Iwona: my virtual CV

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I am double-educated in Sociology and Software Development. By passion and lifestyle, I am also an experience-designer, teacher and performer, where I practice complementary, more experimental ways of communicating with the world. Believe me, those skills can also be used for business, new education, (IT) projects. I will gladly tell you about it over a coffee.

 I speak very good English, Danish and Polish, have a rich network and international experience both from companies and educational institutions in Denmark and abroad. I am interested in how people, businesses and organizations communicate and develop, using progressive web technologies and new, sustainable ways of thinking.

My dream job? I believe dreams are created on the go – together with a team, partners and customers. My biggest strength is that I am specialist in being a generalist, who has both strategic overview, great communication and analytical skills, but also ability to dig into details, like nerding with a code. A job role is secondary, what matters to me is mutual investment and agile development through teamwork.

 

CURRENT PROJECTS (spare time)

Portable Door researching, designing and leading workshops, rituals and individual sessions

Sisters Academy teacher, performer, researcher for art and innovative education project

https://håkanmagnusson.se portfolio website design – for an artist and teacher

recycling project in my sailing club

Authentic Relating Denmark and Borderland workshop designer, festival co-creator and Facebook group moderator

 

PAST PROJECTS

Club de la Faye project coordinator, interactivity designer, teacher, performer, Facebook group moderator

Menneskebiblioteket a “book” in the Human Library

ERCI part of sea and rescue team, helping refugees on Lesbos, Greece

‘100 faces’ (Huskunstnerordningen) interactive performance teachings in Danish schools

SIGNA performer

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018 —

independent

experience- and workshop-designer, human- and web-researcher, individual coaching

2015 —

Sisters Academy (Sweden 2015 -16; Denmark 2017- 20)

performer, teacher, performance designer, researcher in new education,

2016 – 2016

DIS/PLAY, Copenhagen

web test, QA Manager

2008 – 2013

Club de la Faye, Copenhagen (interactive performance art installations)

foreman, performer, performance designer, project coordinator, teacher

2014 – 2015

Hobbitten, nursery, Copenhagen

taking care of children, general help with the building and the garden

2014 – 2014

Euman A/S (project), Copenhagen

consultant, concept-developer, project manager for a game/e-learning project

2013 – 2013

IBIS, Copenhagen

campaign-, volunteers- and events-coordinator, social media responsible

2012 – 2012

IBM (internship), Application Innovation Services, Copenhagen

Bachelor thesis on system integration project (Danish DUBU-ESDH)

2011 – 2012

IBM (student job), Global Technology Services, Copenhagen

assistant of Account Portfolio Manager

2010 – 2011

Abakion A/S (internship), Copenhagen

software developer

2008 – 2018

Tivoli Hallen, Copenhagen

kitchen and waiter

2009 – 2009

Kulturkajen DOCKEN, Copenhagen

cafe and restaurant runner, events organizer

2007 – 2007

FRANKE, Gdynia, Poland

translator (Polish-English) and assistant for management-contractors fra USA

2004 – 2004

ERNST &YOUNG, Toronto, Canada

administrator and data archivist

2004 – 2004

Marek Michalczak’s Tax Office, Toronto, Canada

assistant, receptionist, meeting organizer

2003 – 2003

BRAEMORE NECKWEAR, Toronto, Canada

assistant at Shipping Department, showroom responsible

 

EDUCATION 

 

2011 – 2012

 

 

 Professional Bachelor (PBA) in Software Development (grade A)

Business Academy KNORD (Erhvervsakademiet KNORD), Denmark

Thesis: “System integration in the Danish public sector on the example of the DUBU-ESDH integration project, implemented by the ‘Application Innovation Services’ department at IBM Denmark”
2008 – 2011 Academic Professional (AP) in Computer Science (grade A)

Business Academy KNORD (Erhvervsakademiet KNORD), Denmark

Thesis: “Handling encrypted Json data between smartphones and Microsoft Navision databases.“
2001 – 2007

 

 Master in Sociology (grade A)

University of Gdańsk, Poland

Thesis: “(Re)creating identities and worldviews through role-taking in

social interactions in theatrical vs ‘real’ frameworks. – based on the

Performance Theatre ‘Seven Tales of Misery’ by SIGNA.“   /download/

 

During that period:

2003/2004             Dean’s leave (1 year in Toronto, Canada to gain

experience and improve English)

2004/2005             Study Abroad Program – Thames Valley University, UK

2005/2006             Socrates Program – University of Copenhagen

 

ADDITIONAL COURSES

PRINCE 2 (project management)

Web Development at Valtech (C# and Sitecore)

Online Marketing

 

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

International and interdisciplinary experience

  • academic and professional experience in various study and work environments in four different countries (Poland, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark)

  • combining IT, sociology, interactive performance art, social media, communication

 

IT skills, Software development

Not a strong programmer, but I have a deep understanding of various languages, technologies, software development processes in all phases + hands-on experience in the areas:

  • Web design and development: basic Photoshop, HTML5, CSS3, CMS (wordpress.org)

  • object-oriented programming: java, C#

  • Relational Databases, SQL

  • Software Test, continuous integration, automated test, agile and Test-First approach

 

Project Coordinator, Personal Assistant

  • knowledge of (IT) project management, agile methodologies and client contact

  • cross-disciplinary understanding, translating between various professional “languages”

 

Languages

  • Polish (native), English (excellent), Danish (very good)

 

Academic and journalistic research/writing

  • experience in research and variety of projects including radio programs, documentary films, performance art productions and interviews; texts directed to various target groups

  • three theses in English in various fields: Social Sciences, IT, Art

 

Representative, diplomatic and ”people” skills

  • strong communication skills, process-facilitation, presentations and customer service

 

multi-level Marketing, Social Media

  • developing creative campaigns at IBIS, for performances, events (virtual + face-to-face)

 

Creative and Experience Design

 

Teaching / Couching

  • performance teaching and interactive workshops

(Sisters Academy; ITU (DK); Explosive!(Germany); Folkhögskolan ‘Svefi’ (Sweden))

  • designing and facilitating self-development group workshops and one-to-one sessions

 

INTERESTS, SPARE TIME

Art, Interactive Performance + Embodied Art & Philosophy

Creative Teaching, Holistic Growth and Communication

Communities (virtual and face-to-face)

Web, Blogging, Film Editing

Sustainability

Sailing

People