Ina Ciumakova

Experience

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  Be-Positive Concept Store

  Oct 2011 - May 2013

  Manager's Assistant (Commerce)

  Be Positive is a concept store situated in the EU quarter of Brussels, Belgium. The shop revolves around 3 main activities: organic products sales, restaurant and relaxation zone where it offers massages, beauty treatments accompanied by consultancy on organic cosmetics. Be Positive personnel works in French, English and Dutch. Ina's duties and responsibilities: - Stock control: receive deliveries from suppliers (organic foods and cosmetics), encode goods into the database, fix and update prices;- Maintain outstanding store condition and visual merchandising standards, display goods in the shop departments; - Handle payments and bills; - Customer service: advice on goods and store activities, handle queries and complaints; - Present merchandise to the customers (during workshops, tasting evenings, private events);- Maintain Social Media Flux (Facebook);- Report on buying trends, customer needs, profits. Show less

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  Instrument Inventors Initiative

  Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  Assistant PR, Communications, Art Production - Trainee

  iii is an artist-run-platform for research, production, presentation and distribution of radical interdisciplinary practices based in The Hague.iii promotes artistic research and creation centered around the development of self-made instruments and performative media that engage with dimensions of image, sound, space, and the body.Inventing new instruments and presentation formats, iii brings the laboratory to the stage and to offer unique, playful experiences to all audiences.Responsibilities: - ensuring the communication flow between the members of the collective and local organisations, art schools and venues,- assistant for artistic production (event planning, participation in workshops, logistics), - printed publication sales locally and internationally (No Patent Pending 1st Edition), - PR and representation of the iii at the festivals, fairs, local cultural institutions Show less

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  Q02 - Sound Art and Experimental Music

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2016

  Art Production and Communications

  Q-O2 is a structurally subsidized workspace for experimental contemporary music and sound art since 2006 and has its own space in the Brussels canal zone. The workspace developed out of the contemporary music ensemble Q-O2. Creative Europe honored in 2014 the project 'Sound of Culture, Culture of sound, a European Sound Art Residency network. Q-O2 is the leading organization. Recently, in 2016, 'Interfaces', led by the Onassis Center in Athens, has received a grant by Creative Europe. Q-O2 is one of the partners in this project about audience development.Main tasks related to Soccos project:- Assist artistic director and her team with the daily administration;- Assist artists in residence with the development of artistic production and related logistics;- Assist with event production (document and promote Q-02 concerts, workshops, artist residencies related to electronic, experimental music and sound art);- PR (write regular blog posts for soccos.eu, distribute related materials to project partners and artists, collect questionnaires and reports);- Act as archivist: manage the production and distribution of video/audio documentation of events, residencies, workshops.Reporting directly to artistic director. Show less

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  Donau-Universität Krems

  Aug 2016 - Jan 2017

  Master Student

  Media Arts Cultures - European Mobility Program of Excellence Media Art Histories and Media Cultural HeritageDigital Archiving and PreservationArt and Science Methodologies

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  ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien

  Jul 2017 - Sept 2017

  Curator's Assistant for Sound Art Conference, Sound Art Archive

  Founded in 2016, the "Wissen - Sammlung, Archive & Forschung" department isthe collection of the ZKM, the archive, the library, the media library andthe laboratory for antique video systems. Thecollection contains a worldwide unique collection of computer-based worksand installations as well as video art. The archive, consisting of theinstitutional archive as well as the estates of artists and theorists, important to the history of electronic arts. Ina did research in Sound and Media Art Archive at Media Art and Contemporary Art Museum and was invited to work as Curator's Assistant for International International Sound Art Curating Conference Series (ISACS17), event which comprised: Sound Art installations, Keynotes and Performances. Main tasks:- Act as a mediator between curator, artists and different departments of the ZKM;- Assist curator in meeting with installation artists, liaise with artists and their representatives via email/phone/in person;- Collect technical descriptions; coordinate and arrange rehearsal schedules with the Event Department and technicians; books and prepare rooms;- Communicate technical details to the Exhibition department, arrange installation preparations, schedule setting-up and breaking of installations; - Logistics: organise and coordinate related transportation (drivers, trains, taxis), order and pick up items needed for the display of the installations; arrange artist arrivals/ departures;- Collect receipts, report budget to Accountant and Exhibition department; - Arrange interviews with artists and Video department; document installations;- Present artist at the conference; arrange audio recordings of the performances, document; distribute documentation;- Arrange communication materials together with Communication/Event department ( E-Flux, posters, for online promotion, FB), issue contracts, invitations for the artist coming from abroad, translate documents. Show less

