Iryna

Curriculum vitae
Proposed position: Communication expert
1. Family name: Titarenko
2. First names: Iryna
3. Date of birth: 06/12/1991
4. Nationality: Ukrainian
5. Civil status: Single mother of a 9-year-old son
6. Contact details e-mail/phone (in case of interviews only): [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») / [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
7. Education:
Institution Date from Date to Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained
Institute on Pedagogical Education and Education of Adults 01/09/2014 01/10/2018 PhD in Pedagogical Sciences
of National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine “Pedagogical conditions of
conflictological competency
formation of future specialists in
advertising and public relations”
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine 01/09/2012 01/06/2014 Master of Management of Public
Relations
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Ukraine 01/09/2008 01/06/2012 Bachelor of Sociology / Social Work
Language skills: Indicate competence from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
Language Reading Speaking Writing
English С1 С1 С1
Russian С2 С2 С2
Ukrainian Native Native Native
8. Membership of professional bodies: Member of the Ukrainian League of Public Relations (PR-League)
9. Other skills: (e.g. computer literacy, etc.) Full computer literacy
10. Present position: Docent in Public Relations at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
11. Years within the firm: 10 years and 1 month
12. Key qualifications (relevant to the project):
Skills and qualifications of the expert
● Communication and public relations expert with more than 10 years of experience in providing advice on communication
and public relation strategies, as well as consultations on media relations and promotional activities to various stakeholders,
such as civil society organisations (CSOs), social enterprises, government officials, public institutions, international
organisations etc. – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.
● Over 6 years of experience in design, implementation, and evaluation of public outreach campaigns within the CSO sector,
but also in the fields of education, culture, youth, gender, IDPs and governmental reforms – 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25.
● Over 6 years of experience in organising events and trainings on public relations, media relations and communication for
CSOs, social enterprises, government officials, public institutions etc – 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23,
24.
● Over 6 years of experience in producing (online) trainings and courses and managing e-learning platforms – 1, 2, 4, 5, 8,
9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 23.
● Strong experience in developing and managing engaging social media and digital content – 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 19, 22.
● Specific focus on development cooperation projects in Ukraine with a strong experience in working with CSOs in capacity
building for advocacy, communication, and networking skills; Experience in communicating various social issues and raising
awareness to distinct audiences. Experience in advising EU grantee CSOs with absorbing EU support and communicating
EU supported projects, the impact of EU support as well as supporting EU grantees with strategic advice, content generation
and maintenance of existing dissemination portals. Moreover, extensive knowledge of the CSO landscape in Ukraine and
experience in establishing partnerships with a wide reach of Ukrainian CSOs – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 22, 24,
25, 26.
● Experience with establishing partnerships and engaging with multitude of stakeholders (especially CSOs) from all over
Ukraine, especially from western, eastern central & southern Ukraine – 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26.
13. Specific experience in the region:
Country Date from Date to
Ukraine 01/2011 Present
Armenia 02/2018 08/2020
Azerbaijan 02/2018 08/2020
Belarus 02/2018 08/2020
Georgia 02/2018 08/2020
Moldova 02/2018 08/2020
14. Professional experience:
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1 1/07/2020 - 31/03/2021 Ukraine EU Delegation to Ukraine/ ICE Key EU funded project “Support to EU engagement with civil society
& & and FCG Sweden (CoWater) Communication organisations (CSO) in Ukraine”
17/03/2022 17/01/2025 Expert The assignment provided support for the Ukrainian CSOs for implementation
Niklas Herrman
of EU’s civil society support.
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація»)
Responsible for: Providing support for communicating EU projects, programmes
and policies in the field of civil society in Ukraine (strategic advice, content
generation and maintenance of existing dissemination portals); Assistance to CSOs
media, public relations and communication strategies and campaigns; Assistance
to CSOs to establish and manage media partnerships for promoting the work of the
CSOs; Assistance on digital content management and content generation for
promoting EU supported CSOs in promoting themselves as well as developing
content on the result and impact of EU support for the CSOs. Sharing information
related to available EU opportunities for CSO funding. Organising trainings and
events on public relations for CSO actors to strengthen communication, advocacy
and networking capacities of Ukrainian CSOs. Provided trainings and information
on how to evaluate communication, how to pitch stories to media and how to
enhance public relations at various communities for Ukrainian CSOs.
