Антон

Anton Sofronov, 22.
Location Odesa, Ukraine
Personal phone [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») (Telegram) – pls message, don’t call
Personal e-mail [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») – will always check & revert
PhD. student at Odesa National Maritime University (275.01), Junior account manager at
a freight forwarding company. Personal interests include English contract and maritime
law, dry bulk chartering, grain trading, and freight market research. Soft skills are up to
company’s management evaluation. Motivated to be a real shipping person.

Education
09.2017 – 06.2021 @ Odesa National Maritime University, BSc.
Bachelors in Maritime Transport Logistics and Transport Management, with honors.

09.2021 – 12.2022 @ Odesa National Maritime University, MSc.
Masters in Shipping Organization and Management, with honors.

05.2023 – 06.2027 @ Odesa National Maritime University, PhD.
Organization of work of the leased bulk fleet in conditions of uncertainty + science papers.

07.2021 – TBN @ Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS)
Passed 3 out of 7 exams. Further exams postponed due to the war.

Job Experience
03–05.2023 @ Grain & chartering brokerage firm
Execution/postfixing manager assistant trainee.

GAFTA contracts’ drafting, mailing, record keeping. Haven’t performed well enough
during the training period as per company’s management evaluation and verdict.

06.2023 – still employed atm @ Freight forwarding company, containers
Pricing -> Leads pre-qualifier -> Junior account manager (since 1.01.2024).

Active search & CRM leads handling of clients (“sales”). Cooperation w/ agents
(containers). Researching solutions from FOT to DAP and everything in between for
FCL/project cargo/small coaster vsls indicatives (non-UA clients, mainly UZ/DE/GB/ZA).
Bad “salesman”, good enough researcher & professional. Have had a couple of clients w/
net profits for the company abt the same or a bit more than the salary.

Other miscellaneous
2019-2020 – IntelligenceHunt 5 & 6 Finalist (<- link to finals in Turku, FI) – science fair.
2020-2021 – University student activist (self-government) – liaison with uni bureaucracy.
2019-2023 – in liaison w/ a co-author published a fiction book, 2nd book in progress.

Languages & Skills
russian and Ukrainian – native speaker, English – fluent (IELTS 8.0 expired in
2020, currently – better). MS Office/CRM/professional mailing/due diligence.

Interested in working at an owner/commercial management firm, holding a
position of authority in real shipping, and an above-average income in the future.

Net salary – 800 USD/month (actual – desirable and negotiable) after the training period.
Training period remuneration and duration – 3 months/600 USD (also negotiable).