Sandra Jürs
Prague, Czech Republic
--www.linkedin.com/in/sandrajurs
29/8/1985
Estonian
8 years of working experience, with 6 years of experience as a project manager managing multiple projects
simultaneously, mainly marketing related projects.
Knowledge on how to develop a project plan, monitor and track the progress and react on changes in the
project scope, schedule and costs.
Reporting skills, also to the Ministry of Culture.
Great experience in day-to-day operational aspects of multiple projects; regular reviews and analyzes on the
scope of the projects while taking into consideration the expectations of clients.
"I am in love with new challenges. I believe if one puts a piece of heart and soul into the
job, everything is possible.”
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Sandra Jürs
Professional Experience
Wings4U, Prague, Czech Republic, virtual team – Global B2B Marketing Agency
WESTERN EUROPE VOICE OF THE CUSTOMER PROGRAM MANAGER – MICROSOFT, 6/2016 – 12/2016
Duties/Accomplishments:
Managing the WE VotC Program together with Microsoft Western Europe Sr. Commercial Marketing Manager.
Close cooperation on daily bases with all 12 subsidiaries in WE area, helping them to promote customer
stories within the region and to other regions.
Managing production of infographics, 1-sliders, amplification assets, customer stories and customer videos.
Managing WE VotC SharePoint redesign.
Wings4U, Prague, Czech Republic, virtual team – Global B2B Marketing Agency
CONTENT CREATION MANAGER/ PROJECT MANAGER EMEA – MICROSOFT, 7/2015 – 12/2016
Duties/Accomplishments:
Manage the production process of product-implementation case studies for Microsoft, and other marketing
materials: slides, infographics, Yammer posts. teasers etc.
Manage simultaneously ca 20-25 projects. I prioritize, take accountability and deliver on time.
Knowledge on how to handle a corporate client. Corporate communications on daily bases with different
Microsoft Marketing/Delivery Teams and leading staff (CEO, CTO, CIO etc.) of different companies from EMEA
countries.
Organize and lead the interviews, keep writers on track of each project, manage the editing process,
communicate with the design, translation and proofreading agencies, publish and finalize the projects.
In Microsoft FY16 I managed up to 70 written case studies, 30 amplification assets and teasers, plus other
smaller projects. Very positive feedback from clients. Orders for FY17 have increased.
Good Call, Prague, Czech Republic – A modern recruitment company
IT TALENT SOURCER, 4/2015 to 12/2015
Duties/Accomplishments:
Got understanding of the recruitment field.
Sourced for the best talents and professionals to offer them new job challenges.
Learnt to review and assess CV-s, conduct pre-screening interviews with the candidates and convey results to
candidates.
Learnt how to work intensively with social networks in recruiting (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter etc.).
Worked and learnt to use the database for recruiting (ATS) developed by Recruiter Academy.
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Estonian Institute, Estonia– A non-governmental institution funded by the Estonian Ministry of Culture
KULTUUR.INFO/ CULTURE.EE WEB PORTAL MANAGER/PROJECT MANAGER, 5/2013 to 2/2015
Duties/ Accomplishments:
Lead a team of kultuur.info web portal: editor, translators, assistant, IT-support and freelance writers.
Managed and developed kultuur.info web portal: created and executed strategy, made the portal more user
friendly, added new features etc.
Managed and were responsible for the cooperation with different event organizers and sponsors, also for
customer support.
Lead the marketing and promotion of the portal.
Managed the budget of the portal.
Created and handed in annual documentations and reporting to Ministry of Culture.
Grew social media followers by 8,000 followers.
Grew web portal visits by 400%.
Set up and managed the blog about the reviews of the cultural events - www.kultuur.info/blogi
Wrote and executed additional projects connected to the portal.
Lead additional project: "Developing a common media sphere in the web portal kultuur.info" (09/2014 –
12/2014)
Lead additional project: "Enriching the collective multicultural culture information sphere in Estonia through
web portals kultuur.info (culture.ee) and EtnoWeb” (09/2013 – 08/2014)
This was my defining experience, giving me deeper knowledge on project management, dealing with
different levels of project management challenges and strategic planning and goal setting.
Centre for Intercultural Dialogue (CID), Macedonia - A non-profit youth organization
MARKETING SUPPORT - EUROPEAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE VOLUNTEER (EVS), 2/2012 to 11/2012
Duties/ Accomplishments:
Managed an online youth radio.
Created and published monthly newsletter (content planning, articles collecting, editing, publishing, sharing).
Maintained and updated several websites of the organization.
Managed social media content of the organization.
Started the process of the website renewal of the organization.
