Victoria College at the University of Toronto - Orientation Leader (Toronto, Canada)
• Completed 144 hours of work during Victoria College Orientation Week
• Worked with other 120 leaders to run events for almost 800 first-year students Boisson - Founder & Owner (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Established a brand of non-alcoholic cold and hot beverages (e.g. ice tea, milkshake, fruit tea, smoothie, etc)
• Five stores are expected to open by upcoming Spring 2016 Marat Kassymov
June 2017 (Expected)
Bachelor of Commerce, Specialist in Management with Concentration in Marketing and Minor in Economics
• University of Toronto Entrance Scholarship (2013), The Lawrence and Sharen Ho International Scholarship Professional Experience
Aray Media Group - Art Director (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Hired and mentored over 30 current employees
• Signed a contract for servicing highly ranked private school in the city
• Created and managed a photography school
June 2014 - August 2015
National Art Gallery Astana - Marketing Specialist (Astana, Kazakhstan) May 2014 - September 2014
• Created an Instagram campaign which helped to raise funds for a reconstruction of the gallery and increased awareness of history of art among teenagers
• Developed main website page and created marketing strategy for representing company in social networks Sberbank of Russia - Internship (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Presented banking products of Russia`s largest bank for international companies
• Conducted market research by leveraging knowledge in 4 major languages August 2014 - September 2014
7172Project - Co-founder (Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Co-founded a photo/video production studio
• Created and directed ad campaign for Rixos Hotels (the biggest hotel company in the country) and Nazarbayev University (the biggest and most prestigious university in the country) December 2011 - August 2013
Extracurricular Activities
Marat Kassymov
Kazakh Student Association in Canada - President (Toronto, Canada) Director of Marketing
• Headed a staff crew of 10 people to support over 150 members of the association
• Created a membership program which is set to double organization`s revenues according to predictions
• Quadrupled association`s social network pages views which led to the growth of new members April 2015 - Present
Rotman Commerce Beyond Business - Marketing Manager (Toronto, Canada)
• Managed all media files (both photo and video files)
• Participated in marketing strategy planing
March 2014 - May 2015
Personal Skills
Languages: fluent in Kazakh, Russian, English; good knowledge of Turkish Office Software: proficient user of Apple iLife (Keynote, Pages, Numbers) and Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
Editing Software: professional user of Final Cut Pro X and Aperture 3; basic knowledge of Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop
Interests
• Photography (gold, silver, and bronze medals in the City Photo Competition in 2013, 2012 and 2010 in Astana, Kazakhstan)
• Videography (gold, silver, and bronze medals in the Infomatrix competition in 2012, 2011 and 2010 in Bucharest, Romania)
• Swimming, Kickboxing, Dragon boat
Education
April 2014 - April 2015
Rotman Commerce, University of Toronto
August 2015 - Present
September 2015
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