Vojta Koutnik
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Czech Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Japanese Professional working proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Mandarin Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) N1
-Jan, 2012- Nov, 2024 -
Certificate of Advanced English (CAE)
-Jan, 2006- Nov, 2024
Experience
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International Study Programs
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Czechia
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of Educational Travel
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Jul 2020 - Present
Currently heading an operational team of 30 inspiring talented people responsible for design, preparation and execution of short-term international residencies for our business school clientele. My responsibilities include strategic development of our core product, ensuring the high quality standards for academic content and logistics services, overseeing the unit's budget, business planning, HR planning, and hiring. Educational Travel Product Unit was created by merging three individual teams which makes me also responsible for the unification of processes and harmonising different team cultures.
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Head of Asia Department
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Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
The Head of Asia Department is a mid-management, leadership role within ISP. Responsibilities include developing the regional team, promoting innovation & academic excellence, providing academic guidance & support and overseeing ISP’s operations in the region. Some of the key responsibilities are:- Leading and guiding a team of 8-10 people- Creating and implementing annual department plans in line with the company strategy- Managing and overseeing hiring for the department- Managing and controlling departmental budgets- Workload allocation to individual team members- Conducting a limited number of programs for key clientele- Coordinating work with Logistics, Marketing and Sales departments- Identifying and fulfilling developmental and research needs for the department
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Asia Team Leader for Product and Innovation
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Aug 2017 - Sep 2018
My responsibilities as Team Leader in ISP Asia department include leading and directly supervising a great team of four Program Managers, managing the workload and work allocations for the whole Asia program team (10 people), proposing, implementing and pushing through innovations, and supporting the Head of Asia team in designing yearly team budgets and HR plans and in hiring new team members. Apart from these managerial responsibilities I will be running 4-6 study programs to Asia each year in Program Manager function to keep in touch with our product and our contact networks.
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Program Manager, Asia Department
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Sep 2015 - Jul 2017
As a Program Manager, my main responsibility is to deliver an international study experience tailored to each client's needs. I am involved in the project from the first conference call, assessing and incorporating client's requirements, coordinating logistics preparations with a dedicated ISP task force and arranging and overseeing the quality of the academic content. I also often accompany the groups on their trips, taking on a role of program leader ensuring the smooth execution of the trip.
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Researcher, Asia Department
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Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
As a Researcher, I carried out wide variety of tasks and I was also involved in several company in-house projects. My main responsibilities were researching markets and companies operating on Asian markets, identifying thought leaders and other business professionals to participate in our study programs as guest speakers and establishing first contact with them.
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Education
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2012 - 2014
University of Economics in Prague, Faculty of International Relations
Master's Degree, International Politics and Diplomacy -
2007 - 2012
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts and Philosophy
Master's degree, Japanese studies
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