Anna Mikhienko

Experience

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  AIESEC

  Dec 2012 - Jan 2014

  Recruiter for incoming professional internship program

  • Local Committee of AIESEC in Omsk is a local level full-time executive team with a competitive selection procedure. My role was to develop strategies, lead and coach my team of 5 people to attract foreign professionals to take an internship in Russian schools or companies;• Provided 14 leadership experiences (16 companies found, 14 visas obtained, accommodations found) within the 1-year term (30% growth); • Collaborated with different stakeholders (ten companies, seven schools) daily to ensure a good onboarding experience for foreign professionals. Show less

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  AIESEC

  May 2014 - Jul 2016

  Business Development manager for YouLead'2014 & 2015, Project manager of YouLead'2015

  • AIESEC (aiesec.org) is the world's largest non-profit youth-run organization that provides young people with leadership development and cross-cultural global internships (70,000 members in 127 countries and territories). Has a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). • Job description: account management of key partners, B2B sales, event management, business communication and negotiations • Main achievements: 1) Event management: Led and organized over 50 events during the 1-year term, including training, conferences, lectures, forums, etc,. Thereamong, the "Youlead" forum, a significant educational leadership forum in Russia, received 1084 delegate, 92 speakers, 39 partners, and contributed over 50% of the annual income for the National Committee by accomplishing 102% of the set goals2) Key partners development: Initiated and developed partnerships with 20+ important partners, who are Russian head-offices of international companies, including Siemens, EF, Pfizer, and etc3) Strategical development and Education: led and consulted a cross-functional team for the whole country by hosting over 50 online and offline training; developed an online educational system, and therefore contributed to 20%~30% of the annual income for the National Committee, while leading and monitoring a group of student leaders to be the successors in different levels of AIESEC in RussiaNational Committee of AIESEC in Russia (Head office) is a national level full-time executive team chosen with a competitive procedure. My role was to develop strategies, lead and coach different teams to grow the local branches (22 committees from 21 cities in Russia) while facing the challenge of ensuring the National Committee’s financial stability by organizing events that account for a significant part of the income Show less

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  JJB International Montessori AMI Centre

  Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  Montessori teacher

  • JJB (jjbeducation.com) is a pioneer private institute that provides premium early education services for a vast number of families in the Guangdong - Hong Kong - Macao Greater Bay Area following the true Montessori principles • Efficiently prepared daily lessons and teaching materials in Infant Community (18 months-3 years old), prepared progress reports to track students' progress using classroom observations (60+ reports), tailored individually appropriate techniques to meet student needs in learning English and monitored students' educational progress with individual charts, extra curriculum art classes (30+ classes delivered)• Training: attended 15+ training sessions by a certified AMI trainer Leticia de Lassus ('Teaching English as a Second Language', 'Sensitive periods', 'Absorbent mind', ‘Storytelling’) Show less

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  University of Amsterdam

  Oct 2019 - Jul 2020

  International Student Ambassador

  • Participated in university promo events for prospective students, together with the other international student ambassadors• Shared information about studying in Amsterdam with prospective students online via the university platform• Received training on intercultural communication, networking, and public speaking

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  The Multilingual

  Apr 2020 - May 2021

  Founder

  • The Multilingual (Spotify, Apple Podcasts) is a podcast for parents on raising their children bi-/multilingually where I invite teachers and other parents to share their language teaching experiences and main insights • Gathered more than 800 plays within the first four months with 0 investment into the promotion (800% growth)• Hosted three webinars and one conference for parents on raising children bilingually (in Russian and English), gathered 34 participants

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  Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)

  Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

  Researcher

  • Publishing a paper on Bilingualism (in progress) • Gathered the required data from participants for the Study on Parental Strategies in Child Language Education

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  Purrweb

  May 2022 - now

  Product Manager

  • Managing a team of bright product managers; • Primarily focusing on Product Discovery and finding growth points for existing products; • Skilled at in-depth interviews and gaining insights from analytics and A/B testing; As a former Project manager: • Delivered 25+ projects from inception to completion within the budget and timely manner (EdTech, AgroTech, InsurTech fields); • Worked with clients from geographically different locations (USA, UAE, China, Belgium); • Experienced in Agile framework implementation and team management including work in distributed teams;In my work, I use Jira, Trello, Notion, Miro, Figma. Show less