Olga Sokolova
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Credentials
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Cultivating Cultural Competence and Inclusion
LinkedInAug, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
International Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Università BocconiJun, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
The Manager's Toolkit: A Practical Guide to Managing People at Work
Birkbeck, University of LondonMay, 2020- Oct, 2024
Experience
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CV Abroad
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Germany
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Human Resources Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder & Chief People & Product Officer
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Feb 2019 - Present
On a mission to make landing jobs internationally a pleasant and stress-free experience starting with a Land a Job Full Support Program👇🏼 On a mission to make landing jobs internationally a pleasant and stress-free experience starting with a Land a Job Full Support Program👇🏼
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Co-Founder & Product Manager
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Apr 2022 - Present
Peer to Peer Video Career Mentoring Platform bringing together cool Ukrainian professionals forced to flee 🙈 and their European colleagues eager to offer career advice in their countries. - You are a busy professional? - It is hard for you to spend days helping Ukrainians? - Helplessness doesn't let you work properly? Register as a career mentor for a colleague forced to flee from Putin's war! - 20 Minutes video calls via jitsi - When and where you want - No strings attached Show less
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Marketing Coach for Startups and Professionals
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Oct 2017 - Present
I help founders, marketers, HRs and other professionals benefit from storytelling - the worlds oldest and the most effective marketing and communication technique. I help founders, marketers, HRs and other professionals benefit from storytelling - the worlds oldest and the most effective marketing and communication technique.
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HUMANPOINT Educational
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Germany
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Online Audio and Video Media
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Founder & Product Manager
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Apr 2017 - Nov 2018
HUMANPOINT is a post-truth age online tool which enables academic experts to answer questions of non-academics. - managed the development of the online platform www.humanpoint.org - managed 2 trainees and 3 freelancers - raised 10 000 Euro u.a. from the Aktion Mensch Stiftung - co-oraganised 3 panel discussions and networking events for appr. 100 people - wrote and produced text and video content HUMANPOINT is a post-truth age online tool which enables academic experts to answer questions of non-academics. - managed the development of the online platform www.humanpoint.org - managed 2 trainees and 3 freelancers - raised 10 000 Euro u.a. from the Aktion Mensch Stiftung - co-oraganised 3 panel discussions and networking events for appr. 100 people - wrote and produced text and video content
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Freedom House
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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300 - 400 Employee
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Program Project Manager
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May 2017 - Jul 2017
- developed a program of 6 workshops for an intercultural communication project "Building Bridges Between Youth and Local Community Leaders" conducted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Freedom House Washington in Berlin, Moscow and North Caucasus - was responsible for logistics, hiring of translators, budget - communication with the key speakers in Berlin (7) - guaranteed a smooth intercultural and interreligious communication for a group of 13 people - developed a program of 6 workshops for an intercultural communication project "Building Bridges Between Youth and Local Community Leaders" conducted by the Heinrich Böll Foundation and the Freedom House Washington in Berlin, Moscow and North Caucasus - was responsible for logistics, hiring of translators, budget - communication with the key speakers in Berlin (7) - guaranteed a smooth intercultural and interreligious communication for a group of 13 people
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Freie Universität Berlin
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Germany
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Research Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Oct 2013 - Apr 2017
PALQUALSUM and MILEA were both research projects dedicated to study the way migrant communities deal with the German system of palliative care and the problem of unemployment. As part of Prof. Uwe Flicks research team I: - gained access to the research subjects (doctors, nurses, businesses, individuals) using cold-calling, social media and networking - established effective communication with a studied community and experts involved - gathered research data by conducting 12+ research interviews - analysed the research interview data - wrote and published academic articles Show less
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Ruberoid Festival
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Germany
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Entertainment Providers
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Media Public Relations Manager
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Jun 2013 - Apr 2016
RUBEROID is an intercultural festival for young artists, which welcomed about 500 visitors annually. As part of the managing team I - achieved a broad coverage of the young festival in German media, among which taz. die tageszeitung, zitty, TIP Berlin, Deutschlandfunk, Funkhaus Europa, RTVi, HIMBEER Magazin and so on. - filled the festival website with content and testimonials of opinion leaders - wrote press releases - planned a social media campaign for various social networks - was responsible for community management Since the roles and responsibilities were not strictly separated, I also - was responsible for some aspects of general event management, fundraising (around 10 000 Euro raised) and team management (7 individuals) - coordinated a large group of volunteers (15 individuals) Show less
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freelance
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Egypt
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Human Resources
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1 - 100 Employee
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Translator
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Jan 2012 - Apr 2016
As a freelance translator for German-Russian & viceversa as well as English-Russian I cooperated with various online mass media in Russia as well as with the film production company "Propeller" in Berlin and the Free University of Berlin As a freelance translator for German-Russian & viceversa as well as English-Russian I cooperated with various online mass media in Russia as well as with the film production company "Propeller" in Berlin and the Free University of Berlin
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Goethe-Institut e.V.
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Education Administration Programs
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Journalist
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Jan 2011 - Aug 2015
As a freelance journalist I worked for various online media, among which are the Goethe Institute and Russia Beyond the Headlines, russ.ru and religo.ru- covering cultural and social topics- conducting a large amount of interviews with German scientists and authors- blogged in Russian for such platforms as "Moscow Echo" and "PublicPost"
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Intern at the Department of Cultural Projects
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Apr 2013 - Jul 2013
As an intern at the department of cultural projects I mostly worked as a journalist and translator for one of the bilingual platforms of Goethe Institute in Moscow and Munich. - wrote and translated articles, covering ongoing cultural events organized or supported by the Institute- was actively involved in the preparation and organization of the annual Summer Festival- contributed greatly to the involvement of its guests into online activities, which Goethe online platforms provided- gave German lessons and workshops in intercultural communication for a group of ten students Show less
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Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
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Germany
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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500 - 600 Employee
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TV-Production Assistant at "RBB Abendschau"
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Nov 2009 - Nov 2011
As part of the regional evening news production team I - ensured a smooth communication between the technical staff and the journalists - was responsible for providing the VHS back-up copies As part of the regional evening news production team I - ensured a smooth communication between the technical staff and the journalists - was responsible for providing the VHS back-up copies
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Agentur für Außenwerbung
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Germany
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Advertising Services
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Sales Associate
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Apr 2007 - May 2008
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Education
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Freie Universität Berlin
Master's Degree, Social Psychology and Religious Studies -
The Marketing Seminar
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Cultural Studies, German Philology, Rhetoric, Psychoanalysis