Created marketing-promotion plan for the organization and supported overall marketing and promotion.
Collected data for the organizational database (volunteers, partner organizations, projects etc.)
Helped to organize workshops and events. Co-lead a pilot clean-up project 'Let's do it Macedonia'.
Laomaailm AS, Estonia - Storage and warehousing products
OFFICE MANAGER - MARKETING PROJECT MANAGER, 10/2010 to 1/2012
Duties/ Accomplishments:
Assisted CEO and were part of every aspect of the daily business.
The project manager of marketing activities.
Renewed and maintained the website and its content.
Main user and tutor of business software HansaWorld Enterprise. Learnt the software within one month and
managed the update process of the whole system.
Main user of CRM database.
Processed bank movements, reconciliation of bank accounts, managed factoring.
Assisted sales department and purchase department.
Assisted accountant on daily bases, processed receipts and payments, processed purchase invoices and sales
invoices, managed balance statements of debtors and creditors.
Organized internal events. Also, took care of formal letters, office supplies, archiving, working timetable,
phone answering, travel arrangements etc.
This was one of my defining experience, letting me to part of the important decision making in daily business
and that I am very good at handling many projects simultaneously.
United Dogs and Cats Ltd., Estonia - A start-up company, an online social network for pet owners
MARKETING AND SALES ASSISTANT, 7/2009 to 4/2010
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Education
University of Tartu (Estonia)
Bachelor of Business Administration 6/2009
Major: Marketing and Management
Minor: Economics
Maastricht University (the Netherlands)
Bachelor studies in Marketing, ERASMUS exchange
program 6/2008
Problem Based Learning system
Studies in English
Sala Kungsängsskolan (Sweden)
Exchange student, Swedish language diploma 6/2005
Vändra Gümnaasium (Estonia)
High school diploma, graduated with silver medal 6/2004
Soft Skills
Hard Skills
I am a fast learner and adapter.
I have excellent multi-tasking skills.
I am very well organized and have high degree of
attention to details.
I am tolerant and patient. I am a team player.
I am creative and have analytical thinking.
I stay cool under pressure.
I have excellent client-facing and internal
communication skills.
I commit and achieve. I am a goal oriented
person.
I am ambitious and eager to develop myself and
learn new skills.
Competent user of MS Office 2016 (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Skype for
Business), Office 365, OpenOffice.org and Google
Drive tools, MS Dynamics CRM, Microsoft
SharePoint,
Yammer,
Project
Management
Software: Podio.
Skills in Google Analytics, Google AdWords
Advanced in managing different social media
platforms on daily bases (Facebook, Instagram…)
Knowledge in WordPress and Joomla platforms;
MailChimp, Typeform, Wishpond, Hootsuite, JIRA
Good command of HansaWorld Enterprise
business software.
Beginner in web design, basic HTML and CSS
Languages
Estonian – mother tongue
English – C1/C2
Swedish – B1, last used 2009
German – have studied in school
Czech – currently learning
Additional Trainings / Studies
Online courses “Initiating and Planning Projects” and “Budgeting and Scheduling Projects”, University of
California, Irvine (Fall 2016)
Online courses “Introduction to Food and Health Stanford” and “Child Nutrition and Cooking”, Nutrition
studies, Stanford University (Fall 2016)
“Rails Girls” event to give tools and a community for women to understand technology and to build their
ideas; to give basic programming knowledge. Bratislava, Slovakia -)
“Your Design Works - learn to design a website in 48 hours”, Tallinn, Estonia (09.01. -),
supported by Garage48 and Pipedrive.
Online marketing training day "MarketingTREFF", Fastleader.com, Tallinn, Estonia -)
FAF Indoor Cycling Instructor license. Indoor cycling instructor training program, FAF, Tallinn, Estonia (01.03
-) Training consisted of 28 contact hours + home exercises
Training day for project managers "Intensive course: project management and report writing", Tallinn, Estonia
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Grundtvig workshop “Lifelong learning; The multiplier experience”, K.A.N.E – Social Youth Development,
Kalamata, Greece (19.01. -)
Youth Exchange “Youth in Action program as a tool for youth work”, SA Archimedes Estonian National Agency
for Youth in Action Program, Rakvere, Estonia, (30.11 -)
Group leader in a youth exchange “Youth! Act against poverty!”, Prespa, Greece (24.08. -)
Internet marketing training "Internet Marketing Elite training", DreamGrow Digital Ltd., Estonia (03.06. -)
IISEE I certificate. Indoor cycling instructor training program, IISEE.FI, Helsinki, Finland (18.06 -)
Group leader in a youth exchange “You will never be alone again!”, Belgium (31.07. -)
