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STEPAN BARKHOLENKO, 34
CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Contacts
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Behance Portfolio
Kyiv, Ukraine

Honours & Awards
- Silver at Golden Hammer 2014 and Bronze at
KIAF 2014 for Deltaplan project
- Bronze at EFFIE 2015 for First Aid Mobile by
Kyivstar.
- Gold Winner in Branded Content for
SoundBounce 3D product video at Telly Awards
2022
- Silver Winner in Promotional Video (3D
Graphics/
Animation) for Well Kept 3D Video at Telly
Awards 2022
- Bronze at EFFIE 2024 for KFC Grander BBQ.

ABOUT ME
My passion is to create and dig into the essence of a brief, wrap ideas into presentation and
pitch them to clients. I build relationships with team & clients, and we collaboratively working
on reaching our goals. No, this CV wasn’t generated with ChatGPT.

EDUCATION
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy — Master of Arts, History (2013)

WORK EXPERIENCE

Creative Director, BetterSvit Agency — September 2024 - Till now
I oversee brand communication and content for clients like Sony Ukraine, Nova Post, PepsiCo,
KFC, Servier, Tantum Verde. From strategy to storytelling, I craft social media campaigns,
visuals, and activations tailored to each brand.

Creative Director, Wow-How Studio — January 2020 - January 2024
As a creative director of animation studio, my job is to ensure the efficient workflow of the
project from pre-sale and estimation to creative and production materials delivery. Usually, it
includes concept, mood board, script, storyboard, illustration (for 2D projects), modelling (for
3D projects) and final animation itself.
Senior Copywriter, Natus Vincere — February 2017 - December 2019
My main responsibilities at Natus Vincere were to create all kinds of marketing materials for
our sponsors (HyperX, DXRacer, GG.BET, OMEN BY HP, Monster Energy, etc.). I was responsible
for creating promo and branding campaigns, SM posts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), videos
for our Youtube channels, new apparel drops and many more.

Creative Group Head, 1+1 media — September 2015 - February 2017
While being a part of the telecommunication giant PR-department, my group was
responsible for providing digital support for PR projects and developing new communication
channels, such as websites, videos, social media campaigns and new Facebook and
Instagram pages etc. As a leader of this group, I was coordinating creative process,
communicating with project managers and looking for deadlines compliance.

Copywriter, Grape Ukraine — January 2013 - September 2015
I worked with 30+ premium and mass-market brands in different business areas, such as
automotive, finance, telecommunications, banking, retailers, FMCG, media, etc. I created
advertising campaigns for different markets (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, UK) from a creative
brief to a case study. My brand experience: Intel, Lenovo, Unilever, SUN InBev, Heineken,
Carlsberg, Kyivstar, Delta Bank, AVK and more.