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Irina Akelyeva

@irinaakelyeva

I help DTC brands grow through high-converting Shopify stores, CRO, retention, and email automation.

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to partner with ambitious DTC brands that want to optimize and scale their Shopify ecosystem through personalized customer experiences, conversion improvements, retention strategy, and data-driven growth.

I partner with ambitious DTC brands to turn Shopify and Shopify Plus stores into high-converting, customer-centric experiences. At GAÂLA Paris, I provide freelance ecommerce consultancy focused on connecting brand, technology, and growth.

I've also worked as a freelance Digital Marketing Consultant for Tuscany Now & More and Rocket Digital, delivering full-cycle email marketing, segmentation, automation, inbound marketing, and CRM programs. My work spans Klaviyo, Mailchimp, SendGrid, Dotmailer, GetResponse, ActiveCampaign, SendPulse, HubSpot, and Salesforce.

Previously, I led marketing at Ernesto de Barcelona and taught email marketing and digital marketing strategy at IPM Business School. I bring experience in ecommerce, SEO/SEM, content, PR, social media, lifecycle communication, and operational leadership.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Tuscany Now & More Ltd. logoTL
Current

Digital Marketing Consultant

Sep 2017 - Present (8 years 11 months)

Worked as Digital Marketing Consultant at Tuscany Now & More Ltd..

Rocket Digital logoRD
Current

Consultant

Sep 2017 - Present (8 years 11 months)

EMAIL MARKETING
We do a full-cycle email marketing - from design and segmentation to automation. ESPs: Klavyio, Mailchimp, SendGrid, Dotmailer, GetResponse, Active Campaign, Sendpulse.

INBOUND MARKETING
We create valuable content for your potential customers and promote it through the most effective channels.

CRM-MARKETING
We help you with the advanced segmentation of your database and automatio

IPM Business School logoIS

Visiting Lecturer

Jun 2016 - Nov 2019 (3 years 5 months)

Course "Email marketing"
Program "Professional Diploma in Marketing" - Module "Digital Marketing Strategy"
Intensive course for executives "Digital Marketing Strategy"

IPM Business School has the longest in Belarus experience in business education and is recognised as a leading private business school in Belarus В . IPM Business School is the only business school in Belarus that has the Internati

Ernesto de Barcelona logoEB

Marketing Director

May 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 4 months)

Ernesto de Barcelona (www.ernestodebarcelona.com) is a local designer brand of handmade jewellery & accessories. It is a small enterprise where I worked as a Marketing Director developing and executing marketing strategy:
- social media marketing,
- PR 2.0,
- trade marketing,
- email marketing,
- content marketing,
- SEO&SEM,
- E-Commerce.
Our marketing strategy covered B2B and B2C and primari

BEROC logoBE

Deputy Administrative Director

May 2012 - Mar 2014 (1 year 10 months)

I started working at Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC) as a project manager in 2009 in Kiev, it was a start-up project.
Together with the excellent team we have built sustainable influential economic think tank recognised on local and international level.
The range of my duties was extremely wide and included:
- daily management;
- strategy and budget development;
- fu

BEROC logoBE

Financial And Administrative Manager

May 2010 - May 2012 (2 years)

Worked as Financial And Administrative Manager at BEROC.

Kyiv School of Economics logoKE

Team Leader

Jan 2011 - Feb 2012 (1 year 1 month)

Country Team Leader under international project “Workshops for Economic and Business Journalist from Ukraine and Belarus”.
- strategy development;
- proposal and budget development;
- fundraising;
- team leading;
- development and maintenance of relationships with stakeholders in Belarus and abroad;
- development and maintenance of relationships with partners of the project;
- marketing and

Kyiv School of Economics logoKE

Project Assistant

Apr 2009 - Jan 2011 (1 year 9 months)

Assistant to the Project "Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center" at Kyiv School of Economics/EERC.
- management of day-to-day operations;
- technical and financial reporting;
- maintenance of the web-site and marketing;
- networking;
- organization of workshops, visits, internships and conferences.

IPM Research Centre logoIC

Project Manager

Nov 2007 - Jan 2011 (3 years 2 months)

I started working at the IPM Research Center in November 2007 as a project assistant and in March 2009 I was promoted to a position of project coordinator.
I assisted in
- grant proposals development,
- organization of workshops and conferences,
- public relations and marketing,
- databases development and maintenance,
- text formatting,
- interpreting (oral and writing),
- contracting,
-

Бизнес-школа ИПМ logo

Personal Assistant to CEO

Nov 2006 - Nov 2007 (1 year)

- meetings organization;
- interpreting (oral and writing);
- organization of business trips;
- organization of workshops and conferences;
- development of presentations and marketing materials.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

AL

AllWomen

Product Management

2022 - 2022

Framing Problems - Defining Value, Create Persona, Metrics and Data
Design Thinking
VPC and BMC
Minimum Viable Product + Roadmap
Story mapping for the companies
Agile Methodologies: Kanban, Scrum

ES

ESERP Business & Law School

Master's Degree, Marekting; Digital Marketing

2014 - 2016

Courses:
- Foundations of Marketing and Digital Marketing
- Community Management
- Digital & Social Media Strategy
- SEO
- Brand Reputation
- E-Commerce
- Content Marketing
- Managing Digital Marketing Teams

IS

IPM Business School

Certificate in Finance, Finance and Financial Management

2009 - 2010

Certificate of the Controller Akademie AG (Germany)
Business Value Assessment; Cash Management; Capital Market; Management Reporting and Financial Analysis; Financial Planning

TU

The Open University

Professional Certificate in Management, Business Administration and Management

2008 - 2009

General Management; Human Resources Management; Finance and Information Management; Customers and Quality Management

BU

Belarusian State University

Bachelor's Degree, Sociology

2001 - 2006

Faculty of Philosophy and Social Studies, Sociology Department; Specialist in Sociology/BA in Sociology; Major in Sociology of Management;

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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