Profile of Freelancer Ольги

Education: I am studying at the 4th year of the Faculty of Communication, Media and Design of HSE (Higher School of Economics National Research University), Department of Journalism

Work experience/practice:

February-March 2014 – production practice at OJSC “Metro Gazeta”, journalist, SMM-specialist:

• News writing;
• Publishing materials from newspaper pages to the website
• Selection of photos sent by readers for competitions, creation of collections on the site;
• Translation of materials from foreign colleagues;
• Creating 15 to 20 posts per day in the newspaper’s social media communities

March-April 2015 – production practice in the Joint Editorial Board of Moscow Media “Moscow Media”, radio “Moscow FM”, editor of the news broadcast:

Review of the news feed and search for interesting topics for the target audience of the radio station;
• Creating news stories: calls to speakers, recording synchronous calls over the phone, editing sound files, writing news texts;
• Interviews with guests in the studio;

September 2014 – December 2015: writing notes in the Russian newspaper in the column "New look".

September 2014 – December 2015: Work as a teaching assistant at HSE:

• Assisting the teacher of Russian literary language and rhetoric courses in checking students’ home and control works;
• Student consultation;
• Preparation of materials for seminar sessions;
• Creation of evaluation statements;

December 2015 – January 2016: working practice in the online edition “Typical Moscow” as the author of articles:

• Search for topics for articles, approve them with the editor and write materials within the specified period;

December 2015 – present: remote work as a freelance author of articles:

• Development of topical topics for articles, approval of them with the editor and writing materials within the specified period;
• Writing articles on topics proposed by the editor;

Examples of articles:
Young Russian scientists about an empty refrigerator and an alliance with business
• How to deal with insomnia and lack of sleep
RIAMO experiment: how electronic textbooks work

July 2016: Work at the All-Russian Educational Center “Sirius” for Gifted Children in Sochi as a graduating editor of the newspaper and manager for work with children and employees of the center:

• Interaction with the management of the center, with partners of the Talent and Success Foundation;
• Explaining tasks to working groups, setting deadlines and monitoring the work of layout designers, designers and journalists;
Coordinating work with children to create collaborative content for the periodic publication of the scientific project shift;
• Motivation of employees to perform tasks as soon as possible;
• Development of the newspaper format for the educational center, daily coordination of the final product with the heads of the relevant departments;
• Combination of the functions of a journalist, moderator and manager for work with personnel;
• Conducting spontaneous interviews during a visit to the educational center of the Russian President, ministers and other high-ranking officials (D. Livanov, G. Gref, D. Sands, etc.)