Ivana Solar

Curriculum vitae Name: Ivana Solar Date of birth: 21th April 1983 Place of birth: Osijek, Croatia Nationality: Croatian Adress: Cvjetna 13 31000 Osijek, Croatia Language spoken: Croatian, English Phone: - E-mail: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Education ● High school, 1998 - 2002, Osijek, II. Gymnasium (language orientation with emphasis on English) ● Faculty, 2002 - 2011 - Osijek, acquired title - administrative lawyer, J.J. Strossmayer University, Faculty of Law, professional three-year study/administrative law Non-formal education ● eCommerc Academy, Digital marketing and SEO, April 2021. - Program for expanding knowledge in the field of digital marketing when it comes to advertising on social networks and promotion of online stores. Also background SEO analysis ● “Advance European Media Training”, 2004. – 2005., - Portogruaro/Milano, Italy/ Opatija, Croatia - Advanced training program for 25 competition-selected journalists and other marketing and media experts from all over Croatia, which aimed to provide them with extensive and advanced knowledge related to working in and with the media, skills in the field of marketing and PR management. The training was fully funded by the Unidea group and supported by the Jacques Maritain Institute (Italy), AP com, the world's largest news agency, and ICEJ, the International Institute of Journalism. The training program also included an Italian language course. ● “External Relations of the European Commission and policy for new members”, February 2006., Brussels/Belgium - Training was organized by the European Journalism Center and included visits to EU institutions based in Brussels, accreditation at the European Parliament's press center and talks with representatives to expand EU membership for Eastern Europe. ● “MediaNET”, May 2004. – August 2005. - Croatia - Training for journalists - TV production, internet, radio - organized by the NGO "Zamir" from Zagreb with the financial support of the EU. ● “Student Voice 2004” – "Diversity and Minority Reporting", Octobar 2004. , Hvar, Croatia - “Student Voice 2004.”  was the eighth annual conference organized by the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb for students and young journalists from around the world aimed at educating about human rights and gender democracy. ● “Student Voice 2005” – “Media as Entertainment Industry”, Octobar 2005. , Hvar, Croatia - The ninth edition of "Student Voice", also organized by the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb, was dedicated entirely to the way the media works and profitability, as well as the possibilities of using the media and the entire entertainment industry to promote companies and their products. Participants were young journalists, professors and marketing professionals from around the world. Work experience ● Journalist , “Glas Slavonije”- Osijek, Octobar 2002. – May 2021. - “Glas Slavonije” are informative-political daily newspapers with aim of informing citizens in the area of ​​eastern Croatia and beyond about important events for the community. My responsibilities determined by the workplace are collecting data, writing articles, columns, related primarily to education, health and related EU processes/projects.  Since 2018, through the StoryEditor platform, I have also been positioning journalistic texts on website through search engine optimization (SEO). URL: www.glas-slavonije.hr ● Head of trade/ administrative affairs, ELGI trade, Osijek, Croatia, July 2016. – March 2021. - As the owner of a trade, I ran an entirely independent business whose main activity was self-service appliances, which includes the procurement of raw materials, invoicing, contacts with suppliers, preparation for bookkeeping and tax administration. In my work, I used administrative and administrative-legal skills on a daily basis, and their implementation in a computer system. ● Correspondent, “Novi list”, Rijeka, Croatia, August 2003. – January 2012. - “Novi list”are informative-political daily newspapers that are published with the aim of informing people in Istria, Kvarner and beyond about important events for the community. My job-specific responsibilities were to collect data based on which I wrote articles, columns, reports, and reports. URL: http://www.novilist.hr ● Correspondent, “STINA news agency” – Split, Croatia, July 2004. - March 2005. - “STINA” agency through a mailing list distributes information related to the issues of national minorities in the Republic of Croatia with the financial support of the EU. My task as a correspondent was to report on national minorities in eastern Croatia. I sent the finished texts by e-mail to the editor in Split.URL: www.stina.hr ● Content creator, “Delta-net d.o.o.”- Zagreb, Croatia Octobar 2006. – January 2008. - Deltanet was engaged in advertising real estate throughout Croatia through the website www.deltanet.hr and distribution of advertisements related to the sale of real estate in print media. My task was to write once a week and e-mail the text on a monthly schedule of the agreed topic related to real estate. Volunteering ● Promotor, “Youth Club Osijek”, Croatia, March 2003. - January 2008. ● Journalist/lector, Environmental Press Centar, Osijek August 2003. – November 2005. ● PR, “International festival Forbidden Fruits of civil society” – Osijek, July/August 2003. ● Promotor, “Inova-gim” gymnastics club, November 2009. - now Skills ●  advanced knowledge of English in speech and writing ● driving licence ● MS Office, Shall Newsroom, TED text editor, Story editor, WordPress basic ● blogging ● digital photography/newspaper photography ● digital marketing/social media ● visibility of projects financed from EU funds ● office management skills and preparation for bookkeeping (records of accounts, employees, turnover, bank transfer payment) Hobbies and personal interests - classical literature, recreational hiking, gymnastics, travel