Valentina Sebalj

Goals User lifelong journey To serve one organization and share the same inspiration with collegaues. To live life in transparency and to enjoy discovering the purpose and art of Branding. , - 2020 2016 Frustrations VALENTINA SEBALJ She is so curious. Age: 28 Occupation: Brand Designer, Freelancer Family: Living with her boyfriend and 2 dogs Location: Croatia, island Pag Personality: Campaigner The biggest frustration for Valentina is not to follow the trends of technology. She have enourmousneed to stay with the flow and continue to grow. That is the reason why she isn’t currently satisfied with her current job, as the environment she lives in doesn’t recognize the purpose and importance of technology, marketing and branding. Motivations Obsession with inspiration (Why?) 2017 1. Management in Tourism/ FMTU, Master´s Degree, Croatia. -) 1. Leadership/ Training, Psy.M.S. Mihaela K.,-. 2. Human Potential Management/ University of Economy, Master Degree, Poland. -) 2. Master mind/ Training, Inge Rock Academy,02. -07.2017. 1. Design Thinking & Branding/ Workshop,Creative Tourism Lab, Opatija,-. Marketing Academy/ Training, CTK, Rijeka, 06.2018. 1. How to close the sales/ Youtube, The Futur, USA,-. 1. Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, Self taught, 2016-Present 2. Brand Management/ Course, London Business School, UK, 10.2019-Present 3. Digital Marketing/ Diploma, Shaw Academy London,-. Building ideas into reality (How?) Biography Valentina is a self taught designer and she became freelancer immediately after graduating. It was so clear that old traditional structure will not work for her. As she is an admirer of effective leadership, she graduated on the subject of Value Driven Organization while also becoming a scientific author with the list of +40 interviewed project managers. . Being short time in the brand industry, she accomplished projects with organizations such as RTL Group, Bookafy, ABC Accelerator, Orbico group, Swissfactory, etc. When she isn’t working, in the spare Lorem ipsum her personal project for digital time she develops nomads, the ˝Moonlike Island˝. She loves to explore and reveal the hidden gems of Croatia with her dogs. Favourite brands Challenge Solving (For?) Relationships (With?) 1. Creative Director/Cofounder Branding agency Lalea, 2017-Present 2. Young Researcher/ Faculty of Management in Tourism,-. 35 % higher satisfaction of employees increased the deeper motivation for achieving business goals. Conducted new work shifts, canceled few passive partnerships and increased value of services which resulted with 3 new projects (€ 16.000 of sales in 5 months period) I have started my agency business working on brand identities, promotional materials, web/app design. Projects such as mHealth app LabApps, branding and strategy consultation for Arab Media Awards. , product management for Bookafy, USA helped me to achieve top rated freelancer status on Upwork. Project with the biggest european TV company RTL Group was my steppingstone in the career. Afterwards, I managed more than 4 people to complete projects such as corporate identity for the ABC Accelerator and brand identity for the external division of largest European distribution company, Orbico. 1. Finding the organization where I could be me was really challenging. Becoming aware about the fact that I need to accept the old traditional leadership was the biggest turnpoint. Will I stay or should I go from my country? 1. How I can start working in a creative industry if I don’t have enough experience? Should I wait for 5 - 10 years or should I do an MVP of my life? 1. During my career learning curve was so high each and every day. But most important is that I fall in love with branding. I begin to wonder if I can become Creative Director of an organization with a purpose? Introverted 36% Intuitive 56% ENERGY Thinking 32% NATURE Feeling 68% Judging 41% TACTICS Prospecting 59% Assertive 68% IDENTITY Turbulent 32% Dearest quote “Shot for the moon, and even if you miss it you will land among the stars.” MIND 1. Human Resource Manager/ Program & Event Coordinator Silos Group Ltd,-. 3. Young entrepreneur Program, EU project,-. Personality Extraverted 64% 1. Personal development workshop for 20 students/ Self organization,-. Most fulfilling project for me was strategy development for YourWay, renting camper business. I have managed brand strategy development while mentoring founders and providing them know how. Latest project that I am working on is Moonlike Island where I developed brand strategy. Observant 44% 1. Learning about the people and what drives them is the most enriching knowledge to gain. But have your own findings about it it’s real adventure. Can I make real change? 1. After my rollercoaster . Now I wish to have a team and work on just one project!