2 15/03/2021 1/12/2021 Ukraine GIZ in Ukraine Communication Responsible for: Development and conduction of an online training curriculum for
Zoya Filipova Consultant 12 people (3 multidisciplinary teams) based on needs assessment done in 3
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») hromadas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including participants satisfaction
surveys. Remote mentorship support to the teams to support advocacy and
implementation.
3 01/09/2021 15/12/2022 Ukraine Kyiv-Mohyla Business Deputy Responsible for: Development and implementation of KMBS Strategic Office’s
School Gelena Savruk Communication communication strategy; development and implementation of a strategy through
gelena.savruk@km bs.ua Head of the building partnerships with multitude of stakeholders from civil society, media,
KMBS Strategic international community, government, and businesses.
Office
4 10/09/2021 10/09/2022 Ukraine Council of Europe National “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in
Inna Zubar Consultant Ukraine” Phase II Responsible for: Development of media relations content strategy and
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») nt generating content for a communication campaign to promote project implementation.
Producing Ukrainian and English media content on project’s news and digital
content, such as, video teasers, Facebook posts and online training courses
on election procedures for voters and local governance.
5 01/11/2014 Present Ukraine National University of Kyiv- Docent, Responsible for: Development and implementation of courses and trainings on
Mohyla Academy Programme in strategic communications in social media, and copywriting; Promotion of
Alla Zinchenko Public Relations public relations materials, communication campaigns, reputation building
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») and multicultural communications for undergraduate and graduate students.
6 15/11/2020 15/03/2021 Ukraine UNFPA Ukraine Communication “Strengthening national mechanisms for preventing and responding to gender-based
Andriy Kulakov and public violence, including the humanitarian context in the framework of the NGO Internews
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») relations expert Ukraine”
Responsible for: Assessing Ukrainian communities’ involvement in gender-based violence;
Analysing successful and unsuccessful practices; Developing a program on rising
awareness on the issue among various audiences; developing concept on prevention of
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gender-based violence and supporting women empowerment local communities. The project
addressed the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uPsVEca6MlfFa0Uz5d0rKX3MPYulFo17/view?us
p=sharing )
7 10/11/2020 - 10/03/2021 Ukraine USAID RADA Communication “NGO Internews-Ukraine and East Europe Foundation”
Andriy Kulakov expert Responsible for: Providing support for activities aimed at strengthening
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») communication capacities of the Ukrainian Parliament; Development of
concept for the regional government information centres in central regions of
Ukraine (Dnipro, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, Odessa regions etc); Development of the
communication policies for the Verhovna Rada government officials;
Development and support for the communication and public relations strategy
for the Speaker’s press-office.
8 27/11/2020 8/12/2020 Ukraine Gete Institut in Ukraine Communication “House of Europe” Training, EU-funded programme in the framework of Gete Institut
8/02/2021 16/02/2021 Mariia Savelova Trainer Responsible for: Expert support for educational programme development on
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Strategic Digital Communications; Training and mentoring a group of national
book publishers on improving their communication efforts and visibility;
participants satisfaction surveys conduction.
9 2/12/2020 16/12/2020 Ukraine Council of Europe National “Human Rights Compliant Criminal Justice System in Ukraine”
Olena Lytvynenko Consultant in Responsible for: Preparing and conducting a training on SMM for the staff of the
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Ukraine Office of Prosecutor General with further assessment of the participants’ skills,
conducting participants satisfaction surveys.
10 15/10/2019 15/12/2020 Ukraine Council of Europe National “Supporting the transparency, inclusiveness and integrity of electoral practice in
Inna Zubar Consultant in Ukraine”
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Ukraine Responsible for: Managing the project’s Facebook page to increase the number
of subscribers and boost the user’s engagement; Providing communication
support by writing news articles in Ukrainian and English; Collaborating with
designers to ensure project’s visibility via branded products.
11 29/03/2019 30/07/2020 Ukraine Council of Europe National Promoting civil participation in democratic decision-making process in Ukraine
Volodymyr Kebalo Consultant in Responsible for: Generating content/articles focused on case studies and best
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Ukraine practices of civil participation; Preparing newsletters for multitude of
stakeholders about the projects’ achievements to reach its maximum engagement
rates. Conducting the training sessions for CSO activists on effective
communication and advocacy skills development as well as final participants
satisfaction surveys.
