Position: Assistant / Junior Project Manager
Category: Project Manager
Experience: 0 years | English: upper

I am managing my pet project of an Online Shop for developmental children’s toys, with a team 
of four people: a Power Query Developer, a Designer, a Sales Manager, and a Supply Manager. My responsibilities, in particular, include organization and coordination of the team's work, time & task management in Notion, execution and roadmap control, drafting and maintenance of project documentation and instructions, and solving legal issues.
Project Management Intern, We Challenge & UNIT.City
Kyiv, Ukraine (February 2023 - March 2023)

Project type: IT events organization
Responsibilities:
– Led and facilitated the Intern team
– Prepared Impact map of the project
– Prepared Project plan (WBS, Timeline, Resources)
– Prepared Risks register
– Prepared Stakeholder Register, Map, Matrix & RACI Matrix
– Prepared Stakeholder communication plan
– Maintained Business communication with Stakeholders
– Research and analysis

Tools:
– Notion
– Trello
– Slack
– Miro
– Canva
– Google Meet & Gather
– Google Workspace (Docs & Sheets, Calendar)
I am interested in the Assistant / Junior Project Manager position at IT Company. And I believe that I can handle this role’s responsibilities considering the following.

To master the knowledge of project management in the IT area, I have completed the following courses:
– "Fundamentals of team and project management in IT" from Lviv IT School (LITS), in 2021;
– "IT Project Management" from Creative&Tech Online Institute: Projector, in the period November 2021 – February 2022; 
– "Become a Project Manager", LinkedIn Learning Path, in March 2023.

While taking the mentioned courses, I worked with tools like Trello, Jira, Miro, Canva, Confluence, Notion, Gantter, Slack, Gather, Google Workspace / Microsoft Office, in particular, on:
– Impact Map & Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Gantt Chart;
– Risk Register, Stakeholders Register, Stakeholders Map / Matrix & RACI Matrix;
– User Stories & User Story Map, including preparing Definition of Ready and Definition of Done;
– Task estimation, using different methods, like Big/Small/Uncertain, Poker Planning, and T-Shirt Sizes.

Thus, I have a basic knowledge of project management, software development life cycle (SDLC), and methodologies (Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban).

In addition, I have a master's degree in law and have been working as a legal counsel for more than five years, including in the IT area. I have also overseen a team of five legal counsels, and controlled and coordinated their work. In this case, my experience as a lawyer allows me to perform, among other things, the functions in project management, such as:
– Communication with Customers and Stakeholders;
– Organization and coordination of teamwork;
– Managing the project, deadlines, and tasks, including in task manager;
– Creating a project plan, maintaining project documentation, registers, and preparing reports;
– Preparation of various kinds of legal documents, including Contracts, Invoices, and Services Acceptance Acts.

Also, I am an experienced user of Windows, MS Office, and basic Google applications. I am fluent in Ukrainian and Russian; I speak English at an upper-intermediate level and I am constantly working on improving my English. My soft skills are:
– Proactivity, and communicativeness;
– Multitasking, and self-organization;
– Fast learning, active listening, and teamwork.