ELENA
RABKINA
Content and marketing specialist, webwriter, educator, photographer, art enthusiast, game designer, traveler and hedonist
Current location
Odessa, Ukraine
Date of Birth
7 July 1989
About Me
Hello! My name is Elena Rabkina and I made this website so that it would be easier for me to explain to people what I do and not to lose any important project among the variety of activities.
49 countries
13 years of playing intellectual games
10 mln+ views on Unsplash @rabkina
I am a full-time freelancer with a power house of competences in different areas. Freelance-based jobs allowed me to choose projects following my heart, combine various tasks and as a result develop wide and deep in knowledge and expertises. When you follow your passion, you're ready to dedicate the most time and energy – and I believe that's the key to success.
Among my experiences is working for 14 years in the sphere of content and marketing, being a TEDx speaker and mentor for many social projects, organizing street art festival, shooting and exhibiting photo projects, creating larps and board games and even putting on a play. I'm closely working with social entrepreneurship, as well as build personal projects like Hedonist Club.
MY COMPTENCIES
COPYWRITING
MARKETING
PUBLIC SPEAKING
PHOTOGRAPHY
GAME DESIGN
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
14 years
10 years
10 years
9 years
6 years
5 years
8 awards and grants
11 exhibitions
more than 1000 projects
Board Game "I'm Okay"
Interactive LAPR-play
"The Critics"
2 art resindences
University Education
2007-2012
Minsk State Linguistic University
Linguist, teacher of English, German, and Rhetoric.
2021-...
Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University
Master’s degree in psychology.
Additional Education
2008-2009
Course "Creative technologies in advertising",
Department of Education of the Administration of the Partizansky District of Minsk, Belarus.
2010-2011
Web Marketing course
Educational Center for Web Technologies ARTOX. Minsk, Belarus.
2016
Training "Introduction to Marketing"
AccuLearn Training, London, UK.
2018
Course "Go Online"
Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme, Luxembourg.
2021
Course "Project approach and intersectoral cooperation in the activities of a modern educational institution"
Central European Academy Studies and Certifications (CEASC) and Association of Project Managers of Ukraine.
2021
Course "Caring for yourself and the team"
The Red Cross Society of Ukraine.
2021-2022
Course "Project management for public organizations"
FreeUnion, Belarus.
Awards and nominations
2011
II Festival of Belarusian Advertising and Communication ADNAK, 2nd place – Category “Best Slogan”
2013
Competition performed by partnership shop of Artemij Lebedev. 2nd place – Category “Naming and Brand Identity”
2013
Young Creatives Belarus (Cannes Lions Competition). Participant
2014
V Festival of Belarusian Advertising and Communication ADNAK. TOP 4 in Category “Social Advertising”
2015
CrossCulture Internship Scholarship.
2017
RADA Awards nomination with the Blind City project in the Youth Art Initiative/Project category.
2020
Nantes Forum of Creative Generations grant
2021
Belarus Free Center Fellowship
Geography of my projects
The USA
Canada
Brazil
Grenada
The Czech Republic
Poland
Germany
Lithuania
Norway
Denmark
Russia
Belarus
Ukraine
Luxembourg Israel
UAE
Estonia
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Indonesia
Moldova
Greece
Cyprus
Bulgaria
CONFERENCES AND FESTIVALS
2008-2010
Participant and organizer of the Belarusian Model UN
2010
International Public Speaking Competition “Speculation on Our Future”. The English-Speaking Union. Minsk, Belarus
2017
BIGSMMDAY Conference, participant. Minsk, Belarus
2017 - 2020
Organizing urban and street art festival in the Vulica Brasil. Minsk, Belarus
2019
Participant of the Nantes Forum of Creative Generations. Nantes, France
2019-2020
Participat of Creatons (worked with the social project in the topics
of art, ecology, nature preservation)
2020
Tutor at Self-Care Festival
2021
Artist at Activism&Solidarity art laboratory
2021
Speaker at the festival of contemporary art – Mykolaiv ART Week "CONNECT"
INTERESTS
INSPIRATION
travelling
future
trends
business
art
psychology
spirituality
yoga
SKILLS
write
educate
research
analyze
enjoy
try new
adapt
manage
create
find solutions
VALUES
honesty
curiosity
mobility
development
optimism
safety
wellness
KNOWLEDGE
EXPLORATION
Courses, lectures, workshops that I developed and taught (the full list is here)
2018
"Creating a brand platform" for The Startup Gamer digital entrepreneurship course.
2018
"Content strategy for NGOs, social and cultural projects", Minsk, Belarus.
2019
"How to build online communication?" for the Erasmus+ program, Luxembourg.
2019
"The Art of Pitching" - Lecture + mentoring at the largest competition of social projects in Belarus "Social Weekend".
2020
Course on content marketing "7 steps of content marketing" for SMM.School.
2020
Lecture "Project approach and life cycle", Poland.
2021
Lecture "Co-creation: how does a team work?" for the MyART Platform with the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine.
2021
Lecture "How to present your project" for the accelerator Leaders of New Belarus.