Los Angeles, CA ***** 424-***-**** ****.********@*****.***
IRINA SHURKINA
WEBSITES,
PORTFOLIOS,
PROFILES
● https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_XVRZEGGfUh7W9YMJxbSBYv7_6elJjO
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● https://www.linkedin.com/in/irina-shurkina-2b394286/ Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem- solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic. PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
SKILLS ● Project Management
● Succession Planning
● Crisis Management
● Business Administration
● Revenue Growth
● Strategic Planning
● Business Planning
● Systems Organization
● Business Development
● Investor Relations
● Partnership Building
Teamwork and
Collaboration
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● Team building
● Budget Management
FOUNDER, CEO 06/2024 to Current
INVISIBLE EXPERIENCES Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Founder, CEO
An award winning International team of producers focused on creating In-Live and immersive experiences related to entertainment, brands, tourism, art and culture. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_XVRZEGGfUh7W9YMJxbSBYv7_6elJjO/view?usp=share_link HEAD, EVENT MANAGEMENT BA PROGRAM/ SENIOR LECTOR 01/2016 to Current SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS University, Moscow
Head of Event Management BA program
Senior Lector
Author of BA programs: Event & Production Management, Event Producing and startups in Entertainment
Consistently ranked as one of Russia's top universities, HSE University is a leader in Russian education and one of the preeminent economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. Having rapidly grown into a well renowned research university over two decades, HSE University sets itself apart with its international presence and cooperation, is ranked among the top 100 institutions worldwide in Politics & International Studies, Sociology, History, Economics & Econometrics in the QS – World University Rankings by Subject.
~7000 lecturers and researches, 50400+ students, 100800 alumni https://www.hse.ru/en/
WORK HISTORY
LECTURER, EVENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT 02/2020 to 06/2024 MGIMO University, Moscow, Tashkent
Lecturer / Author of Master programs: Meeting Industry project management, Producing MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) is among the premier social science universities in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and BRICS countries. Today, MGIMO offers a vast array of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in 18 areas of study; as well as PhD, MBA, Executive MBA, and pre-university programs. It takes pride in its unique language learning opportunities with 53 foreign languages delivered full-time, which earned it a Guinness World Record for the largest number of languages taught at a university. MGIMO is also a world-renowned, highly influential public policy think tank.
It has been ranked the 8th best university based policy think tank in the world by the 2020 UN-commissioned Pennsylvania University Survey
3 Presidents, 12 Foreign Ministers, 8 Prime Ministers, and more than 1200 Ambassadors of Russia and other countries https://english.mgimo.ru
FOUNDER /GENERAL PRODUCER 02/2019 to 05/2024
Invisible Moscow, Moscow
Founder
Investment
General producing (producing of entire project from idea to launch) Fund-raising 100K$
INVISIBLE MOSCOW is a unique edutainment tailor-made project in Russia, Moscow, combining tourism and entertainment formats. Group walking audio tour in the immersive theatre format in 4 languages.
20000+ visitors for 2 years, annual theater and tourism Awards, finalist of Moscow Travel Hub Accelerator 2020 (top 10 of 350) https://invisiblemoscow.com
FOUNDER / GENERAL PRODUCER 09/2015 to 05/2024
11 LAB, Moscow
Producing
business development
project management
communication with clients and partners
event production
creative concept
production & technical management
11 LAB is one of the leading event & creative production suppliers in Russia, based in Moscow. This company provides service in the whole country and abroad, including protocol and premium events at the top level. 2500+ projects, 150+ happy clients, collaborations with worldwide famous brands.
http://11-lab.com
LECTURER, EVENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT 10/2021 to 04/2024 RANEPA, Moscow
Event Project Management and Event Marketing workshops The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) was founded by Presidential Decree on September 20, 2010. This foundation involved the merger of two previously existing academies: The Academy of National Economy (ANE), which was established in 1977, and the Russian Academy of Public Administration (RAPA), established in 1991. The merger also brought together 12 other state educational institutions. https://www.ranepa.ru/eng
GENERAL PRODUCER 01/2022 to 10/2022
Invisible Samarkand, Uzbekistan
General producing (producing of entire project from idea to launch) Fund-raising 50K $
1 of October 2022 has launched INVISIBLE SAMARKAND
(Uzbekistan), the similar Moscow project, 100 minutes unguided walk for a group of people in the immersive theater format in 2 languages. Participants put on special headphones, and, following the voice of the protagonist, go through the city along the author's route. Professional sound design, which recreates the real and fantasy sound landscape of the city, and an interactive way of communication with the travelers help to immerse deeply into the story.
https://invisible.uz
PRODUCER, PRODUCTION DIRECTOR 09/2017 to 06/2018
IMC AGENCY, Moscow, London
Production director, producer
IMC AGENCY is a London and Moscow based agency
focused in the conception and production of premium projects for the world's leading luxury brands.
Luxury & Premium brands, 2 location based agency,
international team and projects
http://www.imc-agency.com
FOUNDER, CEO, PRODUCER 06/2002 to 09/2015
2 Light, Moscow
Communication with clients and partners
Business development
Project management
Event production management
Vtoroy Svet was founded in 2002 as a hire company of display systems and video equipment with own video production in Russia, Moscow. After eight successful working years, relying on knowledge and experience, it began to offer a wide range of production management services for organizational and technical event support for clients. The company successfully worked until
2015 and ceased to exist after reconstruction.
5000+ projects, top and protocol events, own high-tech equipment PROJECT MANAGER, PROJECT COORDINATOR 10/2002 to 05/2005 RUSSIAN SHOW CENTER, Moscow
World famous stars booking and touring,
Concert promotion and advertising,
Production, technical management, event production management The united group of companies SAV Entertainment and «Russian Show-Center» promoted more than 500 different events. A big number of international mega-stars such as Paul McCartney, Phill Collins, Elton John, Metallica, KISS, Ozzy Osborn, Aerosmith, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Karlos Santana, David Bowie, Scorpions, Paul Young, ZZ Top, Bryan Adams, Sting, Prodigy, Depeche Mode, Charlez Asnavour, Patricia Kaas, Julio Iglesias, Bryan Ferry, Joe Cocker, Duran Duran, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Earth, Wind & Fire and many others comes to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and dozens of other Russian and CIS cities thanks to united group of companies.
A number of shows, presentations, conferences, concerts, events, festivals which are organized by united group of companies, are high profile social events supported by wide media coverage.
https://savshow.ru/about/?lang=en
State University of Management (SUM)xRMA Business, Moscow MBA, Arts And Entertainment Management, 05/2005
Russian State Social University, Moscow
Master of Science, Psychology, 02/2004
EDUCATION
Some clients and brand cooperations
Chanel, Bvlgari, Cartier, H&M, Creative
Technology (Sweden), Hyundai, Genesis
(Korea), Silk Road Destination etc.
Awards:
https://2020.winners.moscow
● Guiding Star — Invisible Moscow— Finalist
- Best Excursion Project 2019-2020
https://www.goldenmask.ru/en/
● Golden Mask — Invisible Moscow
—Laureat — Russian Case 2020
https://travelhub.moscow/factory2020
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● Moscow Travel Factory Accelerator —
Invisible Moscow — Finalist — B2C Project
2020, Ritz Carlton Special Prize
https://nuz.uz/sport/1269127-gid-eto-
liczostrany-
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● Forum of Guides of Uzbekistan— Invisible
Samarkand - Best Innovative Excursion 2023
● Muse Creative Awards— Invisible
Samarkand - Silver Muse 2023
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
https://www.oneclub.org
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
● Member of The One Club Creative Community (USA)
English
Full Professional
LANGUAGES