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Michael Korkia
Address: 3 Fielding Street, SE17 3HE London, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 7909 422 851
Email: m_korkia@hotmail.com
Website: www.michael-korkia.com
PROFILE
Young, energetic Masters in Advertisement and Marketing graduate with strong creative, organizational and interpersonal skills. Significant experience in advertising, promotion, marketing, design and photography in various areas of business, including advertising agencies, television, media and magazines.
EDUCATION
2007-2008 Coventry University (U.K.) MA Advertisement & Marketing
(Graduated with Merit)
Modules Include: Marketing Communications, Creative Communications, Advertisement Psychology, Advertisement & PR, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Research
Dissertation: “Semiotics Analysis of Tattoo and Piercing Usage in Print Advertisements”
Skills Developed: efficient conduction of desktop research; report writing; teamwork
2001-2005 American University for Humanities (Tbilisi) BA Business Administration
Final GPA (grade point average) 4.00 (out of 4.00 possible)
Chancellor’s and President’s Roll of Honour Class 2005
April 2009 The Europass Mobility (The Leonardo Da Vinci Programme completion certificate)
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Apr 09-Sep 09 Advertising Agency “Stagi Group” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Creative Advisor/Promo Photographer and Designer (freelance) (advises and assistance in development of promotional strategy and promotional mix along with promotional photography and occasional design of promotional artwork)
Sep 08-Apr 09 Advertising Agency ‘DOJO’ Berlin (Germany) (http://www.dojo-berlin.de)
Creative Advisor (intern) (close operation with Creative Director on numerous projects in areas of concept creation, promo strategy, promo mix creation and etc; product & advertisement photos for Mary’s Nap (http://www.marys-nap.com) dog fashion company)
Worked on a DOJO’s own entertainment online magazine ‘Schnaps Magazine’
Creative Advisor (creation of show concepts, selecting the promotion media)
Editor (selection of the material, events and artists; establishing contacts with record labels, venues and etc.; creating interview scenario and scripts) (http://www.schnapsmagazine.com)
Photographer/Journalist (making photo projects and reports; making interviews and shows with artists; camera work on videos, documentaries and interviews)
Apr 07-Sep 07 Television Studio “Tbilisuri Ambebi (Tbilisi News)” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Marketing Manager (promotion of TV projects and news material)
Cameraman (camera work in documentary of “Illy” factory and city of Venice, Italy)
(they also sponsored my master’s degree studies in UK)
Jan 07-Sep 07 Real estate agency “Mouravi” Ltd. (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Photographer/Designer (freelance) (design of leaflets, brochures and banners; product photography for website and brochures) (http://www.realty.ge)
since Oct 06 Rock bands “Sky of USSR”, “S.P.I.D.” and “Lady Heroine” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Producer (organization of events and gigs along with tour dates; arrangement of sponsorship)
Designer (creating CD covers, posters, flyers and promo photography)
(www.myspace.com/nebosssr),(www.myspace.com/sickpeopleindreams),(www.myspace.com/ladyheroinez)
Feb 06-Feb 07 Entertainment glossy magazines “Anabechdi”, “Focus” and “Nighabi” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Photographer(advertisement and promo photography, photo journalism, tourism photography and photo projects, including exclusive project for Anabechdi about W.O.A. (Wacken Open Air music festival 2006) in Wacken, Germany)
Graphic Designer (worked on layout of several sections of “Anabechdi” magazine and on later covers of “Nighabi” magazine)
Sep 05-Feb 06 “Tbilisi State Griboedov’s Russian Academic Drama Theatre” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Graphic Designer (contract) (design of posters, banners, leaflets, flyers and exhibition accessories for the theatre anniversary celebration) (http://www.griboedovtheatre.ge)
Feb 03-Feb 05 Plastic card technology distribution company “Card Solution” Ltd. (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Marketing/Communication Manager (starting as an assistant, helped arranging distribution contracts with foreign companies; raising awareness of company services and products on business to business basis; negotiated exclusive distribution contract with Datacard (http://www.datacard.com) corporation; negotiated numerous distribution and partner contracts with small international companies in the plastic card technology field)
May-Oct 03 Telecommunication Company “Global 1” (Tbilisi, Georgia)
Assisting Marketing Manager (intern) (developing, implementing and analyzing marketing research in business to business area) (http://www.global-erty.net)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Art
Photography – Organized 5 personal and 2 partnering exhibitions. Latest exhibition “Sabotage” took place on the roof of business center in Tbilisi, this event included concert by Lady Heroine and was partnered with young artist Musya Keburia. It brought strong positive resonance and publicity. Latest personal exhibition took place in art café “Cake”, Berlin, Germany. 8 photos where exhibited at “Open Iron Curtain” exhibition in Tbilisi, dedicated to 20th anniversary of Berlin Wall fall.
(http://www.michael-korkia.com and http://michael-korkia.daportfolio.com/)
Design - Created numerous posters, leaflets, banners, logos and photo manipulations that were used as accessories for different events, concerts and exhibitions. (http://www.michael-korkia.com)
Music – Created and organized alternative hardcore band “Zedmeti Kaloriebi” (Excess Calories). Lead this band, as a frontman, to self-organized 4 concerts, which also featured famous Georgian rock artists.
Writing – Short stories in English along with own artwork. (http://www.michael-korkia.com).
Entertainment
TV Shows – Creation and organization of entertainment TV show “Vipove!” (http://ui-vipove.narod.ru)
Video/Show/Acting – Creation of underground entertainment phenomenon “KoHi”, which heavily influenced the modern entertainment youth shows in Georgia.
Sports
Basketball – Played for professional, amateur and junior teams in Georgia; was elected for an All Star Game 2005 3-Pointer Contest; member of WBA 2nd Division champions Coventry University BT.
Tennis – Played in several national and international tournaments on the junior level.
COMPUTER LITERACY
Adobe Photoshop (7.0; CS; CS2; CS3); Adobe InDesign (CS2); Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel); software repairs and reinstallation of windows (Win98; WinNT; WinXp)
LANGUAGES
Georgian (native); English (fluent); Russian (fluent)
REFERENCES
Norman Day Coventry University/Leonardo aa0025@coventry.ac.uk +44 (0) 797 4984 736
Dominic Czaja DOJO Berlin/Schnaps Magazine dominic@dojo-berlin.de +49 (0) 170 1471 125
G. Kikaleishvili “Tbilisuri Ambebi” +995 (8) 71 201 120 |