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Work Background
Startup Wise GuysLeadership Consultant
Jun. 2023 - Oct. 2023In Summer and early Autumn of 2023 I had the joy of helping the SWG Management team in Leadership and Organizational Management matters. During that time we partnered in the following:
1) Analysing the SWG's management team and their work
2) Creating a toolbox for effective management and leadership
-Enforcing an effective feedback and 1-on-1s framework between managers and their teams and their peers. -Mapping the employees' motivations and helping receive meaningful feedback for their and the organization's development
-Helping set up seamless processes that support efficiency and advising on successful internal communication methods
Single.EarthHead of People & Operations
Jun. 2021 - Jul. 2023Single.Earth is a platform where landowners, people, and businesses come together to save nature and combat climate change and biodiversity loss. 🌲 Highlights (some out of many) in Single.Earth:
- As the 9th employee, grew the company to 70+ people in less than 1 year. - Recruited engineers, scientists, business developers, marketers, sales professionals etc globally
- Managed employee relations in more than 5 countries (mainly in Estonia, but also in Sweden, Germany, France, UK, Malta, US)
- Leading an amazing team of two People Ops Specialists, two Recruiters, one Internal Communication Specialist and an Office Manager.
- Working closely with Legal and Finance on a daily basis in General Operations matters such as accounting, financial reporting, employment and general contracts etc.
- Cultivating a supportive and productive culture for people with various backgrounds
- Partnering with company leadership and Founders of Single.Earth in People and Operations related matters.
- Implementing and managing the HRIS and ATS software suitable to Single.Earth's high growth.
- Implementing and managing our 1:1s framework and continuously mapping teams’ motivation, and developing a strengths-based development plan
Garage48Project Lead, EU-Africa Partnerships
Sep. 2020 - Jan. 2021African-European online hackathon program to find innovative solutions to socio-economic problems that have been further escalated by the outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic. www.euafricathejourney.com
#euafricathejourney I was in charge of 5 project managers during the hackathon, a marketing team and volunteers.
PactumOffice Manager/ Executive Assistant
Jul. 2020 - Nov. 2020Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
Garage48Mentor
Nov. 2018 - Mar. 2021I have mentored 50+ companies so far in several events as a business and pitch mentor, and have participated as a Lead Mentor (a mentor who is leading a batch of teams throughout the hackathon). My latest events were Base Camp, and EU:Africa The Post Crisis Journey, where I also participated in the 6-week follow-up mentoring and acceleration program as the main mentor for 4 teams who were in the Final of the hackathon.
Lucky OtterChief and Owner
May. 2018Tallinn, Harjumaa, EstoniaOffering support to companies’ Leadership in People Strategy and Operations, Recruitment, Business Operations and Financial Management.
Startup EstoniaStartup Visa Project Lead
Mar. 2018 - Jul. 2020EstoniaStartup Estonia is a governmental initiative aimed to supercharge the Estonian startup ecosystem in order to be the birthplace of many more startup success stories to come. For that, we are working on making Estonia one of the world's best places for startups, partnering with and uniting the best of startups, incubators, accelerators, private and public sector. The Startup Visa helps non-EU founders grow their startup in Estonia, one of the world's best places to start and run a company. It also makes it easy for Estonian startups to hire non-EU talent. I managed to grow the programme from around 300 applications per one year (2017) to more than 2600 employees or founders relocating to Estonia by 2020. As a Project lead for the Startup Visa my activities were:
- Creating and implementing the project strategy (KPI-s, talent attraction, promotion, marketing etc.)
- Coordinating the Startup Committee deciding who will be eligible to apply for the Startup Visa, which included assessing the companies' applications on a daily basis. - Managing and performing promotional activities (Collaboration with the Startup Estonia Marketing manager for digital marketing, content creation, promotional events management globally, performing at conferences and meetups)
- Managing the project budget
- Negotiating and implementing strategic partnerships in Startup Visa target countries (Russia, Ukraine, Turkey)
- Keeping up and onboarding the foreign founder network in Estonia
- Putting together bi-annual statistics about the success and needs of the Estonian Startup sector with the focus on foreign talent
- Coordinating the project between the Estonian startup community and the Estonian Government
Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership (ECEAP)Project Manager
Sep. 2017 - Mar. 2018Tallinn, EstoniaThe Estonian Center of Eastern Partnership is a training and research center focusing on the six countries of the EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP). Through its activities ECEAP aims to develop relations with the EaP countries while contributing to the advancement of the overall goals of the EU’s policy in the region. The Center’s bilateral cooperation with partner countries is bolstered by multilateral activities carried out within the fields of public administration reform and the harmonization of digital markets, for example. My role as a project manager in ECEAP is to oversee and manage cooperation development projects in the EaP region as well as support the Director and Deputy Director of the Center in their activities.
