
Vasily Krouglov
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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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