CV Boris Loukanov

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Boris Ninov Loukanov

Address Bulgaria, Sofia, “Ovcha kupel” 1, bl.603, A

Telephone (+359) 887 60 27 07

E-mail [email protected]

Nationality Bulgarian

Date and place of birth 12 August 1966, Stara Zagora

Marital status Living with partner

MORE ABOUT ME:

My website: http://www.borisloukanov.com

My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/borisloukanov

Google Search: http://goo.gl/p6Hgq

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)

January 2012 – Present

Name of employer Marketing Creative Lab

Type of business

or sector

Marketing Communications, PR, Advertising, Web 2.0 Consultancy

Occupation or position held

Founder, Consultant

http://www.borisloukanov.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/borisloukanov

http://goo.gl/p6Hgq


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WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)

February 2012 – Present

Name of employer ITraining Ltd.

Type of business

or sector

IT & Microsoft Education and Consulting


Co-founder, Marketing Executive

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)

December 2012 – December 2013

Name of employer Bulgarian National Television

Type of business

or sector

TV, Web TV


Head of New Media Department

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)

August 2009 – December 2011

Name of employer Visual Communication and Environment Protection Chamber

Type of business

or sector

Outdoor and Visual Communication Advertising Agencies’ Branch

Association


Executive Director

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) June – July 2009

Name of employer Political Party The Greens, Bulgaria (Zelenite)

Type of business

or sector

Political PR and Marketing


Political Marketing and Social Media Consultant,

Euro Parliament’ and National Parliament’ Elections , 2009


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WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) September 2008 – May 2009

Name of employer IDEA International, Bulgaria

Type of business

or sector

Design, Creative and Advertising agency

Occupation or position held Marketing & Account Executive

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) December 2005 – September 2008

Name of employer LagOS Communication Design Agency - Bulgaria

Type of business

or sector

Bulgarian branch of Italian Communication Design Creative and

Advertising agency

Occupation or position held Communication and Project Manager

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2001- 2005

Name of employer “IntelDay Solutions” Co.

Type of business

or sector

Technical Assistance, Public Relations and Advertising Agency

/member of the Bulgarian Advertising Agencies Association (ARA)/


Executive Director

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to)

2002- 2005

Name of employer International Healthcare and Health Insurance Institute

Type of business

or sector

Healthcare Communication, Health Information

Occupation or position held AD&PR Consultant


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WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2004

Name of employer

Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe

Type of business

or sector

Government body of SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE HEALTH NETWORK

Occupation or position held PR and Communication skills Trainer and Lecturer

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2000 – 2002

Name of employer KPMG – Consulting – Barents Group

Type of business

or sector

USAID Bulgaria Health Project

Occupation or position held PR consultant

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 2001

Name of employer National Movement Simeon II – Veliko Turnovo

Type of business

or sector

Political PR and marketing, Elections’ 2001

Occupation or position held Head of PR team

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 1993-2001

Name of employer Otechestven Vestnik newspaper, Sofia, Bulgaria

National Business Post newspaper, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

Borba, Dobro Utro, Vremena newspapers, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

Darik Radio, Sofia, Bulgaria

Radio Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria

Democracy newspaper, Sofia, Bulgaria

Type of business

or sector

Media

Occupation or position held Journalist – reporter, correspondent, editor, radio producer


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WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates (from – to) 1992-1993

Name of employer Elpis Publishing House (GABEROFF) – Veliko Turnovo

Type of business

or sector

Books publishing

Occupation or position held Co-author and editor of Chronological World History Encyclopedia

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dates (from – to)

1999 – 2002

Name and type of organization providing education and

training

St. Kliment Ohridski University, Sofia

Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Public Relations & Communications

Title of qualification awarded

Master's Degree


Dates (from – to)

1986 – 1991

Name and type of organization providing education and training

St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, Veliko Turnovo


skills covered

History and Geography

Post-Graduate Qualification: Cinema and Public Communication

Title of qualification awarded

Master's Degree


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Dates (from – to)

1995 - 2013

Name and type of organization providing education and training

Marketing Innovation Forum, Bulgaria (2007 - 2010):

Sergio Zyman, Guy Kawasaki, J.C. Levinson, David Droga,

Martin Lindstrom, Kevin Roberts’ Marketing seminars

IPRA, London, Great Britain – International PR Seminar

Training - Business Dynamics Marketing Consultancy, Great Britain

Training - ISIA, Florence, Italy

Training - Media Development Center, Bulgaria

Training - Open Society Foundation, Bulgaria

Training - Information Access Foundation, Bulgaria

Training - Journalist Qualification Center – Zagreb, Croatia

Training - eFLAG Learning solutions, Bulgaria

Google AdWords Certified Professional (GAP)