12 01/01/2018 10/11/2024 Ukraine CSO Practicum Co-founder & Coaching young CSO and community leaders in management and communication;
Anastasiya Nurzhynska Communication Assessing and providing support in quality communication strategy development for
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Coordinator various clients, including local CSO members and international organisations, such as
UNICEF, USAID. Coaching and training leaders from 12 amalgamated communities in Eastern
Ukraine on how to implement social change, engage donors and reach wider audiences.
Development of communication campaigns and strategies for empowering CSOs in the
field via digital educational tools.
13 2/04/2018 30/07/2020 Ukraine British Council PR-support for British Council “Culture and Creativity” media portal (former EU-EaP project)
Armenia Anastasiya Nurzhynska Communication EU Programme promoting cultural contribution to the social and economic development of the
Belarus [відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Program, Chief six Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries.
Georgia Editor of C&C Responsible for: Monitoring and evaluating of the main sources of information and
website support of communication activities among the 6 key countries participating in
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Moldova the project; Providing cultural organisations of Ukraine with online trainings for
Azerbaij an capacity building in skills for self-promotion; Assistance on digital content
generation (blogs and interviews about prominent people in Ukrainian and the
other 6 participating countries); Creation of the content for the program’s
Facebook page on cultural diplomacy, economics, gender in culture,
communication etc. including promoting the possibilities and opportunities
provided by EU; Developing and managing statistical database on participating
countries cultural and regional peculiarities, as well as organizations dealing with
culture and creativity.
14 1/03/2020 31/08/2020 Ukraine Internews Ukraine – UNDP Communications EU-UNDP project on parliamentary reform
Andriy Kulakov consultant Responsible for: Developing and promoting communication campaigns to
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») increase the awareness of the Committees of the Verkhovna Rada
(https://detector.media/community/article/179052/2020-07-23-sim-pravil-
efektivnoi-ta-zrozumiloi-komunikatsii-v-sotsmerezhakh-dlya-derzhavnikh-
ustanov/); Producing a series of expert articles aimed at promoting the importance
of two-way communications between governmental agencies and the civil
society. Designing and conducting a series of trainings for the Committees of the
Verkhovna Rada to teach the parliamentarians how to use analytics when
crafting engaging content for various audiences; Developing a handbook on
parliamentary communications assisting the deputies in acquiring skills in digital
and inter-personal communication, as well as media relations
(http://vrkadry.rada.gov.ua/uploads/documents/31110.pdf).
15 10/03/2020 20/04/2020 Ukraine International Labour Communication EU-ILO Project “Towards safe, healthy and declared work in Ukraine
Organization Antonio Santos strategy Responsible for: Developing 3-year communication plan, including situation
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») consultant analysis, setting the project’s objectives, mapping key audiences and stakeholders,
creating key messages basing on EU guidelines for communication strategy
development; Systematizing performance indicators and assessing the activities
undertaken under the communication plan with the indicators. Also, providing
corrective and pro-active solutions for the communication plan based on the
evidence of the indicators.
16 1/06/2019 30/08/2019 Ukraine British Council in Ukraine Public Relations Responsible for: Development of the series of articles on the educational
28/02/2020 Tamara Davygora support and programmes of the British Council in Ukraine and the results and impact of these
06/01/2020 Tamara.Davygora@britishcounc Content programs; Producing and publishing various in-depth interviews with the disabled
il.org.ua
Generator people to advance societal inclusion in Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan and
Armenia; Evaluation of provided communication support, media, and partner
engagement; Management of digital content and promoting the content on the
website and Facebook-page.
17 23/04/2019 7/02/2020 Ukraine Creative Europe in Ukraine Communications Creative Europe Programme in Ukraine
Ksenia Kalyna Trainer Responsible for: Development of the training programme and conduction the series
K.kalyna@creativeeu rope.in.ua of workshops on communication strategy development, creative tools of
communication and increasing advocacy skills for creative CSO managers
from different regions in Ukraine. Participants satisfaction surveys conducted.
18 23/03/2019 06/05/2019 Ukraine GIZ in Ukraine Communication Responsible for: Designing and conduction of workshops on communication plan
Olena Solonets (Kovalchuk) Trainer and development and advocacy strategy implementation for 26 partners, digital
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Mentor communications and branding for CSO activists; Conduction of distant
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consultations (both individual and group consultations) on CSO image & visibility
improvement; check, recommendations provision, and finalization of
communication plans developed for the CSOs.
