Vasily Krouglov

is looking for freelance projects. 🔎

Inhaber, Founder, Altt.me
Abschluss: Master of Arts, Higher School of Economics
Berlin, Germany

Skills

Project Management
Marketing
Process Optimization
Graphic Design
Design
Web Design
KANBAN
Agile
Scrum
Product Marketing
Production
Content Marketing
Digital strategy
Content Strategy
Marketing strategy
Go-to-market strategy
Analytics
Google Analytics
Google Ads
Facebook Ads
Promotion
Advertising
Editorial
Social Media
Social Media Marketing
HTML
CSS
Bootstrap
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Creative Suite
Management
Design Thinking
Mentoring
Content Production
Content Creation
Automatization
Web development
Competitor Analysis
Prototyping
UX/UI Design
Multichannel Marketing
Omnichannel marketing
SEO
Budget Management
Trello
Jira
Confluence
Excel
Looker studio
Google Data Studio
Meta Business Suite
Facebook Business Suite
Figma
Hootsiute
Buffer
HubSpot
Canva
Tilda
Miro
Slack
Ghost CMS
Notion
Mailchimp
Critical thinking
Substack
E-Mail Marketing
Cloudflare
DigitalOcean
Microsoft Clarity
Google Search Console
GitHub
Content
English Language
MS Office
Marketing management
Graphics
Adobe
Creative
Systems Thinking
Strategic planning
Logical thinking
Analysis
Account management
Reporting
Presentation skills
Public speaking
Negotiation
Automation
Art Direction
Media Planning
Influencer Marketing
Problem Solving
Time Management
Cooperation
Decision Making
Leadership
Creativity
Initiative
entrepreneurial
self-management
self-confidence
Accountability
Responsibility
Interpersonal skills
Branding
Product
Public relations
Art
News
Start-up
Efficiency
Media Management
Project Planning
Business Model
innovative
independent
Patience
Organizational skills
Analytical skills
ambitious
Technical Knowledge
Conceptual thinking
Leadership skills
Fast learner
open minded
Curiosity

Timeline

Professional experience for Vasily Krouglov

  • Current 6 years and 4 months, since Sep 2019

    Project Manager & Digital Strategist

    contract

    • Developed Content Bureau Ruda's GTM strategy and launched its digital channels. • Created educational content for marketers in TexTerra brand media, which helped grow the monthly brand media audience to 1 million users (+30%). • Developed creative digital strategies (multichannel campaigns, content marketing and special projects) to build and strengthen brand presence.

  • Current 7 years and 5 months, since Aug 2018

    Founder

    Altt.me

    • Launched 0 to 1 anti-censorship SaaS platform. Created GTM strategy and branding, managed web development (front-end, back-end, infrastructure), and delivered effective promotion. • Provided creative solutions that led to rapid growth and adoption by media, bloggers and digital services. The platform helped over 2 million people bypass Internet censorship.

  • 1 year and 11 months, Aug 2020 - Jun 2022

    Senior Project Manager

    Hello Agency

    • Managed project-specific teams, vendors and contractors (4-30 people at a time). • Oversaw strategy development, design, marketing, production, content creation, and advertising for media, FMCG, real estate, NPO and SaaS clients. Provided accounting and C-level reporting. • Developed, launched and managed special projects, including branded 8,500-km OL live car race with 50M+ reach, and targeted/contextual CPM/CPC campaigns.

  • 4 years and 2 months, Nov 2015 - Dec 2019

    Executive Editor

    Alt.Media

    • Launched a news outlet. Created strategy, branding, editorial policies and guidelines. Developed newsroom workflows and built social media presence. • Curated and hosted the world's first Telegram radio (on air daily, two-person team).

  • 6 months, Jan 2019 - Jun 2019

    Business Development Manager

    Deluxe Interactive

    • Developed and prepared new agency lines of business for launch: analytics, educational, e-com- merce and franchise. • My efforts and proactive workflow optimization stopped the Social department's billing decline and brought it back to growth – and eventually, to a 1.5-2x increase from $400-500k to up to $1M.

  • 1 year and 5 months, Sep 2017 - Jan 2019

    Project Manager

    Deluxe Interactive

    • Launched over 30 social, design, media, and messenger projects ($10k-150k monthly budgets). • Managed project-specific teams, vendors and contractors (8-50 people). • Led design systems rebuilds, content creation, paid social, search & OL campaigns (tens of millions of audience reach), product launches, and strategy development. Reported to C-level. • Ensured achievement of KPIs, high margins, and both client and vendor loyalty.

  • 8 months, Nov 2016 - Jun 2017

    Project Manager

    April Agency

    Managed Social Media campaigns, content, community management, and ORM for FMCG clients. Achieved <15-minute response time on a critical project (0,6 - 1k comments/day). Brands: Leroy Merlin, Blumenberg, SaliZink, Prebiosweet, ZdravCity.

  • 2 years and 1 month, Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

    Project Manager

    MAI

    Managed a team of 5 people during development, content management and promotion of a university website and two startup projects.

Educational background for Vasily Krouglov

  • 4 months, Feb 2023 - May 2023

    Unofficial Late Soviet Art

    Bard College

  • 5 months, Jul 2022 - Nov 2022

    Graphic Designer

    MASA Israel / Beit Nelly College

  • 1 month, Dec 2018 - Dec 2018

    Design. Code. Marketing. Management

    Skillbox

  • 1 month, May 2018 - May 2018

    Creative Problem-solving

    MOST Creative Club

  • 2 years and 1 month, Jun 2016 - Jun 2018

    Media Management

    Higher School of Economics

    Field of study: Media Communication. Graduate work: Telegram digital strategies, podcasting & KPIs for news outlets

  • 1 month, Apr 2016 - Apr 2016

    The Society of Chief Editors

    Verba Academy

    Intensive course on media management, news outlets strategies & tactics from Chief Editors of leading Russian independent media (Meduza, Afisha, V-O-S, Batenka).

  • 4 years and 1 month, Jun 2012 - Jun 2016

    Advertising and Public Relations

    Moscow Aviation Institute

    Field of study: Communications and media. Graduate work: Social media strategies for political parties

Languages

  • English

    Fluent

  • Russian

    First language

  • Hebrew

    Basic

  • German

    Basic

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