RESUME | atelibecirevic

RESUME

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Professional

info

I have studied painting and education at the Classical Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo. I am a freelance painter, project manager and public relations and marketing specialist for various concerts, exhibitions, festivals, seminars and other events. For the past nine years I have organized the Kid's Festival, the largest independent youth event in Southeast Europe, attended by more than 40,000 children each year. I have finished public relations at the Cronkite School (Phoenix, AZ) as part of Hubert H. Humphrey scholarship (Fullbright).

I currently working as event officer for EU Info Centre in BiH.

I consider my personality adaptive and logical. I look for the best path to achieve my goals and do my best to make decisions based on the information I have at the time.

• Experienced in Public Relations, Project Management, Social Media.
• HTML coding experience, Photoshop, Final Cut, Sound Pro.

Languages

• Speak fluent English, Italian and BHS languages.

Work

experience

PR AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORK EXPERIENCE:

• 2013 - 2014 Event Officer for EU Info Centre in BiH.

• 2004 - 2012. Head and Workshop Coordinator for Kids Festival, largest youth festival in SE Europe with 40,000 kids attending from all parts of B&H www.kidsfest.ba

• May, June 2013. PR Expert for The Center for the Humanities, CUNY, New York, USA
• From December 2011 as official PR manager for Bosnian ethno band Divanhana, www.divanhana.ba
• December 2011 Co-Founder of Civil Association in B&H –Sekultura, secular culture promotion.
• December 2011 as Assistant for organisation of Human Rights Day in BH Parliament hired by Peace Network in BH (www.mreza-mira.net)
• December 2011 as PR Manager for 16 days of activism against violence for OWPSEE, www.oneworldsee.org
• November 3rd PR Manager of big humanitarian event, organised by Sumero, major association for persons with intellectual problems in Sarajevo, www.sumero.ba
• October 2011 – March 2012, columnist for the monthly Italian magazine Grazia, B&H
• October 2011, as official interpreter for Italian language in Pordenone, collaboration between Italian actors and Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra
• March 2011, working as PR expert for VNG International (for huge project NEXPO http://www.nexpo.nalas.eu/ )
• March 2010, PR Manager of “Tempus Argenti”, cultural project of Italian Cooperation in BIH held in Srebrenica
• January- April 2010 Project Manager at project Infobiro, www.infobiro.tv- in B&H biggest video info service in region
• August 2005- November 2009 working in Art Company marketing and production agency, as Project and PR Manager (concert Jamiroquai in Sarajevo, Blockbuster 2006, MTV Exit concert, James Blunt, Lord of The Dance, etc.) which later changed name in Art Zone, www.art-zone.ba
• From December 2004. part of post production crew for Bosnian feature film Go West, www.gowest.ba
• November 2004- June 2005 worked as a producer on TV Hayat. www.ntvhayat.com
• September 2004 – May 2010 as producer of International Festival of Experimental Theater “Teatarfest” Sarajevo
• June 26-28, 2004 as interpreter at the opening of the exposition of Janis Kounellius at Sarajevo’s library
• July 2004 as painting teacher at the course of painting for children with association Phoenix.
• June 2003 – June 2004 worked as Head Coordinator on the Art project-first Virtual Gallery in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• August 2002 – August 2004 as member of organization for Film Festival Sarajevo, www.sff.ba
• October 2001 - October 2011 as member of organization for biggest International Theater Festival- MESS in Sarajevo, www.mess.ba

2010 - present

ART WORK EXPERIENCE:

• June 2014. Part of collective exhibition "Tracing lucid symbols" in Sarajevo, BiH

• February 2013. Personal exhibition”Symbols painted by sand vol.2 at Phoenix, AZ
• April 2012, personal exhibition “Symbols painted by sand” at Vienna, Bock Hotel,
(http://www.radiosarajevo.ba/novost/78931/otvorena-izlozba-simboli-naslikani-pijeskom )
• February 2012, part of three collective exhibitions in BH cities, Srebrenik, Lukavac, Tuzla
(http://www.sutra.ba/novost/53744/Izlozba-Simboli-naslikani-pijeskom-putuje-po-BiH)
• June 2011, first personal exhibition inside 8. Kid’s Festival, and many interviews for local medias (http://www.banjalukain.com/kultura/bih-ima-mogucnost-viseznacnog-prezentiranja-vlastitih-vrijednosti-i-kulture)

Education

EDUCATION:

• Graduated as Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at ASU, Phoenix, USA.
• Graduated at Sarajevo Art Academy.
• Achieved diploma from the Secondary school for fine arts – painting, in Sarajevo.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

• Obtained diploma at UC Davis (USA) in “International Innovation & Entrepeneurship Academy” in 2013
• Obtained a diploma of American Management Association at course”7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Managers” -2013
• Obtained diploma at Emory University (USA) in “Global Development and Social Justice”
• Attended seminar named “Web & tourism” held in Sarajevo in January 2011. by OXFAM Italy.
• Diploma of the course “Museum education” held in November of 2002. In Sarajevo.
• Attended and obtained a diploma at the seminar named “Conflict Manager through Theatre” held in Dubrovnik, in December of 2002,
• Studied artistic aspects of architecture for 18 months in Venice, Italy.
• Obtained a diploma of American Management Association at course”7 Habits of Highly Effective People for Managers” -2013