19 15/01/2019 15/09/2019 Ukraine Ministry of Social Policy of Non-Key Expert “Partnership for Every Child”
Ukraine and World Bank on Responsible for: Supporting regional CSO’s to provide help to orphans; Assessing
Anastasiya Nurzhynska Communication prior situation and post-intervention outcomes of the regional projects for childcare;
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Developing and implementing the communication campaign to raise awareness
and visibility among various audiences as well as communicate the project
"Development and Implementation of Regional Plan to Increase the Scope of Family
Care Services Delivery for Ternopilska Oblast"; Coordinating the production of
the first online training course on deinstitutionalisation in Ukraine.
20 1/01/2019 29/03/2019 Ukraine ProSvit Public relation Responsible for: Development and maintenance digital content on the
Anna Uvarova support expert organization’s website, evaluating unique visits to the site and conducting SEO-
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») optimization for increasing the visibility; Conducted trainings on public
relations and communication strategy development as well as provided advice
and support for the implementation of the strategy.
21 15/11/2018 18/11/2018 Ukraine IREX in Ukraine Communication Responsible for: Developing training programme and delivering training on
Maryna Zinkovska expert and building social cohesion through effective communications for more than 100
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Trainer regional CSO activists; Trained young participants, CSO- representatives, and
governmental officials on increasing their advocacy skills (acquiring public
relations, communication and negotiation skills); Provided further professional
advice and individual mentoring; Advising IREX in Ukraine in developing and
implementing effective communication strategies and campaigns.
22 1/02/2018 25/06/2018 Ukraine Hope and Homes for Children in Communication “Hope and Homes for Children in Ukraine”
Ukraine Consultant Responsible for: Monitoring and measuring of KPIs of the current projects for protection of
Kateryna Zalevska children’s rights; Development and implementation of the communication strategy for
k.zalevskaia@quad overall organization activities, as well as maintaining current communication campaign to
rate28.com encourage adoption among the Ukrainian public; Drafting and implementation of the social
media content-plan for promotion, visibility and gain of organization’s reputation; Digital
content development and maintenance on organisation’s website, content generation
and promotional activities for increasing the organisation’s visibility.
23 01/01/2018- 30/11/2018 Ukraine Ukrainian Catholic University Mentor and Responsible for: Mentoring a group of communication specialists in developing a
Pavlo Khud Communication communication strategy and conducting creative communication solutions for national
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Coordinator and international CSOs; Supporting in providing effective communication efforts to
increase the awareness about communication of social change among target audiences.
24 01/12/2015 29/09/2017 Ukraine CSO Open Policy Foundation Consultant on Responsible for: Advising and supporting the implementation of the strategic
Iryna Zhdanova Strategic communication campaign for internally displaced children; Providing
[відкрити контакти](див. вище в блоці «контактна інформація») Communication communication-related advice in changing and complex circumstances and
providing pro-active and creative solutions. Evaluating potential partners and
stakeholders, mapping target audiences. Collaboration with experts and multitude
of stakeholders from various fields to achieve coherent and effective
communications; Increasing CSO’s capabilities in advocacy by advising the
use of modern communication tools to maximize the outreach of the target
audience and increase their visibility; Consulting the CSOs on developing and
submitting grant proposals for international organisations (fundraising), such
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as EU, UNICEF, USAID etc; Preparation and promotion of informational
materials on the CSO’s activities in Ukrainian and English.
25 02/09/2013 31/12/2014 Ukraine PR/Digital agency Noblet Public relations Responsible for: Development of various types of promotional materials for
Media CIS Ruslana manager some of the leading companies (Adidas, Russell Hobbs, Remington) in Ukraine;
Radzevych Promotion of the “3rd Kyiv half marathon” among the media and various target
ruslanaradzevich@g audiences; Drafting of long-read materials to improve clients’ public relations by
mail.com attracting new audience and ensuring wide coverage; Conducting online
activities to create positive reputation, promote and to increase awareness about
client’ services and products; Cooperating with multitude of partners,
stakeholders and client’s specialists in order to provide the most suitable
communication tools to coordinate all types of activities in online and offline
environment.
26 10/01/2012 19/10/2012 Ukraine Ukrainian Foundation of Press-Attaché Responsible for: Development and implementation of the information strategy to
Entrepreneurship Support promote recognition of the Foundation among small and medium-sized businesses;
Holding meetings for the Foundation’s Chairperson with representatives of mass
media, international organizations, and business representatives; Drafting
speeches and abstracts for the Foundation’s Chairperson for meetings with
representatives of regional fund…