MARYIA KNOP
PROJECT MANAGER
PROFILE
Remote experience in Project
Management for 2 years.
Bachelor’s and Master's degree in
Management.
Startup creation experience from 0.
Social project management experience.
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
Date of Birth:-
Phone: -
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Open to working remotely-
EDUCATION
Belarus State Economic University,
Master's in Management of Innovations,
Sep 2017 – Jun 2018.
International Camp of Novalis
University. Germany, Dusseldorf,
Aug 2017.
Belarus State Economic University,
Bachelor Degree in World
Economics, Management of Foreign
Economic Activities, Minsk, Belarus,
Sep 2012 – Jun 2017.
SKILLS
Knowledge and implementation of several project management
methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, etc
Successful working in a team environment, as well as
independently
The ability to work under pressure and multi-task
A strong desire to grow
Lead a distributed Agile development team with backlog
grooming sprint planning management of velocity
Flawless communication skills, both written and spoken
WORK EXPERIENCE
OKGURU, PROJECT MANAGER
AUG 2019 – NOV 2019
Project on developing an e-commerce Web site.
Remote work with a team from Ukraine and Russia.
I implemented management tools into the management process:
managed tasks in Jira, also controlled 3 developers with Hub staff
remote control and time trackers. I created business logic for the
project and user stories.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF BELARUS,
JUNIOR RESEARCHER
AUG 2018 – AUG 2019
I wrote scientific articles on macroeconomics. Conducted research
on the topics of digital, startups, blockchain. Participated in
scientific international conferences and published articles. Parttime job.
UNIONAPPS, PROJECT MANAGER
AUG 2018 – DEC 2018
Steemitpolls blockchain platform, a small startup company where I
worked with 4 developers in a team. There I used Trello and GitHub
for management. Also, I analyzed competitors, wrote reports,
wrote task descriptions, and tested tasks. Part-time job
LANGUAGES
English - Upper Intermediate (B2)
Spanish - Elementary Level (A2)
Russian - Native
PERSONAL
QUALITIES
Analytical thinking, leadership, ability to
quickly navigate the circumstances, fast
learning ability, responsibility,
commitment, persistence and aspiration
to professional growth.
IT-SKILLS
Agile (advanced)
Jira (advanced)
Trello (advanced)
GitHub (advanced)
Microsoft Office (advanced)
Corel Draw (competent)
Adobe Photoshop (competent)
Adobe Premier Pro (competent)
Blockchain (competent)
Click up (competent)
Waterfall (competent)
HubStaff (competent)
AWARDS
1ST WINNERSalling walls lab
St. Petersburg, 2018
Diplom at 1st category
The 23rd Republican competition of
scientific works, 2019.
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WORK EXPERIENCE
KREO SOFTWARE LTD, LONDON, BUSINESS ANALYST.
MAR 2018 –JUL 2018
I worked in Minsk's office. This is an IT company with its unique
product for the British construction market.
INVESTMENT COMPANY “UNITER”, FINANCIAL ANALYST
DEC 2017 – MAR 2018
I conducted market research and prepared
investment proposals for different types of companies.
INDIVIDUAL ENTREPRENEUR KRAUTSOU, IT COMPANY,
PROJECT MANAGER.
MAR 2017 – SEP 2017
A small IT company of 9 people.
I worked with a customer company from the USA.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
INTERNSHIP IN THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAMME (UNDP)
DEC 2016 – JAN 2017
Involved in social projects management of “Green Economy” and
“Energy Efficiency in Schools”.
INTERNSHIP IN THE UN FUND FOR POPULATION (UNFPA)
MAR – JUL 2016
Involved in social project management of gender equality on the Play
"Seven".
PROJECTS
PROJECT “SWEELY”, MINSK, BELARUS.
JAN 2019 – AUG 2019
Co-Founder and Project manager. I launched a social project and
found a necessary team, managed all the processes in the project
development. The platform sweely.org provides a web-place where
everyone can help to solve social issues and receive social points
for it!
PROJECT “FORESTSPACE”, MINSK, BELARUS.
JUL 2018 – DEC 2018
Co-Founder and Project manager. Launched a social project on the
base of MATCH competition. Won the competition. Forestspace.eu this is a web-platform that tells interactively about the mythology
of Europe's oldest forest. Polish and Russian languages.
TRAININGS
“Youth for Entrepreneurship” school in
Keiv and Vienna.
Passed Eastern Partnership Youth
school in Kiev, Ukraine and Conference
“Youth for Entrepreneurship” in Austria.
Oct – Nov 2018
Youth Exchange project Forging
Fairness
Successfully completing the Youth
Exchange project that took place in
Romania, Timisoara from Erasmus+.
Mar 2018
Imaguru Blockchain School
Passed the education at Imaguru
Blockchain School.
Mar – Apr 2018
PROJECTS
PROJECT “BEESOCIAL”, MINSK, BELARUS
SEP 2017 – JUL 2018
Co-Founder and Project manager. Launched a social project on the
base of Social Weekend 2017, won a super-final stage and created
the business logic of the website. We won tickets to EOS
competition in Hong Kong where this project was developed and
showed. It’s a blockchain web-platform that unites sponsors and
Commercial companies for cryptocurrency.
PROJECT “ECOTHEATRE”, MINSK, BELARUS.
SEP 2016 – JUL 2017
Co-Founder and Project manager. Launched a social project on the
base of crowdfunding platform; won a grant from EU for project
development; promoted the project, gained its popularity and
recognition. We involve people in the decision of «green»
problems, increase educational attainment and prevent the
negative consequences of non-eco-friendly lifestyle.
VOLUNTEERING
THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS,
BELARUS
2017
I volunteered to organize the events, worked with kids, worked at
meetups with NPOs.
BELARUS FASHION WEEK
2016
I volunteered to organize the event, accompany the designers, work
in the press-center.
GLOBAL ENTERPRENEURSHIP WEEK (GEW-
I volunteered to involve and communicate with sponsors and
partners, coordinate members of the organizing committee of
Entrepreneurship Week, help in coordinate communication with the
speakers, participate in drawing up the program of the week.
