Cyprus

Generalist Product Management

Master's degree

specialist

Lutsia Gorelova

HR Director

Communication

Collaboration

Empathy

Organisation skills

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Workable

Glassdoor

Notion

BambooHR

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

Understand the process of training, motivating and directing your team members.

Managing people

How to identify star candidates, evaluate technical ability, and close hires

Hiring software engineers

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to successfully prepare and position yourself for a job promotion?

How to get promoted

Learn the career path and progression for product managers.

Product management career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

I support professionals in their global job search and professional development as a part-time career consultant. 
As part of my support, I assist them with a variety of tasks like:
• developing a job search strategy,
• updating their resumes,
• getting ready for interviews (mock interviews),
• negotiating salaries. 

Regardless of prior professional experience, my goal is to assist people in developing a prosperous career more quickly. I have previously spent 80 hours giving career advice to my clients and produced about 20 unique resumes.

• Increased the headcount by 30% from 2020 to 2023 
• Reduced time to hire by 15% and cost per hire by 20% by creating an in-house recruiting department		
• Upgraded onboarding process, which reduced turnover rate for newcomers by 15%
• Cooperated with the marketing department to build a new team by attracting A-players as a result of 
   increased marketing spend by 3x for 2021-2022	
• Fostered 1-on-1 and continuous feedback culture for the entire company
• Improved overall Employee Engagement rate of 10%

BandLab Technologies is a next-generation social technology collective that integrates the physical and digital supply chain around music. BandLab, the group’s flagship digital product, is a social music platform that enables creators to make music and share the creative process with musicians and fans. 

• Increased employee retention for 10% by re-design of performance review process 
• Implemented BambooHR (HRIS) to manage all employee data in one place and reduce time costs by 15% for HR and Finance departments
• Increased newcomer retention rate by 20% by improving the onboarding process
• Created the employee handbook for 2 offices in Singapore and Hong Kong and saved 10% of HR’s work 
    time
• Reduced costs per hire by 40% by implementing the program of internal referral bonuses
• Hired more than 30 employees for 3 years

This position reports directly to the CEO.

I was responsible for:

• Talent Acquisition (Mobile developers, Unity developers, 2d Artists, UI/UX designers, JS dev, QA, PM, User Aquisition managers);
• Management of HR department;
• The onboarding process for new hires;
• Drive the process of creation Company mission and values, EVP;
• Support Team Leads and Product managers with people's management;
• Internal communications process;
• L&D activities ( personal development plans, conferences, inviting Experts for meet-ups in our office);
• Manage other projects (team building events; corporate merchandise; healthcare program);

Main achievements:
• Fully formed teams for 3 main projects;
• Implemented the hiring process from scratch (Structured interviews) (ATS - JIRA);
• Implemented the adaptation procedure; 
• Implemented 1-on-1 meetings;
• Set up EVP;
• eNPS growth

Responsibilities:
- Recruiting for the open positions:
iOS developer, Android developer, JavaScript developer, Web developer, PHP, Fullstack, Traffic manager, Sales, team lead, QA engineer, game designer, UI designer
- Conducting skype/or face to face interviews with potential candidates
- Promoting HR brand (meet-ups, conferences)
- Developing of local regulations, policies and procedures, organizational structure (staffing, job descriptions, internal work order rules, etc.).
- Adaptation of new employees, controlling of intermediate and final results on probation

Responsibilities:
- Recruiting, searching and selecting of the candidates for the open position:
С++/iOS developer, Unity developer, Javascript/HTML5 developer, cocos2d-x developer, team lead, QA engineer, project manager, game designer, 2D artist, Flash Artist etc.
- Conducting skype/or face to face interviews with potential candidates
- Promoting company brand (networks, conferences)
- Developing of local regulations, policies and procedures, organizational structure (staffing, job descriptions, internal work order rules, etc.).
- Adaptation of new employees, controlling of intermediate and final results on probation
- Event management

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