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Editorial Lead at Yandex Practicum who grew the editorial team from 9 to 20 and cut lesson production time with AI.

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At Yandex Practicum, I built editorial standards that made quality consistent and helped teams apply them without routing every decision through me. I wrote the Upskilling division’s house style, Tone of Voice, guides, and onboarding.

As Editor-in-Chief (Editorial Team Lead), Upskilling, I grew the team from 9 to 20 editors and set up cross-review for 15. I raised editorial throughput by teaching editors to triage, cutting review rounds, and using AI where it helped; editors missed no deadlines.

I built a prompt library for routine editorial tasks and took part in an AI-drafting pilot that cut lesson production from 10–14 days to 3 in its first wave. I also led a unified content-formatting standard adopted across Practicum course production, and developed guides with Legal and Instructional Design.

Before Yandex Practicum, I spent 10 years in science and health journalism, publishing more than 900 pieces. I based my reporting on original research and expert interviews, making complex subjects readable for a general audience.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Editor-in-Chief (Editorial Team Lead), Upskilling

Yandex Practicum

Dec 2023 - May 2026 (2 years 5 months)

Raised editorial throughput 60% under the same standards, ran editing for up to 16 IT courses, wrote house style and Tone of Voice, set up cross-review, grew team from 9 to 20 editors, and led AI adoption.

Editorial Standards Style Guide Tone of Voice Editorial Review Quality Control Team Leadership Hiring AI Workflows Prompt Engineering Cross Functional Collaboration

Editor-in-Chief, Management Faculty

Yandex Practicum

Dec 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year)

Led a team of 4-5 editors, managed planning, course resourcing, quality control, and style guidelines. Set editorial direction for the faculty's Telegram channel, growing it from 0 to 4,000 subscribers in four months.

Editorial Management Team Leadership Quality Control Style Guide Content Strategy Telegram Marketing

Editor

Yandex Practicum

Jun 2021 - Dec 2022 (1 year 6 months)

Edited long-form business course content, condensing subject-matter experts' originals to learner needs while preserving author voice.

Editing Content Development Subject Matter Expertise

Staff Writer

Republic.ru

Jan 2011 - Jan 2021 (10 years)

Wrote 900+ published pieces from news to long-form, meeting daily and weekly deadlines. Read original research, interviewed experts, and fact-checked complex subjects for a general audience.

Journalism Research Interviewing Fact Checking Science Writing Health Writing

Freelance Journalist

Reminder, The Bell & others

Jan 2011 - Jan 2021 (10 years)

Freelance science and health journalism for various outlets, producing 900+ published pieces from news to long-form.

Journalism Research Interviewing Fact Checking Science Writing Health Writing

Junior Brand Manager

Multon (Coca-Cola HBC)

Jan 2005 - Jan 2008 (3 years)

Managed brand activities as part of career progression from Marketing Assistant to Junior Brand Manager.

Brand Management Marketing

Packaging Manager

Multon (Coca-Cola HBC)

Jan 2005 - Jan 2008 (3 years)

Managed packaging operations as part of career progression from Marketing Assistant to Junior Brand Manager.

Packaging Management Marketing

Marketing Assistant

Multon (Coca-Cola HBC)

Jan 2005 - Jan 2008 (3 years)

Started as Marketing Assistant, progressed to Packaging Manager and Junior Brand Manager.

Marketing Packaging Management Brand Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Saint Petersburg State University

Degree in Marketing, Marketing

Degree in Marketing from Saint Petersburg State University, School of Management. Homologated in Spain as Licenciada en Investigación y Técnicas de Mercado.