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  Freelance Marketing and Creative Services

  Dec 2017 - now

  Digital Curator & Social Media Manager

  Digital Creative Content Curation - Instagram (art and photography) Current accounts reaching 40k & 7k of following!- private consultation, workshops for beginners, small IG accounts on content strategies, engagement possibilities, and correct using internal tools such as hashtags, statistics, automated calendars;- selection of original, engaging, and strategic digital content, editorial texts, developing custom aesthetics;- creation, planning, driving the social media strategy;- organic and paid social media marketing;- competitor surveillance and analysis. Show less

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  Independent Art Fair

  Sept 2018 - Nov 2018

  Art Manager's Assistant & Exhibitor Services

  Assisting Art Production and Art Project manager with Live Performance program, planning, and logistics, related to the 60 participating international art galleries, keynotes and performance artists. Key responsibilities: - Exhibitor Relations (Coordination between Independent Organisation Team and Aeorta technical department, on-site troubleshooting (before & at the fair) such as orders related to storage, furniture, insurance, de/installation);- Exhibitor Guest check-in; - Oliver Beer - performance production, singer recruitment, auditions, performance logistics, and presentation at the fair; - Assistance with Choreography of Live Performance & Talk Program - preparation of welcome documents, logistics of travels and assistance on-site (François Quentin, Elisabeth Lebovici, Ola Maciejevska, Naama Tsabar...)- Ensure successful coordination of the fair and provide excellentExhibitor Services to participating art gallerists (64 exhibitors).- Daily production-oriented tasks: manage and track production budget, exhibitorpayment, invoices, and contracts, deal with external service providers, hire artists,actively solve challenging situations.- Coordinate the work with external production partners on planning, budgetingand execution of the purchased services. Show less

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  BOZAR

  Feb 2019 - Mar 2019

  Production Assistant

  The BOZAR Lab is dedicated to the transdisciplinary marriage of arts, newest technological developments, and adds to it the role of scientific research as an engine for creativity.Production assistant and volunteer coordinator for BOZAR LAB projects "I Love Science" Festival and Tendencies'19 Media Art Exhibition. - Daily production-oriented tasks related to event preparation: dealing with external service providers and production partners; establishing new contacts; logistics and coordination with the artists, creation of visual presentations and related communication materials; - Volunteer Coordination (BOZAR in partnership with the European Commission): project management, planning & workflow organization, volunteer training, project coordination. Show less

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  BOZAR

  Nov 2019 - Dec 2022

  EU Project Coordinator

  STUDIOTOPIA: Art Science in the Anthropocene (ArtScience, Sustainable Development, Artistic Research, ArtScience Residency)STUDIOTOPIA is an initiative that aims to increase collaborations between cultural and research institutions, academia, innovation centers, creatives, and citizens. The initiative consists of eight European cultural institutions: Center for Fine Arts (BOZAR) and GLUON in Brussels, Ars Electronica in Linz, Cluj Cultural Centre in Cluj, Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art in Gdansk, Onassis Stegi in Athens, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Laboral in Gijon.Throughout the duration of this initiative (2019-2022), Ina's main responsibilities are:- Project management and coordination support in EU Creative Europe 2019 project;- Supervision of 8 project partners to ensure progress and timely delivery of milestones and reports;- Organising technical project meetings, online events, conferences, providing logistical support, and drafting background documents and meeting reports;- Creation, editing, updating, and maintaining communication channels, such as websites, social media channels, and other knowledge pooling platforms for the assigned project; Show less

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  European Council of Interior Architects ECIA

  Nov 2023 - Apr 2025

  EU Project Coordinator

  ECIA or The European Council of Interior Architects is the representative body for the European professional organisations in Interior Architecture and Design. Founded in 1992, ECIA currently represents 18 member-national organizations, with over 16000 professionals, Interior Architects/Designers.In 2022 ECIA has been awarded a grant by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Commission to support a project over the next three years (May 2022 - April 2025). The project is called Building on Connections for a Stronger Profession (BCSP). Within this project, six lines of actions have been identified to professionalize the organisation of the ECIA and to increase recognition and strengthen the profession of interior architects:- Spider Models Research- Growing the network- Exchanging knowledge- ECIA Interior Award- Promoting the ECIA Charter- Representing the networkAs an EU Project Coordinator, Ina is in charge of the execution of administrative, financial and organisational tasks, keeping the overall progress of the subprojects and deliverables. She works in close collaboration with the project management team, key stakeholders of the different subprojects, and external experts. Show less