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WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT JANA
My professional background is varied and complex. Think a combination of business management, events, tourism, traditional and digital marketing, business administration and executive assistance.
Could you do with someone like me on your team?
I am a travel enthusiast and a bit of a digital nomad, or perhaps just a slow traveller. I’m particularly passionate about authentic, experiential, activity or language related travel and looking to work with similarly aligned individuals.
Oh and, in case you were wondering, my name is pronounced ‘Yanna’.
Work Experience Highlights
- ☆ Tourism Ireland (the Irish Tourist Board) – Worked as a member of the award-winning E-marketing team at one of the world’s leading international tourist boards. Helped to establish an end-to-end Content marketing process; co-ordinated global PPC activity; created monthly Social Media E-zine; monitored and analysed Tourism Ireland’s social media performance.
- ☆ Fáilte Ireland (the Irish National Tourism Development Authority) – Helped with the coordination and project management of Festivals and Cultural Events Initiative; co-managed development and production of two printed publications, distributed nationwide; curated festival-related content on corporate and consumer websites; liaised with public bodies and journalists on promotion of Irish festivals and events to the wider public.
- ☆ Wild Rosanna (Outdoor Adventure Centre) – Developed company’s marketing strategies, coordinated development of the company website.
- ☆ Brack Tours (Tour Operator) – Developed digital marketing strategy for Brack Tours’ portfolio of products and coordinated development of the company’s website.
- ☆ Stein Study Abroad – Identified and developed brand strategy and action plans for an entirely new product – Chinese Language Services.
Education
- MSc in Tourism Management
- BA (Hons) in Tourism Marketing
- Diploma in PR & Event Management
- Professional Diploma in Digital Marketing
- Diploma in Business Administration
Learn More
You can learn more about my educational background, professional experience and all the awesome companies I worked with on my LinkedIn profile.
What’s In My Toolbox
My Skills
My skills are varied. I can help you with anything from travel planning, tour/project/event management, through website content management, SEO and social media strategy execution to growing brand awareness, building partnerships and multilingual client communication.
Tools and Apps
I work remotely and use a variety of online tools to organise my work, communicate with my clients across different time zones and deliver on projects. Trello, Asana, LastPass, Google Drive, Skype, Zoom, Calendly, Slack, Canva… If I don’t know it yet, I am probably planning on learning it soon.
Some Fun Facts About Me
Passion for Tourism
Got my Masters Degree in Tourism Management with an Excellence Award for the Best Student of the year!
Published Author
Got approached by a large publishing house about publishing my Masters thesis. My book focuses on Destination Websites and here is its ISBN: 978-3-659-87812-1.
Outdoor Enthusiast
Started fully appreciating this planet’s amazing outdoors when I was 33. Rock climbing, hiking, cycling, swimming and running are my favourite regular activities.
Polyglot
I speak four languages fluently – English, Italian, Slovak and Czech and am able to get bits and pieces of another four: Polish, Russian, Croatian and German.
Office Ninja
Moved my office ninja expertise online in 2017. Now helping overwhelmed entrepreneurs just like yourself to grow their businesses by having a dedicated VA on their side.
Love Travelling
Lived in five different countries so far (my native Slovakia, England, Scotland, Ireland and Italy) and explored 12 more. Love exploring new places and ways of life.
Interested in working with me?