VLADIMIR GRJONKO
*** *** **** ******, ********, NY 11214
*******@*****.***, http://grjonko.com
LANGUAGES: RUSSIAN (native), ENGLISH (fluent)
COMPUTER SKILLS: Trados, Adobe Audition, Windows, MS Office, QuarkXPress, Illustrator, Photoshop
SUMMARY: English-Russian Translator/Interpreter and Editor with 20 years of experience
Journalist / Copywriter
producing television and radio shows and writing scripts for product placement advertisement for the Russian market EXPERIENCE:
2013 present Communication Associate
Office of Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, Brooklyn, NY 1993 present Freelance Translator, Editor
“World Writers Ltd. ”, London, UK
“Click 4 Compliance” LLC, Reston, VA
“Squier Knapp Dunn”, Washington, DC
“Photo Group Inc”, Centerburg, OH
“ImEdge Communications”, Canada
“Tri Global Strategic Ventures”, New York, NY
“The Great Voice”, NJ
“Young Israel of Brighton Beach”, Brooklyn. NY
“Russian TV Guide” Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
“Target Matketing Associates LLC”, Brooklyn, NY
“Global Advertising Strategies” Agency, New York, NY Radio “VSE”, (87.7 FM) Brooklyn, NY
“DaNu Spot” Advertising Agency, Brooklyn, NY
“Media Partner” Advertising Agency, Brooklyn, NY
“Alpina Non-Fiction” Publisher, Moscow, Russia
1995 2013 Freelance Journalist, Writer, Copywriter Radio “VSE”, (87.7 FM) Brooklyn, NY
Radio “Davidzon”, (620 AM), Brooklyn, NY
RTVi TV channel, New York, NY
NTV Russian TV channel, Fort Lee, NJ
RTN Russian TV channel, Fort Lee, NJ
First TV channel, Moscow, Russia
2010 2012 Programming Director, Radio Host
Radio “Davidzon”, (620 AM), Brooklyn, NY
2007 2008 Editor-in-Chief
“Metro” Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
SPECIAL PROJECTS:
2010 2011 Radio sitcom for DirecTV (Producer, Playwriter and Director) 2004 Radio sitcom for radio “VSE” (Producer, Playwriter and Director)
1988-1990 Leningrad Jewish Theatre (General Producer and Director) PUBLISHED BOOKS:
2013 Translation of non-fiction book "Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea" by Barbara Demick, published by
"Alpina Non Fiction", Moscow, Russia (hardcover).
2003 Novel "The Building" by "Limbus Press",
St. Petersburg, Russia (hardcover).
2004 Novel "The Wedding" by "Amphora" Publishers,
St. Petersburg, Russia (hardcover).
2007 Novel "A Doorway for the Butterfly" by "Fluid" Publishing House, Moscow, Russia (hardcover).
2008 The Collected Stories "To the City & to the World" by
"Lenizdat" Publishing House & "RuFilms",
St. Petersburg, Russia (hardcover).
EDUCATION:
1981-1986 Baku Pedagogical Institute,
Baku, Azerbaijan
BA in Philology
REFERENCES: Available upon request