Zhan Egikyan
Teacher and Bussiness Developer at EasierEnglish.BG
Bulgaria
Professional Status
Employed
Available
About Me
I'm a person who has been involved in wide range of activities, and in all of them I found that I'm passionate developer and helper in anything I get hands on. That includes not only developing the projects itself but also their members.
I have been part of more than 20 different projects connected with non-governmental work, social development, language learning, leadership, training, IT, etc. Most of my work was done in English both live and online. I have coordinated and been a leader for teams from 5 to 25 people online and offline.
Being into IT from a young age, I have developed natural ability to learn and apply different programming languages, concepts and gadgets. I lean towards web development as and area to continue my career, by involving my skills in HTML5, CSS & JavaScript.
For the last 2,5 years I have lead, facilitated and developed non-formal trainings on wide range of soft-skills, to audiences between 5 and 150 people. The topics included communication, team and time management, team development, feedback, how adults learn, public speaking, resource management, personal goal settings & development and a lot more.
I have been part of more than 20 different projects connected with non-governmental work, social development, language learning, leadership, training, IT, etc. Most of my work was done in English both live and online. I have coordinated and been a leader for teams from 5 to 25 people online and offline.
Being into IT from a young age, I have developed natural ability to learn and apply different programming languages, concepts and gadgets. I lean towards web development as and area to continue my career, by involving my skills in HTML5, CSS & JavaScript.
For the last 2,5 years I have lead, facilitated and developed non-formal trainings on wide range of soft-skills, to audiences between 5 and 150 people. The topics included communication, team and time management, team development, feedback, how adults learn, public speaking, resource management, personal goal settings & development and a lot more.
Teacher and Bussiness Developer
EasierEnglish.BG
Since January 2014
- The main tool I use for projects & process management is Podio
- Few months after I started my work I was promoted to Business Developer. Continuing my responsibilities as a teacher, I'm now in charge of strategic development, planning and coordinating processes in different areas of the team.
- I'm directly responsible for sub-projects and for coordinating knowledge and efforts in order to develop new ideas and business concepts. My area includes finding and resolving bottle-necks in order to ensure growth and development for the project and its members.
- I'm part of the team of EasierEnglish from the start of the web-platform. As a teacher my responsibilities include, writing interesting and educational articles and exercises about English language and grammar.
Editor of IT & HighTech section
MBN Media
Since June 2013
- My area of expertise was Technology, and as part of my work I wrote articles on English and Bulgarian for the most important daily news.With time I also started writing blog articles about Startups and web technologies.
- Writing blog articles
- Acquiring news sources
- Processing the daily news, and selecting the most important ones
- As as editor in MBN News I was responsible for:
Tour Guide at Free Varna Tour
365 Association
July 2013
to October 2013
- As a total 150 people have been on tours led by me and I greatly improved my knowledge (mainly by self-educating) of interesting and important facts of older and newer events in Bulgarian and Varna history.
- All the tours were delivered in English, with topics ranging from Bulgarian history, to contemporary culture, music, cuisine, etc. For my time on the team, I have done tours for groups ranging from 1 to 30 people, while always trying to be as fun and educational as possible.
- Moreover I was part of the team which prepared team-building for the teams of Association 365 of whole Bulgaria (around 40 people)
- As part of the Varna Team of 365 Foundation I was responsible for delivering 2 hour-long walking tours of the central part of Varna to tourists - mainly foreigners.
Vice President of Talent Management 2012/2013 in Local Committee Varna
AIESEC
May 2012
to April 2013
- Provide transition and knowledge management to my successor
- As part of changes in the team, for around 6 months I was also responsible for Communications ares. Part of my work was to develop and deliver
- Track the development of members
- Track the preparation of Personal and Career Development Plans.
- Main strategic responsibilities:
- Ensure flawless induction process of the new members
- Help preparing Job Description of all positions in the Local Committee
- Prepare of promo materials
- Lead and manage team of 10+ members
- Coach 2 projects during the term - Spring and Autumn Recruitment of new member
- Work online in a team with all the other VPs of that area in AIESEC Bulgaria - sharing Good Case Practices, prepare strategies for executing the process in the are on national level
- Work in a team with 7 more VPs on local level
- Planning the needs of HR for the whole term in conjunction with the other VPs
- Offline promo campaigns
- Help preparing the Local Education Cycle of the Local Committee
- Online marketing campaigns (Facebook, website & other media)
- Recruit, select, assess and allocate applicants for membership and exchange opportunities (by current needs)
- Take care of the brand management
- My main role is to ensure high quality experience of every member of the Local Committee. I lead and manage the team responsible for recruiting new members and developing the people in the local branch.
Organizational Committee President of Spring Recruitment 2012 in Local Committee Varna
AIESEC
February 2012
to April 2012
- Communicating with the applicants
- I also took part and was final responsible for the logistic and organizational activities of Local Induction Seminar Spring 2012 of Local Committee Varna. The seminar was 2 days, with 2 different tracks, 30+ delegates, and 10+ team of presenters/trainers.
- Taking part and preparing promo events
- Promoting the recruitment
- Organizing regular team meetings
- Leading the team
- I'm responsible for proper planning, organizing, and execution of the processes leading to the successful realization of the recruitment of new members.
Organizational Committee Member of "Make it Possible" in Local Committee Varna
AIESEC
December 2011
to April 2012
- Promoting the event;
- Take part in the planning process of the project;
- Responsible for accommodation of the interns;
- Responsible for logistic activities;
- Responsible for matching interns
- This is an international AIESEC project, aimed at raising the awareness of Bulgarian high-school students towards the Millennium Development Goals of The UN. Interns from the partner countries, will give them lectures/tutorials and etc. for about a month. My functions as a part of the team are:
Talent Managment Team Member in Local Committee Varna
AIESEC
November 2011
to April 2012
- Increasing the common events with members to make them closer
- Promoting different opportunities from Global Learning Environment
- Organizing team-building for TM team and LC Varna
- Taking part in member selection – assessment centre and interview
Local Trainers Team Team Member in Local Committee Varna
AIESEC
November 2011
to April 2012
- Ensuring that feed-back is received from the audience after each training
- Delivering the trainings
- Create the audio-visual material which will be used in the training
- Ensuring the logistics needed for the trainings
- Planning the trainings
- Identifying the need of trainings in the Local Committee together with the team
