Mariana Duma

Current

• Marketing, PR Consultant at Freelancer
• President & Spokesperson at Civic Group Bucharest
• Member of the Board of Directors at ARIES - Romanian Association of ITC & Electronics

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Past

• Marketing,PR & International Sales Manager at ADCOS Romania
• Marketing, PR Manager at Marshal Tourism
• Key Account Manager - at Orange Business Services

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Industry

Public Relations and Communications

Mariana Duma’s Summary

- marketing, PR strategies, plans, execution of campaigns worldwide
- branding, rebranding of services, products, companies, associations
- sales strategies, training, generation of new clients, retention of old clients
- internet presence - websites, newsletters, blogs, promotion
- strategies / execution of international partnerships for companies
- press relations worldwide
- consulting, coaching for general / marketing/ sales / HR management
- event management and representation (international trade shows, B2B meetings)
- helping international companies find Romanian partners or locate in Romania

Mariana Duma’s Specialties:

- marketing, PR, sales strategies, planning, campaigns
- branding, rebranding
- business coaching

Mariana Duma’s Experience

• Marketing, PR Consultant

  Freelancer

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)

  - marketing, PR strategies, plans, execution of campaigns worldwide
  - branding, rebranding of services, products, companies, associations
  - internet presence - websites, newsletters, blogs, promotion
  - strategies / execution of international partnerships for companies
  - press relations worldwide
  - event management and representation (international trade shows, B2B meetings) for sales leads generation
  - helping international companies find Romanian partners or locate in Romania

• President & Spokesperson

  Civic Group Bucharest

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  co-initiator and spokesperson of a civic group having now hundreds of Romanian members worldwide. The group fights for preservation of Romania's cultural & historical patrimony & ecology.
  
  The greatest achievement of it, together with other NGOs and volunteers, was preserving the Revolution & Athaeneum Squares free of office buildings, after a 2 years civic fight (many TV shows vs the Mayor, press releases, 8 street demonstrations with hundreds of people etc)
  
  The group is continuing the civic activities towards preserving parks, green spaces of the cities & cultural patrimony.
  
  Volunteers are welcome to join the group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bucuresti

• Member of the Board of Directors

  ARIES - Romanian Association of ITC & Electronics

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)

  Since 2004, I was elected as the only lady within the Board of Directors of ARIES, the largest association of companies in ITC & Electronics industries within Romania & SE Europe, having more than 350 Romanian companies as members.
  
  I took the responsibility of coordinating the marketing & PR strategy for the Association, both on a national and international markets, by outlining the directions and also finding the best business partners to achieve it.
  
  Therefore, marketing, PR, web companies/candidates with references in ITC markets are kindly invited to send me an offer of collaboration.

• Marketing,PR & International Sales Manager

  ADCOS Romania

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2001 — September 2006 (5 years 1 month)

  - team manager of marketing, PR and international sales for B2B software solutions (ERP, CRM, custom computer software)
  - sales leads generation, sales contracts and project management with international clients of software / web development markets (UK, USA, Germany, Austria etc)
  - partnerships with Romanian software companies
  - participation to national / international IT events : Outsource World London, Outsource World New York, Systems Munich Germany, Austria, Cebit Hannover, Binary Bucharest (2001 - 2006)
  - very active player on the Romanian B2B IT market for a better branding of Romana abroad, through repeated personal discussions with the ITC Minister, Nagy Zsolt, Economics Minister Iulius Winkler, President of ARIES Alexandru Borcea, ex President of ANIS and President of SOFTWIN Florin Talpes and many other personalities in the IT area
  - interviews given on behalf of Romanian ITC industry to CNN in New York 2003, and many other international business magazines 2001- 2006

• Marketing, PR Manager

  Marshal Tourism

  (Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)

  September 2000 — April 2001 (8 months)

  - marketing campaigns for corporate accounts
  - representing the company in many international events in Bucharest, promoting Romania's highlights in tourism

• Key Account Manager -

  Orange Business Services

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FTE; Telecommunications industry)

  January 1996 — January 1998 (2 years 1 month)

  i was among first 5 Romanian persons working in actual Orange Romania, even before its launching on the Romanian market, as assistant translator of Board of Directors (from shareholder France Telecom and also Romanian)
  1996 - Travel Coordinator for Expatriate directors
  1997 - Key Account Manager in Indirect Sales

Additional Information

Mariana Duma’s Interests:

branding Romania, marketing, PR, IT branding, internet marketing, traveling, photography, networking, environment, tourism, Romanian values, culture, ecology, blogging, personal development, leadership, coaching

Mariana Duma’s Groups:

ARIES - Asociatia Romana de Industrie Electronica si Software www.aries.ro

ANIS - Asociatia Nationala a Industriei software www.anis.ro -

Civic Group Bucharest, www.romaniamea.ro, http://salvatibucurestiul.wordpress.com

Initiator of Antipollution Group of Romania - www.antipoluare.wordpress.com

•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
•    Serious business persons
•    ! Sales Best Practices
•    ARIES
•    Strategic Business and Competitive Intelligence Professionals
•    Virtual Networker Society
•    Guerrilla Marketing Tips for Small Businesses
•    Enterprise Software Community
•    Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs
•    Consultants Network
•    eMarketing Association Network
•    International Business
•    ThoseinMedia
•    Entrepreneurs in Romania
•    MarCom Romania
•    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
•    Travel 2.0: Interactive Travel Industry Professionals
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Public Relations Professionals
•    biz ROMANIA
•    Branding in Romania
•    Romania Connections
•    Online Marketing Network
•    Friends of Romania - Business, Professional and Social network
•    Romania Business and Professional Network
•    Network of PR Professionals
•    Country Branding
•    Sales/Marketing VP's & Directors - Software & Technology
•    ITC Experts Romania
•    Outsourcing in Romania
•    WDB
•    The International Outsourcing Forum
•    Marketing & Communication Network
•    Bucharest Business Group
•    Consulting services in Romania
•    Romania IT specialists
•    Bucharest Network
•    Romanian Managers
•    Invest in Romania - share ideas and get tips / advices
•    RomPro Global Network
•    PRwise
•    Romanian Online Business Community
•    Marketing 24/7

Mariana Duma’s Honors:

Diploma of Excellence for promoting Romanian ITC abroad - 2004- given by ARIES

Member of ARIES Board of Directors www.aries.ro - 2004-present

Member in Ethics Committee - ANIS - www.anis.ro - 2004-2005;

One of the 100 Successful Women - CIPE - 2004

CNN interview in New York on behalf of Romanian ITC industry - 2003

Numerous TV broadcasts for IT shows and also for civic fight for preserving historical Bucharest and green parks - search me on youtube.com

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