Maxon Pugovsky

Current

Editor in Chief at Webstream.com.ua
Media Consultant and Trainer at Self-employed

Past

Business Development Director at Agora Ukraine
Business Development Manager at Agora Ukraine
Insturctor at Mohyla Journalism School

Editor-in-Chief at InternetUA magazine
Co-organizer at BlogCamp CIS and Baltics 2007
Deputy Editor-in-chief at InternetUA magazine
Freelance Journalist at ITC Publishing
PR Manager, Internet Project Manager at National Multimedia Company
Editor at KP Media (KP Publications)
Sysadmin at Ecoland, Tupaz
Translator (Self-employed)

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Education

Trainings
Media Literacy Summer School
Mohyla Journalism School

National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy

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Maxon Pugovsky’s Summary

Past positions and experience:
Business development director, media manager, consultant, trainer, instructor, editor-in-chief, editor, journalist, PR manager, Internet project manager, copywriter, sysadmin, games translator, laboratory assistant.

Numerous comments in press and TV programs about online media. Speeches at conferences, round tables and panels.

TV program about me: http://bit.ly/maxonvideo
5-minutes feature program "Road to Success" at Ukrainian news channel 24 (July 2007).

Maxon Pugovsky’s Specialties:

Media management, consulting, project management, recruitment, social media marketing, journalism, event management, public relations, trainings, editing & rewriting, copywriting, blogging.

Maxon Pugovsky’s Experience

Editor in Chief

Webstream.com.ua

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

Editor in Chief, CEO and founder at WebStream.com.ua, blog about Internet business in Ukraine.
Media Consultant and Trainer

Self-employed

(Online Media industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)

Some of the projects:
April 2009 - to present
Oct 2009 - Guest Editor-in-chief in November issue of Marketing Media Review dedicated to online marketing (pro bono).
Oct 2009 - 2-days training "Educamp 2009" on new digital media for young leaders and activists from Ukainian regions (Educamp.com.ua).
Jun-Jul 2009 - 2-days trainings "ABC of New Digital Media" for journalists and NGO activists in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa and Kharkiv. MediaNext project by Internews Ukraine (MediaNext-UA.livejournal.com).

June 2007 - March 2008
Mar 2008 - Consulted business social network Profeo.ua on launch activities in blogs and social media.
Jan 2008 - Training "Blogging and Online Media for Journalists". Digital Future of Journalism project (DFJ.org.ua).
Jun-Jul 2007 - Took part in Kyivstar campaign "Conversation for the Future" as public opinion leader (pro bono).
Jul 2007 - Consulted SPN Ogilvy PR agency how to develop and conduct a contest for bloggers on behalf of the client Kyivstar.
Jun 2007 - Trainer on new digital media at Summer School for Journalists at Mohyla Journalism School.
Business Development Director

Agora Ukraine

(Online Media industry)

September 2008 — March 2009 (7 months)

Headed project development department with up to 6 subordinates (project managers and moderators).

Gathered team of the department. Set goals for department and projects and controlled their achievement. Composed year budget of department and approved budgets of projects. Approved plans of project development and marketing activities. Together with project managers created concepts of the new projects and helped to launch them. Controlled operating activities and assigned additional tasks. Prepared reports for general manager. Evaluated the performance of the team members. Supported the team spirit in the department.

List of the Internet projects the team of department was responsible for:
Blox.ua - blogging platform
ChikiDriki.ua - casual games portal
StartJob.com.ua - job site for students and graduates
Plitkar.com.ua - blog about celebrities
Tubik.com.ua - blog with funny videos
CafeClub.ua - dating service (was still in development when I left the company)

Representative responsibilities - comments for press, speeches at round tables.
Business Development Manager

Agora Ukraine

(Online Media industry)

April 2008 — August 2008 (5 months)

Headed project development department. Additional spheres of responsibilities included:

Recruitment - searched for the people, conducted several dozens of interviews with applicants, hired people to the team, cooperated with headhunting agencies.

Waged negotiations with potential partners on joint Internet projects and cooperation, also about potential acquisition of Internet projects.

Market research - conducted research of online sectors of Ukrainian Internet before the launch of the Internet projects; cooperation with the research company - choice of contractor, briefing and control; composed profiles of internet companies for Polish headquarters.

Launch of ChikiDriki.ua - portal of casual multiplayer games: negotiation with Polish partner Ganymede on terms of cooperation, registration of trademark, PR and marketing activities.

Wrote and translated press-releases, wrote texts for corporate site Agora.ua.

