Education

University of Latvia

Riga, Latvia
September 2001 - June 2005 (unfinished Bachelor)

Faculty of Social Science

September 2003 - June 2005

Faculty of Earth science and Environment

September 2003 - June 2005

Riga Secondary School No. 90 Riga

Riga, Latvia
September 1990 - June 2001

Professional experience

Online Entrepreneur / Internet content specialist

Since October 2008 Industry: Online Media
  • Customization of blogs (Professional WordPress customization expert) and web page, websites face-lift, upgrade and administration of online media, consultations.
  • Creation of web pages (programming: PHP, MySQL, jQuery, JSON, XML, CSS and xHTML).
  • Customer relationship management, Web monitoring, Internet conversation monitoring about company

Working with small-medium size enterprises (starting from Startups and individual freelancers to well established European level companies)

Rolands Umbrovskis (a.k.a. MediaBox.lv | SimpleMediaCode.com) is Web development freelancer and Internet content specialist (SEO, SERP, web content promotion).

Riga, Latvia

Internet content specialist

March 2008 - April 2009 Industry: Cosmetic, Marketing & Advertising
    Tasks:
  • Prepare, edit and update information in web page,
  • Maintenance of page for different level Representatives,
  • Support Marketing, Sale support and Client support departments,
  • Creation of web based ads.
Additional: implantation of new International internal web-project.
Avon Cosmetics, Riga, Latvia

Avon Cosmetics is the world's largest direct seller, Avon markets leading beauty, fashion and home products to women.

Project manager

May 2007 - October 2007 Industry: Marketing & Advertising, Guerrilla marketing
    Tasks:
  • Advertising project management, BTL activities,
  • HR activities,
  • Documentation of project: tasks and costs.
  • Guerrilla marketing activities

Cooperation with shop trade networks in Latvia and Lithuania.

Partizans, Riga, Latvia

About Partizans: An independent advertising agency providing integrated BTL and non-traditional media services. Partizans offer original and creative solutions to their full implementation.

Volunteer, Web developer, teacher, Radio DJ

September 2005 - March 2006 (contract work) Industry: NGO, Culture, Media
    Tasks:
  • Development of web page,
  • domain registration for projects and clients,
  • Maintenance of web page,
  • Youth worker and teacher,
  • radio DJ in local radio station.

Work was done during European Voluntary service (EVS). After work was issued EU certification confirming skills.

PRAXIS cultural Organisation, Serres, Greece

About PRAXIS Greece: PRAXIS is a non-governmental and non-profit making cultural organisation in Serres . It was founded in 1995 in order to offer a broad spectrum of cultural activities to the town youth and involve them in cultural issues.

Founder, Chairman of the Board

January 2000 - July 2009 Industry: NGO, Culture, Media, Event management
    Tasks:
  • External relations,
  • Project writing, finding, management
  • Maintenance of web page,
  • European level project management,
  • Project writing for European funds,
  • Fundraising
creative group MYSTYLe art, Riga, Latvia

NGO creative group MYSTYLe art: group of students and young people, who are creating and supporting cultural activities, projects through media and arts

Skills and Knowledge

Languages

  • Latvian - native;
  • Russian - using every day, no writing;
  • English - good;
  • German - average;

Online

  • PHP - 6/10;
  • HTML - 9/10;
  • CSS - 9/10;
  • MySQL - 5/10;
  • WordPress - 99/100 (ELANCE.com test)
  • Driver licence - YES
    Category B (2011-03-28 /2 years)