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Nikitas Marinos-Kouris

Marketing Communications Professional / Project & Bid Manager

Nikitas Marinos-Kouris
43 years old
Driving License
Brussels Area (1150) Belgium
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
  • Specialised in managing people, organisations and financial resources
  • Highly skilled at developing and managing communication projects

I am currently self-employed, working as a Project/ Bid Manager for communication contracts within the EU.
Previously, I was employed by Tipik http://www.tipik.eu/ as Project Manager (in the areas of public and corporate affairs). I have also worked as a project manager with Qwentes http://www.qwentes.be/.

Examples of my work include the pan-European communication campaign for “Women in Research and Innovation” http://science-girl-thing.eu/en and other projects for the European Institutions and the European Parliament such as the “Parlamentarium promotional campaign” http://www.europarl.europa.eu
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Service Delivery Manager

Inspiiro.Me
Since March 2015
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
  • Planning and coordinating the organizational/ technical activities required for delivery of the services to ensure final deliverables meets contracts specifications
  • Identifying potential issues and drives resolution to avoid customer impact
  • Bid Management for calls for tenders within the EU/ Creating and implementing project plans and maintaining high standards in bid quality to deliver bid requirements on time
  • Selecting & recruiting new consultants team dedicated to different kind of EU projects
  • Leading & coaching the team of consultants during project’s life cycle

Project Manager (Communication contracts within the EU)

Tipik Communication Agency
May 2011 to August 2014
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
  • Offer preparation: Clarifying objectives and scope of the project, identifying key resources (IT, graphic design, editorial & linguistic, social media, AV, events), drafting the offer and preparing the budget.
  • Develop project management plan: Preparing work & organisation breakdown structure, planning the whole work.
  • Manage project execution: Managing and motivating the project team, communicating progress internally and to the client, solving problems, managing subcontractors, managing deadlines and risks.
  • Closing of a project

Project & Bid Coordinator (Communication contracts within the EU)

Qwentes
October 2009 to April 2011
Full-time
Brussels
Belgium
  • Monitoring the progress of works and the efficient production of deliverables
  • Supervising compliance with time limits and with technical and budgetary commitments (through SAP)
  • Reporting on the progress of works to the Project Director and the client
  • Coordinating (& drafting) bids for institutional communication contracts within the EU

Project coordinator - “Development of detailed strategic plans for municipalities (Paiania and Markopoulo)”

National Technical University of Athens
September 2007 to August 2008
Freelancer
Athens
Greece
  • Conduction of environmental analysis
  • Development of detailed strategic plan based on various perspectives (Environmental protection, social oriented activities, entrepreneurship / sustainable development
  • Reengineering of organizational structure
  • Financial statement analysis (profitability performance measurement through an extended ratio analysis)
  • Measurement of specific quality characteristics for the proposed investments (innovation, environmental protection, social contribution etc)
  • Evaluation of the beneficiaries’ contribution in providing newjob creation

Business Analyst - "Development of policies against crisis management (Ministry of Mercantile Marine)"

Planning SA
September 2005 to August 2006
Freelancer
Athens
Greece
  • Identification of bottlenecks in a crisis management procedure
  • Market research
  • Design of a friendlier user interface for operators in current department
  • Preparation of the technical characteristics for the proposed updates

Trainee - “Forecasting demand for Fast Moving Consumer Goods-FMCG”

National Technical University of Athens
August 2001 to September 2002
Freelancer
Athens
Greece
  • Assisting in the selection, organization and analysis of data for a specific product
  • Identification and analysis of competitors and substitutes
  • Assisting in the identification of main factors (especially advertising) & their affects on sales.