Have been to Agora SA headquarters in Warsaw, Poland, for trainings and experience exchange for 1 week in May 2008 and 3 weeks in August 2008.
Insturctor

Mohyla Journalism School

(Higher Education industry)

September 2006 — August 2008 (2 years )

Developed and taught course New Media and Online Journalism in Sep-Dec 2006 and Sep-Dec 2007.
Editor-in-Chief

InternetUA magazine

(Publishing industry)

March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)

Editor-in-Chief of InternetUA magazine (www.internetua.com), the only print publication about online media in Ukraine.

Concept and style development, issue plannig, management of the team of staff workers and freelancers, search and recruiting of the writers, rewriting, editorials, etc.
Co-organizer

BlogCamp CIS and Baltics 2007

(Internet industry)

September 2007 — October 2007 (2 months)

Co-organizer of the unConference BlogCamp, first barcamp in the CIS and Baltic region. It gathered near 350 geeks and bloggers from 8 countries and spurred on barcamps in Riga, Lviv, Moscow, Bishkek and other cities across the region.
Deputy Editor-in-chief

InternetUA magazine

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

September 2006 — February 2007 (6 months)

Deputy Editor-in-Chief of InternetUA magazine (www.internetua.com), the only print publication about online media in Ukraine.
Freelance Journalist

ITC Publishing

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

October 2003 — September 2006 (3 years )

Writing articles about online media, software and game reviews for computer magazine Home PC (itcpublishing.com/dpk/).
Oct 2003 - Aug 2004, renewal in Apr 2006 - Sep 2006
PR Manager, Internet Project Manager

National Multimedia Company

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Media Production industry)

July 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 6 months)

Aug 2005 - Dec 2005 PR Manager, Internet Project Manager
Media Affairs - promotion of movies, music albums and multimedia products in press. Barter advertising negotiations. Strategy of websites deployment, management of websites development. Took part in event organization.
Established contacts with near 25 magazines which resulted in more than 300 product reviews and announcements.

Jul 2003 - Jul 2005 Copywriter, Content Manager
Writing of games and multimedia products descriptions, advertorial articles, booklets, commercial propositions, technical texts, press releases, etc. Management of games webportal. Took part in development of advertising campaigns.
Wrote more than 2 000 game descriptions and several dozen of advertorial articles.
Editor

KP Media (KP Publications)

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Newspapers industry)

August 2004 — December 2004 (5 months)

Apr 2006 - Sep 2006 Freelance reviewer
Aug 2004 - Dec 2004 Editor of Internet and Games columns at Afisha lifestyle magazine (www.afisha.ua).
More than 60 internet and game reviews. Articles, interviews, materials for "topic of the week", etc.
Sysadmin

Ecoland, Tupaz

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Facilities Services industry)

March 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 6 months)

Sysadmin, IT-specialist in two small firms: legal advice office Tupaz and supplier of air conditioning equipment Ecoland.
hardware purchasing, PC upgrades, software setup, LAN administration, etc.
Translator

Self-employed

(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

August 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 2 months)

Translator of PC and console games from English into Russian. Took part in translation of more than 100 games. Translated near 2-3 Mb (million letters) of text.
Translated several manuals for brewing industry from English into Ukrainian.

Maxon Pugovsky’s Education

Trainings

2004 — 2009

Jun-Jul 2009 40-hours Accountancy course by Svetlana Khutornaya (Kyiv).
Jun 2009 Startup Picnic facilitated by Bliss Browne and Stine Arensbach Szlavik (Kyiv).
May 2009 Marketing without Budget by Igor Mann (Odesa).
Sep 2007 Management Skills for Top-Managers of Media Companies by Igor Vasilevsky (Kyiv).
Mar 2004 Time Management and Delegation by Victoriya Lysenko (Kyiv).
Media Literacy Summer School

Media 2006 — 2006

15-29 July 2006, Mohyla Journalism School, Kyiv, Ukraine

Media Criticism, Media Economics, Media and Society, Media and Governance.
Instructors: Borys Potiatynnyk, Dmytro Kolchynskyy, Elena Vartanova, Katerina Tsetsura, Michael Gurevitch, Sarah Oates
Mohyla Journalism School

MA , Journlaism , 2004 — 2006

Jun 2006 Diploma Thesis "Blog Networks". Highest mark: 100.

Trainings:
Oct 2005 De L’Information Internationale by Alain Guillemoles.
Mar 2005 Television News-2 by Judith Stamper.
Sep 2004 Television News by Judith Stamper.
National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy

BSc , Biology, Translation Studies (minor) , 1999 — 2004

Jun 2003 Certificate "Translation Studies"
May 2003 Internship at Jagiellonian University of Krakow, Poland
Feb 2002 co-founder of Student Biology Society, developer of website www.sbt.150m.com
Oct 2000 - Jun 2001 Internship at Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Kyiv, Ukraine

Activities and Societies:

Student Biology Society