Stefan Simonović
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Experience
SEO Specialist/Copywriter at LimoLabs – Digital Agency for Limo SEO, Design and Development
April 2016 - present
Digital marketing for US based Limo companies: blackcarusa.com, inglimo.com, mgmuae.com,
airportmilwaukee.com, adventlimo.com, legendaryprivatecar.com, sabralimoservice.com, nycitylimo.com,
inglimo.com, drivenmiami.com
- On page & Off page SEO, link building and overall property & traffic development
- Research, analyze and constantly improve organic search performance opportunities
- Provide weekly reporting and analytics, competitor analysis and traffic tracking
- Write relevant content & SEO-friendly articles (WordPress)
- Email marketing (MailChimp)
- Social Media Management (Facebook, Twitter, G+, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Flickr)
Freelance writer
April 2015 - present
WordPress/SEO optimized articles:
- N4BB.com, Android news
- TheGuySociety.com, Sports news (portfolio: http://theguysociety.com/author/stefan-simonovic/)
- Australian car removal company - rapidcarremoval.com.au, romfont.com, rolloversandannuities.com, 3dfoin.info,
singtic.com, fataskyparks.com
- Transcribing for LA health and wellness company Wellux
Game Designer at Mad Head Games
January 2015 - April 2015
- Plan from overall game concept to detailed elements of a game – setting, structure, rules, story flow, characters, objects
- Communicate with the rest of development team (producer/designers/programmers/composer/qa)
- Collaborate with the design, art and technical teams to implement and iterate on the game vision
Dark Realm 2: Princess of Ice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUfYTu4opm4
Maze: Subject 360 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wENmRRovZbI
Beyond: Light Advent - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS7ayQaymkU
Office Manager at Balkan Business Center
January 2011 - September 2014 (3 years 9 months)
- Preparing business proposals/presentations
- Managing projects and programmes
- Presenting findings and recommendations to clients
- Determining and clarifying strategic and operational problems via consultation
- Identifying problems and seeking solutions
- Identifying and assessing the pros and cons of possible strategies
- Outlining objectives
- Developing, advising about and implementing agreed solutions
- Reviewing and translating correspondence; answering questions and meeting requests
- Composing and preparing correspondence that is sometimes confidential
- Manages the day-to-day administrative affairs of the President's office. Provides the President with background
information and/or supporting documents in preparation for scheduled appointments, meetings, speaking
engagements, conferences, interviews, etc
- Reviews, proofreads, and formats all correspondence prepared for the President's signature to ensure accuracy
and completeness, as well as consistency with organizational policy
- Reviews other prepared documents requiring the President's signature, such as purchase orders, leave requests,
expense reports, contracts
- Supply specific documents, correspondence or information from files upon request of President
- Occasional Social Media Management
Assistant Basketball Coach at KK DOK Beograd
February 2007 - June 2014 (7 years 5 months)
Domestic leagues:
Open Championship of Belgrade, U15, season 08/09, 3rd place
Open Championship of Belgrade, U19, season 08/09, 4th place
Regional League Belgrade, U17, season 10/11, 4th place
Quality League, U17, season 11/12, 3rd place
Quality League, U19, season 13/14, 1st place
International cups:
Strasbourg (France), U19, year 2008, 1st place
Strasbourg (France), U17, year 2008, 3rd place
Strasbourg (France), U15, year 2008, 1st place
Montecatini Terme (Italy), U17, year 2010, 1st place
Lioret de Mar (Spain), U17, year 2011, 1st place
Bratislava (Slovakia), U17, year 2012, 1st place
Bratislava (Slovakia), U15, year 2012, 2nd place
Volunteer - Beta tester - Heroes & Generals at Reto-Moto
Volunteer - Beta tester - PlanetSide 2 at Sony Online Entertainment
Volunteer - Beta tester - Path of Exile at Grinding Gear Games
Volunteer - Beta tester - End of Nations at Trion Worlds, Inc.
September 2012 - January 2013 (5 months)
Beta testing video games ,,Heroes & Generals” ,,PlanetSide 2'' ,,Path of Exile” and ,,End of Nations”
Providing precise and detailed reports on any defect and/or malfunctioning of the product
Reporting compatibility issues with any hardware/software used
Suggesting new ideas and features that you would like to have in a future release of the product
Locating bugs and glitches
Volunteer - Internet marketing - Tribal Wars at Innogames GmbH
November 2009 - December 2009 (2 months)
Volunteer journalist - real estate at Politika AD
June 2009 - August 2009 (3 months)
Copy editing
Following leads from real estate agencies
Pitching article ideas to editor
Researching evidence (achieves, databases)
Selecting appropriate pictures
Volunteer - high school reporter at Politika AD
June 2006 - June 2009 (3 years 1 month)
Writing and publishing short stories and poems
Gamemaster, moderator, translator at handballmania.tk
June 2006 - July 2008 (2 years 2 months)
Translated the game from English to Serbian
Moderating the official forum
General customer service
Communicating with online community
Banning cheaters and hackers
Reporting errors and glitches
Providing support to players on game related queries
Conduct quality assurance assessment of game products to ensure product quality and service
Perform investigation and documentation of game exploits, bugs and similar other issues pertaining to online
gaming world
Ensure all players adhere to gaming rules and regulations
Manage gaming operations and report game status to management on daily basis
Analyze feedback and suggestions from players for continuous improvements of game
Evaluate game process and procedures and recommend improvements
Manage game messaging and gaming forums to attract more players
Perform server testing and hack testing of gaming product
Honors and Awards
Short story collection - theme ,,Mother"
Writer's club ,,Bogoljub" (Kruševac)
July 2015
Third prizes – best poem
4th International Festival ,,Rade Tomić”, 9th International Festival ,,Duško Trifunović”
June 2015 / September 2015
Third prizes – best short story
7th International Festival ,,Joan Flora” (Novi Sad), 4th International Festival ,,Mihajlo Kovač“
May 2015 / September 2015
Second prize – best instrumental jazz album
Mozzartbet.com
January 2009
Instrumental album composer award
Licencing deal for background music
Education
Univerzitet Metropolitan Beograd
Bachelor's degree, Marketing, 2009 - 2012
Grade: 9.33/10
Thesis: Marketing management in the music industry
Courses
Junior Achievement - market economy
PR basics - Summer Universiade 2009
Inbound Marketing Internet Course
Stock investing - www.preduzetnici.rs
Conference - ,,The way to start the change'' - Management and culture - Lawrenc Tamburria
Government sponsored course - www.zvezdara.org.rs - ,,Start up your own business''
Business Mistakes, Failures and Learnings - Phil Dickinson - Kraft Foods
Volunteer Experience
Poems and short stories section at First Belgrade Gymnasium
September 2006 - May 2009 (2 years 9 months)
Music journalist at Skadarlija Elementary School
September 2002 - April 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Projects
Short student movie - script consultant
December 2011 to December 2012
Screened on: West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (April 2012) - premiere;
Sombor Film Festival (July 2012) - Serbian premiere;
Balkan Beyond Bordes (Septembar 2012), Tirana - Albania
Languages
Serbian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Croatian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Bosnian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Montenegrin (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Macedonian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
English (Full professional proficiency)
French (Elementary proficiency)