Garage48 FoundationProject Manager
Apr. 2016 - Aug. 2017Tallinn, EstoniaGarage48 Foundation and its event series started in Estonia in April 2010 and have expanded to other countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan) and emerging countries in Africa (Uganda, Kenya) and Middle East (Oman, Palestine, Saudi Arabia) with a track record of more than 60 events. Participants have different skills, ranging from software development to design, marketing, sales and entrepreneurship. As the Project Manager my activities include: -Providing correct and audited documentation and financial reporting to our sponsors and partners (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, Telia, Civitta, different City Governments, Enterprise Estonia, etc)
-Managing the Ukrainian project in the years 2016-2017 and organising hackathons in Dnipro, Lviv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Kiev together with local partners
-Co-Organising Garage48 projects in Georgia, Moldova, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia
-Financial Forecasting and Budget Management for the Foundation
-Managing relations and looking for new opportunities for partnerships in Estonia and abroad
Musiccase OÜ/ Tallinn Music Week 2016Music Programme Coordinator
Jan. 2016 - Apr. 2016Tallinn, EstoniaTallinn Music Week is a weeklong city festival, contemporary music showcase and music industry conference, held every spring in Tallinn, Estonia.
Having been a volunteer programme assistant in 2015, I was employed as Music Programme Coordinator and Executive Assistant to the Director of the Festival in 2016. As the Executive Assistant I was in charge of assisting the Director in correct reporting to our sponsors and documenting meetings and information. As the Music Programme Coordinator I was in charge of the following activities: -Coordinating information between the core team and the Music Festival showcase managers to schedule around 30 showcases in 3 days
-Managing travels and accommodation (including the budget) for foreign bands (altogether 140 bands and around 600 people)
-Managing content for the web site and Festival catalogue
-Coordinating and foresee the showcase venue needs during the festival (refreshments, logistics, etc)
-Managing and coordinating ticket sales as well as reporting it to the showcase organisers
Eesti EnergiaExecutive Assistant
Mar. 2015 - Dec. 2015Tallinn, EstoniaAs an Executive Assistant in Eesti Energia, the world's biggest oil shale to energy company my daily activities included: -Assisting the Renewable Energy and Co-generation Business Unit in preparing meetings, materials, managing documentation, organising events
-Substituting the Executive Assistant to the Board of Management when needed
-Taking care of travel arrangements and handling contracts with booking agencies
Cinema Sõprus / Kino SõprusOffice Assistant
Jan. 2013 - Jul. 2014Tallinn, EstoniaCinema Sõprus is the oldest existing cinema in Estonia and it is considered as the only real art-house cinema, due to its non-mainstream and quirky film selection. It also operates as a film distributor in Estonia and the Baltics. My daily activities as the office assistant were the following: -Helping the Executive Director, Marketing Director and Head of Acquisition in their daily activities -Managing media channels and coordinating information
-Recruiting and managing volunteers for the Cinema
PÖFF (Black Nights Film Festival)Volunteer/ Information Services
Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2014Tallinn/TartuDuring my time as a volunteer at the Black Nights Film Festival I had the chance to work in different festivals held by the organisation. Besides the Black Nights Film Festival in November every year since their start in 1997, they organise tARTuFF in August and Haapsalu Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in April each year. My activities as a volunteer were: -Information clerk during the festival, which included coordinating the schedule for the cinema I was assigned to -Helping out the Marketing Manager with the editing and translating the content for the web and catalogue of the Black Nights Film Festival -Setting up information on the web site
-Assisting to the project manager of tARTuFF in 2013 and 2014
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