Inbound Marketing University (Online Certification Programme)

New Marketing Masterclass – with David Meerman Scott

WEBIT Conferences 2009, 2010, 2011,2012

SEO Conferences 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Bulgaria

WordPress Camp 2010, 2011, 2012

Drayton Bird Copywriting Master class;

Andy Owen Direct Marketing Seminar

Edward de Bono’ Business seminar;

Robin Sharma’ Business seminar

Yonathan Dominitz Marketing Creativity Master Class

Andy Green Creativity master Class

Bob Garfield Advertising Seminar

Philip Kotler’ Marketing seminar


skills covered

Integrated Marketing Communications, Web and Digital Marketing,

Social Media Marketing, Inbound Marketing, SEO & SEM, Mobile

Marketing, Guérrilla Marketing, Marketing Creativity, Branding, New

Media, Public Relations, Business Communications, Advertising,

Copywriting, Communication Design, Event Management,

Journalism


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PERSONAL SKILLS

AND COMPETENCES

Computer literate in various software packages incl. MS Windows

98/XP/Vista/7/8, Microsoft Office 2000/2007/2010/2013 - Word,

Excel, Power Point (expert level); Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, In

Design (basic level); Social media & Mobile Applications (expert

level): WordPress, Blogger CMS (expert level); HTML, CSS (basic

level)

Founder and member of Association of investigation journalists in

Bulgaria (2001)

Member of the Government body of Bulgarian Advertising

Association - ARA (2001-2002)

Clear driving license;

Interests in: Integrated Marketing Communications, Social Media

Marketing, Web Marketing, WEB 2.0, Guerrilla & Viral Marketing,

Advertising, Public Relations, Mass Communication, Media, Art,

Movie, Theater, Music, Sport, Psychology, NLP, Sociology, Politics,

Modern Design, Sub-culture, Innovations and ZEN.

Have: Never-ending desire for "self actualization" and ability to

"update" my knowledge, to learn permanently the new inside my

area, to discover the most actual trends, to find the most recent

benchmarks in the field of my interests and to enjoy all of this.

LANGUAGES

MOTHER TONGUE BULGARIAN

Rate from 1 to 5, 1 being the highest

ENGLISH RUSSIAN FRENCH ITALIAN

Reading skills 1 1 3 3

Writing skills 2 2 5 5

Verbal skills 1 2 4 4


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ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS

AND PROFESSIONAL

COMPETENCES

Project manager or leading participation on various

Marketing, AD, PR projects for:

- Project ""TTEECCHHNNIICCAALL AASSSSIISSTTAANNCCEE TTOO DDEESSIIGGNN,, DDEEVVEELLOOPP AANNDD IIMMPPLLEEMMEENNTT AA PPUUBBLLIICC

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BBUULLGGAARRIIAA"" - World Bank Loan No 4565 BUL; - National Health Insurance

fund and Ministry of Health - Project for CENTRE “COMPATITIVE SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AND HIGHER

EDUCTAION MANAGEMENT", established under the World Bank Education

Modernization Loan; - Ministry of Education

- Ministry of Justice – Legal Euro integration and International Programs Department – participation on Euro integration communication program’ projects;

- Anteon Corporation – U.S A. - Provider of Information Technology and Systems Engineering Solutions and Services – Advertising campaign in all Balkan countries

- Liguria International – Italy – Private/Governmental economical structure – Promotional Communication Campaign for Bulgaria, Varna region

- Roche – Bulgarian representation of the worldwide famous pharmaceutical company – full PR-service, “Images of Hope” and “Colors of Hope” – PR projects;

- Pharmacia (later Pfizer) – Bulgarian representation of the worldwide famous pharmaceutical company - brand PR-services;

- GlaxoSmithKline - representation of the worldwide famous pharmaceutical company - brand PR-services;

- Eli Lilly - representation of the worldwide famous pharmaceutical company – Marketing research for new brand

- Vita Herb – one of the leading Bulgarian producers of Food supplements - Marketing research and advertising campaign

- Toplivo Co - one of the leading Bulgarian building materials distributors – Event management

- Coeclerici Group, Italia – one of the world’s biggest dry bulk operators

- Advisory Committee of Italian entrepreneurs in Bulgaria (CCIIB)

- Embassy of the Republic of Italy in Bulgaria

- Italian Foreign Trade Institute (ICE)

- Bulgarian Association of Outdoor Advertising

- National associations of women with oncological diseases

- National patient’s confederation “Health protection”

- Bulgarian Society for the of Birds Protection

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