Jan Flac

Experience

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  Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine

  Feb 2009 - Oct 2009

  Intern/researcher

  Conducted a comprehensive analysis of a highly selective sample of basketball players from former Yugoslavia, renowned for their sustained success at the highest levels of the sport. Apart from rare exceptions, this group almost entirely consisted of winners of multiple medals from the Olympic Games, World Cups, and European Championships. The project involved an in-depth examination and interpretation of various personality characteristics, exploring how these traits contributed to their consistent high-level athletic achievements over an extended period. Show less

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  Y Entertainment

  Jun 2013 - now

  ➤ Onboarded four fashion marketing and branding students from Nottingham Trent University for a ~60-hour internship.➤ Obtained a £3,3k grant for the Cyber Essentials Services programme delivered by the IASME Consortium.➤ Completed a 2-day masterclass themed 'Innovating with Data' organized by the STFC Hartree Centre North East Hub.➤ Formed a collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute, with one of their top scientific advisors supporting Y Entertainment.➤ Supported four accounting, three creative development and four marketing students from Edge Hill University for a 50 to 115 hours placement.➤ Supported three business consultancy groups from Liverpool John Moores University.➤ Supported one business consultancy group from the University of Portsmouth.➤ Increased company's LinkedIn page following by ~2500 new followers.➤ Started various remote international support groups of volunteers, most notably for grant writing, technology development and design. Show less ➤ Obtained a ~£8,6k grant for collaboration with the Virtual Engineering Centre through the LCR 4.0 Holistic Programme.➤ Obtained membership from the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.➤ Obtained a ~£6k grant for collaboration with Liverpool John Moores University through the Low Carbon Eco-Innovatory Programme.➤ Established a partnership with Innovate UK EDGE.➤ Supported an MBA student from The University of Liverpool on a dissertation work placement programme for two months.➤ Participated in a four-day BridgeAI Residential Innovation Lab for Creative Industries, organized in London by Innovate UK KTN.➤ Supported two consultancy groups of 5 students each from Liverpool Business School of Liverpool John Moores University.➤ Supported a software engineering student from Liverpool John Moores University on a 105-hour placement through Discovery Internships Programme.➤ Completed Barclays Eagle Labs Global Connect Programme twice.➤ Completed Barclays Eagle Labs Funding Readiness Programme.➤ Completed Lloyds Academy Start Up Scale Up Programme.➤ Obtained a £15k grant for collaboration with STFC Hartree to develop an AI model.➤ Completed numerous advisory/mentorship sessions with professionals from The University of Cambridge Judge Business School and CodeBase via the Barclays Eagle Labs Mentorship Programme. Show less ➤ Marketing. Developing marketing strategies for Y Entertainment via both direct and indirect marketing. Experienced digital marketer and user of social media, especially Instagram and Facebook.➤ Sales. Identifying new opportunities to bring new business to members’ clubs in the West End nightlife. This involves building and driving a team to guarantee the targets are met, and eventually maximizing sales for members' clubs, as well as building a large database of subcontractors and customers and ensuring they are aware of any sales promotions. ➤ Events. Co-hosting events in different members’ clubs in the West End, which involves agreeing to a particular promotion for our guests. Ensuring that our guests have an enriching experience when they attend our venues, and supervising subcontractors to do the same.➤ Finance. Ensuring that all the company's sales are recorded correctly, as well as all the invoices produced in a timely manner. Corresponding with the accountant, and organizing all necessary data to ensure that bookkeeping is up to date for month-to-month profit and loss examinations and end-of-year consolidations.➤ Legal. Overseeing our operations and accounts are all aligned with the regulations of HMRC, and PAYE guidelines. At the same time, ensure that all the company documents are in alignment with UK government regulations and standards provided by ACAS. Show less

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