Maria Kovalevskaya

- Launched major brand and performance based revenue channel (digital marketing solutions, subscription-based model) - Facilitated professional community growth from 5,000 to 75,000 live accounts in Russia (involved speaking at professional events and liaising with influencers) - Scaled Account Executive and Strategic Account Management teams (from 1 to 20 people) - Created effective sales pipeline management processes (targets: sales growth and revenue retention) - Launched lead generation for International markets (100k+ qualified leads for UK, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark)

Online platform for affordable art collecting - Completed and executed business and marketing plans for the platform launch - Built a portfolio of 50 international and russian artists - Launched major festival for emerging art collectors Vkus Bumagi in Moscow (5000 guests/festival)

- Sourced consignments and established client relationships in Russia and Ukraine - Reviewed estimates and sale recommendations, valued and assessed works of art, maintained proposals and valuations - Designed a program of special events (exhibitions, lectures, presentations) at Sotheby’s Russia gallery space - Supervised and managed local and international interns - Oversaw the production of 16 traveling exhibitions and special events, including «Biedermeir from the collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein», The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (In the presence of HRH Prince Philippe of Liechtenstein) and Discovered masterpieces from Private American collections (The State Tretyakov Gallery)

- created and presented digital marketing reports on companies within the Corporate partners of the Museum group (analytics included such companies as Swatch, Campari, MaxMara) - assisted in management of permanent art collection (i.e. coordinating reframing, updating database before and after off-site shows, writing condition reports)