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Feb 2004 - Jun 2007
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Education
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2022 - 2022
Reforge
Product Management -
Saint Petersburg State University
Graphic Design in Press
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