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MARIANA PRYKHODKO
COMMUNICATIONS & PR | PHOTOGRAPHER
Kyiv, Ukraine | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section) | [open contact info](look above in the "contact info" section)
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SUMMARY

Communications specialist with experience across EU-, UNDP-, USAID- and
UNICEF-funded projects. Manages the full project communications cycle — from
content planning and media relations to field photography and direct content
approval with donors. Sectors: humanitarian demining, community development,
robotics and agritech.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Serhiy Prytula Humanitarian Foundation
Communications Specialist | Photographer

Kyiv, Ukraine
February 2026 – Present

● Run the full communications cycle of the Humanitarian Fund: strategy,
content, media, partner campaigns, photography, reporting
● Write press releases, media materials, website news, social media copy,
one-pagers, booklets and presentations in Ukrainian and English
● Created the Foundation's 2025 Annual Report from scratch and delivered it
for release within the second month in the role
● Communications support for joint campaigns with 15+ corporate, government
and institutional partners: PrivatBank, Silpo, Prom, UNIQA, Vchasno, Philips
Ukraine, INSCIENCE Conference, State Emergency Service of Ukraine
(SES), State Special Transport Service (SSTS), 1st Separate Medical
Battalion, Dárek pro Putina (Czechia), Minesight (USA)
● Communications support for the launch of partner fundraising campaigns
● Field trips to equipment handovers: reportage photography of events and
partner activities; shooting scripts and briefs for designers and videographers
● Media relations: media monitoring, media database management, interview
coordination

Association for Participatory Community
Development (ACPD) — UNDP project
Communications Specialist (part-time)

Remote
June 2026 – Present

“Development of the Capacity of Community Engagement Working Groups in
Partner Communities of Poltava Oblast" — an initiative under EU4Recovery, the
flagship partnership of the European Union and UNDP in Ukraine, co-funded by the
Government of Sweden

● Building the communications function of a 30-month project from scratch
across 7 communities in Poltava Oblast
● Coordinate a network of local communicators: developed and rolled out
SOPs, maintain the shared asset archive, oversee publication
● Plan and produce content in line with the project's annual communications
plan
● Prepare talking points for speakers, internal briefs, official participant
notifications and presentations
● Contribute to the organisation and communications support of offline events
across the partner communities

DroneUA Group
PR Manager

Kyiv, Ukraine
March 2025 – February 2026

● Developed and delivered the PR strategy for the company's product portfolio
● Communications for participation in international events in the USA — CES,
Commercial UAV Expo, and Select Georgia: Taking Off from the U.S.–Ukraine
Tech Launchpad: press materials, press releases, international media
outreach covering the Ukrainian pavilion
● Built news angles and planned media campaigns in robotics, agritech, energy,
GIS and geodesy
● Prepared and distributed B2B materials for partners
● Competitor analysis to sharpen brand positioning

Local Initiatives Agency (NGO)
Communications Specialist

Kyiv, Ukraine
February 2024 – March 2025

● Communications strategy and content plans for two internationally funded
projects:

UNICEF Ukraine / KfW — UPSHIFT programme, Kyiv and Chernihiv oblasts

USAID / Global Communities — "Voice of the Community in local Self-Government",
DOBRE Programme, Kharkiv oblast

● Direct liaison with donors on content approval: prepared materials in line with
visibility requirements (USAID branding, UNICEF guidelines), processed
feedback and secured final sign-off
● Communications coverage of project work in 6 communities of Kharkiv oblast,
including de-occupied territories
● Supported UPSHIFT participant teams in producing content for their own
initiatives
● Wrote press releases, articles and news items; placed them in regional media
● Photo and video coverage of all events across both projects: reportage
shooting, selection and editing of materials for project reporting, social media
and press

Healthy Ukraine (All-Ukrainian Youth NGO)
Communications Specialist

Kyiv, Ukraine
March 2021 – December 2022

● Organised art rehabilitation sessions for refugee children at the Ukrainian
centre in Sibiu, Romania: engaged artists, ran masterclasses
● Organised exhibitions of young artists' work in Ukraine and Europe, including
Sibiu and Prague
● Engaged art school students across Ukraine in the project
● Liaised with sponsors and prepared partnership proposals for companies

EDUCATION

BA in Advertising and Public Relations
State University of Trade and Economics, Kyiv
Graduated: 2024

TRAINING

Ethical Interviewing of Children in Wartime
Voices of Children Charitable Foundation | 2025

SMM Intensive
Bazilik | 2026

SKILLS

Core Skills: Communications strategy, Content planning, Copywriting and
storytelling, Media relations, Social media management, Partnership
communications, Photo shoot production, Reportage photography, Media monitoring

Tools & Platforms: Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Capture One, Figma, Canva,
Airtable, Slack, Google Analytics, MS Office

AI: Gemini, Claude, Midjourney

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian — Native
English — Upper-Intermediate (B2)