Venera Saipayeva
Astana
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager / Marketing Specialist
Online IT School “Academica Courses”
07.2023 - 01.2025
- Increased the number of students from 30+ to 150+ per session by scaling educational programs and improving processes
- Optimized marketing strategies, boosting company revenue from 20M to 75M KZT
- Took over management of the marketing department, including strategic planning and team leadership
- Established partnerships with two second-tier banks (BCC and HCB), enabling course graduates to secure employment
- Successfully completed the 'Tech Orda' project with Astana Hub for 46 participants, fulfilling all obligations on time
- Coordinated with external vendors to ensure deliverables met project specifications.
Administrative Director
Marketing Agency "Rise Agency"
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Expanded the team from 5 to 20 employees, ensuring their professional growth
- Developed workflows and regulations, enabling the attraction of additional projects (5+ projects per specialist)
- Implemented financial management from scratch, creating and improving the agency's financial model, doubling revenue
- Optimized payroll costs to 25-30% and enhanced team motivation
- Led, directed, managed and mentored 20 administrative staff members.
- Streamlined office processes by implementing efficient administrative systems and procedures.
Head Financial Manager
NGO "Member Committee AIESEC Kazakhstan"
09.2021 - 09.2022
- Successfully implemented 15+ educational projects, including full oversight of 5 projects
- Secured long-term partnerships with LG Electronics and Food Solution (McDonald's)
- Managed communications with decision-makers in partner companies such as LG, Mars, UN, MasterCard, and others
- Implemented budgeting processes for improved financial planning and resource allocation.
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Logistics
AlmaU
Almaty, ALA06-2021
Specialist Diploma - Translation Studies
AKTGTK
Almaty, ALA06-2017
Skills
- Click Up, Trello, Notion
- Canva, Miro, Xmind, Power BI, Google Looker Studio
- Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Languages
English
Full Professional
Turkish
Full Professional
Timeline
Project Manager / Marketing Specialist
Online IT School “Academica Courses”
07.2023 - 01.2025
Administrative Director
Marketing Agency "Rise Agency"
10.2021 - 09.2022
Head Financial Manager
NGO "Member Committee AIESEC Kazakhstan"
09.2021 - 09.2022
Bachelor’s Degree - Logistics
AlmaU
Specialist Diploma - Translation Studies
AKTGTK