Анна

ANNA KOKOBA
Project coordination | Strategic communications | Stakeholder relationship
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SUMMARY
Experienced professional with 10+ years in project management, research and strategic [открыть контакты](см. выше в блоке «контактная информация»)
communications across academic, research, business, and NGO sectors in Ukraine and
internationally. Specialized in social dialogue and cultural diplomacy. In-depth expertise on the Kyiv, Ukraine
social, political and military dimensions of Russia’s war on Ukraine, as well as displacement
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issues affecting Ukrainian refugees, returnees, IDPs, and national minorities.

SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
project management
Research partner in Ukraine, RE-MIG project 11/2024 - present strategic communications
Bohn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) Bonn, Germany strategic planning
▪ Undertaking empirical social science-based research in Ukraine on the topic of return and belonging;
team leadership
▪ Doing analysis and conducting 32 in-depth interviews with returnees from abroad and internally
displaced persons with the focus on national minority communities; stakeholder relationship
▪ Writing analytical briefs on: PR and media relations
- Ukrainian government’s policy on managing the situation of IDPs and the return of Ukrainian budgeting and evaluation
citizens from abroad; risk and crisis management
- The impact of war on shifting identities and sense of belonging of Ukrainian citizens;
digital communications
- Social-economic situation of Roma people in Ukraine and impact of the war of the Roma
community. event management
analysis
Research fellow, Documenting Ukraine project 12/2024 - 05/2025 research
IWM (The Institute for Human Sciences) Vianna, Austria cultural diplomacy
▪ Doing the academic research on “Militant women in the Ukrainian Army” as a chronicling the
Ukrainian experience of the Russo-Ukrainian war; __________
▪ Conducting in-depth interviews with military women in Ukraine for the Russo-Ukrainian war archive;
▪ Doing collaborations and publications in the Ukrainian media.
EDUCATION
Marketing Communications Director 11/2021 - 7/2022
Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) Kyiv, Ukraine Vienna University
▪ Development and implementation of diversified communications strategy for group of company under Master of Social Science and
KSE brand: KSE University, KSE Institute, KSE Business School, KSE Charitable Foundation;
Cultural Anthropology
▪ Leadership and organisation of team of 8 comms and digital managers;
2022 - 2025 | Vienna, Austria
▪ Event management: organisation of 15+ public discussions, conferences, lectures;
▪ Collaboration with top Ukrainian media and organisation comments and expert interviews for
international media outlets during the war; Kyiv National Economic
▪ Development and implementation of crisis communications with stuff, students, clients and
stakeholders during the war;
University
▪ Contributed to new educational projects: organisation of lectures with top global scholars. Master of International Economics
2010 - 2012 | Kyiv, Ukraine
Head of Communications and PR 07/2020 – 07/2021
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Centre Kyiv, Ukraine National Technical University of
▪ Development and implementation of communications and digital strategy; Ukraine (NTUU KPI)
▪ Leadership and organisation of team of 4 comms and digital managers; Bachelor, Specialist in English
▪ Significant improvement of media performance: more than doubled the number of positive
publications and reduced negative coverage by over 50%;
Linguistics
2001 - 2006 | Kyiv, Ukraine
▪ Successfully leading out of a severe reputational crisis caused by politically sensitive issues related to
memory politics on the topics of Holocaust and WWII in Ukraine;
▪ Organization of 10+ educational, cultural, commemoration events involving top state officials and key __________
national stakeholders;
▪ Implementation of communication and marketing campaigns for creative and research projects
involving global leading historians, sociologists, filmmakers, artists etc; CERTIFICATES AND COURSES
▪ Building and maintenance partnerships with key stakeholders from Ukrainian and international Jewish
communities, including institutions focused on Holocaust study, combating antisemitism and The New School for Social Research
supporting of descendants of victims of Holocaust.
(USA)
The Democracy and Diversity
Head of Communications, Communications manager 11/2013 - 06/2020
Summer Institute
First Ukrainian International Bank Kyiv, Ukraine
07/2023 | Wroclaw, Poland
▪ Development and implemented a comprehensive communication strategy that transformed the
bank’s image from a legacy corporate institution into a modern, tech-driven retail brand;
▪ Leading a team of 4 managers in overseeing strategic communications, media relations, and Jagiellonian University in Krakow
nationwide B2C PR campaigns; Summer school “Witnessing the
▪ Design and execution a corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy, launching long-term national War in Ukraine”
projects focused on improving financial literacy among children and adults; 07/2022 | Krakow, Poland
▪ Initiation and implementation major charitable projects, including the acquisition and donation of the
Parkhomivka Museum to the state (effectively saving it from closure) etc;
▪ Management high-level personal PR for the bank’s CEO, resulting in his consistent recognition as
one of Ukraine’s top business speakers and inclusion in national rankings of the most effective
executives; LANGUAGES
▪ Crisis communications leading during reputationally sensitive periods of 2014 ensuring stability and
trust among stakeholder’s executives;
▪ Bank’s communications projects received multiple awards at national PR competitions; Ukrainian native
▪ Organization of 10+ events including big ones for more than 200 high level partners\stakeholders. English C1 (professional fluency)
German A2
Journalist 09/2007 – 02/2012 Russian fluent
Investgazeta business weekly Kyiv, Ukraine
▪ Writing articles on politics and global economy, business practice; conducting interviews with top
businessmen and experts of Ukraine.