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OLGA IERMAK
PROFESSIONAL IN MANAGEMENT & MARKETING OF MUSIC BRANDS,
CREATIVE STRATEGIST & PRODUCER, SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Experience
2023 - 2025 Greencubator
Communications Lead, Kyiv (remote)
Storytelling for climate impact. PR and digital marketing. Strategic communications
with international donors, governments, and business associations. Grant and award
applications. Media projects and full-cycle of creative content production.

Represented the Ukrainian cleantech at COP29, the major annual global climate
summit.

Greencubator is an award-winning NGO advancing sustainable entrepreneurship,
climate innovation, and the green economy in Ukraine through education, financing,
and community-focused projects. It is Ukraine’s largest cleantech accelerator.

2020 - Present Music Moves Europe Awards
PR Agent in Ukraine, Groningen (remote)
Promotion services

MME Awards is the European Union prize for popular and contemporary music,
celebrating the European sound of today and tomorrow.

2005 - Present Independent Specialist in Music Industry
Creative Co-producer, Head of PR, Marketing Analyst
Promo strategy for music brands and releases. Marketing analytics and audit,
consulting. Creative copywriting, lyrics writing, journalism. Global negotiations. Live
music events management.

• Music events marketing & hospitality for over 50 artists, more than 30 solo and
festival concerts, including Bob Dylan, Papa Roach, Gogol Bordello, IAMX,
Vacuum.
• Publicity, booking support for Jayce Lewis (UK Universal & EMI artist).
• Global networking, negotiations, booking, strategy for Ziferblat and DZ'OB bands.
• Artist PR for Bahroma, Kozak System, Telnyuk: Sisters and for over 20 bands,
showcasing, tour support.
• Booking for music venues.

2020 - 2021 Center for Creative Technologies TUMO Kyiv
Head of Marketing, Kyiv
Marketing, brand management, strategy, analytics, event management, leadership.
• Launched a large-scale international educational project, promoting a new brand
from the ground up.
 2014 - 2020 Sziget Festival Ukraine
Promoter, Official Representative on the Ukrainian market , Budapest-Kyiv
Marketing communication, production & project management, event marketing,
booking, fundraising, SMM, targeting. Attracted more than 10 commercial partners
for Sziget promotion in Ukraine and tripled the income.

Sziget is the 5th biggest music & art festivals in the world and the most international
festival in Europe attended by more than 500,000 people annually.

2013 - 2019 Beissoul & Einius / Music Band
Band Manager, Vilnius-Kyiv
Strategy, publicity, digital marketing, artist management, international booking,
creative music & fashion projects management, one of the songs co-writing.
• Booked for a band 40 solo and festival shows in 9 countries, a stage headline show
at Sziget Festival. Organized a solo concert in London O₂ Academy Islington.
• Reached the nominations of British Unsigned Music Awards and MIDEM Accelerator
long list. Publications in Vogue, Playboy and other media in 17 countries.

2008 - 2011 Haydamaky (future Kozak System) / Music Band
PR Director, Kyiv
Publicity, band management, tour management

2009 Balkanfest / The First International Festival of Balkan Music
PR Manager, Kyiv Sport Palace 2 days event
Publicity, media accreditation (more than 300 accredited media), press conferences
hosting & organizing, copywriting, web site content creation.

Education
2022 Certificate of 'Sustainable.now' Course, Open University program.
University of Helsinki, Helsinki

2020 Certificates of 'Design-Thinking For Innovations' Course and 'How to Start a
Startup' Course
Prometheus, Kyiv

2020 Certificate of 'Digital Marketer' Course
DHub Agency, Kyiv

2019 Superstar Strategy: How To Build A Strong Music Brand / course by Yuriy
Nikitin, MamaMusic CEO and founder.
NIMBS Music Business School, Kyiv

2018 Selector PRO: Artist Management Workshop by Gabby Chelmicka, Robbie
Williams' ex-manager and BIMM lecture.
British Council, Kharkiv

2003 - 2008 Master’s Degree in International Relations and Political Science
Kyiv Slavonic University , Mykolaiv-Kyiv
Grants
Culture Bridges Mobility Grant (2018)
The grant was provided by British Council in Ukraine within the framework of the Culture Bridges grant
 program, funded by EU and managed in partnership with the EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC)
– for visiting the Europe's largest music conference & showcase The Great Escape (Brighton, UK) for
education, networking and learning of the current state of the industry.

Music Conferences (attending, participation)
Sicily Music Conference (2024), ESNS (2024), MIDEM (2019), Enea Spring Break (2019), The Great
Escape (2018), Kyiv Music Days (2018), Black See Sound (2018), Budapest Showcase Hub (2017),
 Kiev Music Summit (2016), Tallinn Music Week (2014, 2015), Popkomm (2010)
Italy, The Netherlands, France, Poland, UK, Ukraine, Georgia, Hungary, Estonia, Germany

Teaching
A guest lecture at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), Lviv, Ukraine
 I spoke to second-year Cultural Studies students as part of their "Cultural Economics" course – on
communications, networking, and PR in the music industry (2025)

PR Workshops
 'How to make a Festival and Concert PR an exciting adventure for you and your audience'
Kyiv, Ukraine (2019); Batumi, Georgia, Black Sea Sound (2018)

A guest lecture at the The State University of Trade and Economics, Kyiv, Ukraine
 'Literary Event Management' (2012)

Competences
Creative Producing • PR, Digital Marketing • Artist Management & Booking • Event Management •
 Production & Project Management • Brand Management • International Relations & Negotiations •
Writing • Communication & Public Speaking • Consulting, Teaching

Languages
Skill group
English (B2/C1)
Ukrainian (Native)
Russian (Fluent)
Italian (Beginner)

Contact
 Lviv, Ukraine
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