Lyakhovskaya Vera

Vera
Lyakhovskaya

PR specialist, journalist, copywriter, SMM specialist

Winner of 28 media competitions

Author and presenter of the copywriting course "Waltz of Letters, Tango of Words"

Organiser of international conferences, international exhibitions and international theatre festivals

Active social media user: 9,000 followers

Professional interests

Strategic communications

Corporate reputation management

Media relations

Developing PR campaigns

Crisis PR

Organising press conferences and events

PR effectiveness analysis

Writing and editing articles

Multimedia content: video, photo, infographics

Interviews and working with sources

Social media and digital platforms

Target audience analysis

Social media content

Targeted advertising and its analysis

Working with opinion leaders

Reputation management on social media

Writing advertising copy

Storytelling

Literary editing and proofreading

Delivering trainings and courses

Practical experience

CATEXPO company, Almaty

Organised 20 seasons of the Central Asia Fashion Spring&Autumn international fashion exhibition: PR strategy, working with media and bloggers, writing press and post-releases, arranging interviews, producing media reports

Optimised existing and wrote new texts for the website

Built a new database of 60 media partners and worked with them on an ongoing basis

Introduced ongoing management of Instagram, Facebook and VKontakte: identifying the target audience, creating the content plan, creating and editing texts, stories, visual design, reels

Wrote analytical materials on the results of the project's business conference

Worked at a venue with a large number of people: 5,000 people


Forum Plus, the magazine of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS member states, Moscow

Preparing in-depth text and photo materials on the socio-political, social, cultural and tourism topics of Kazakhstan


Elite Business Group company, Almaty

Organised an international online recruitment conference: 4 countries, 10 speakers, 1,250 participants (finding speakers, coordinating all organisational processes, preparing materials for sponsors and working with them, running the PR campaign on social media)

Worked with the media: arranging expert comments

Optimised existing and wrote new texts for the website

Cooperated with media partners: negotiated the best terms, which saved the company money

Ran Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn on an ongoing basis: creating the content plan, creating and editing texts, stories, visual design, reels

Used the SendPulse mailing service to create and distribute advertising materials


Karaganda Academic Theatre of Musical Comedy, Karaganda

Organising and supporting PR events: the theatre's 50th anniversary, the DosStar International Operetta and Musical Festival, the Kuklyandiya International Puppet Theatre Festival covering 15 countries;

Worked with media and influencers: writing press releases, arranging interviews and press conferences; with foreign guests as an English interpreter

Conducted audits

PR strategy — development and implementation

Developed profiles on 5 social networks: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki

Launched targeted advertising on social media: 20% growth in ticket sales from each advertising campaign

Interacted with large numbers of people, up to 900

Published a book for the theatre's 50th anniversary

Successfully found sponsors for the theatre's 50th anniversary

Created the theatre museum

Developed image materials: posters, calendar, reports

Conducted photo shoots

Filled the website with content

Coordinated the work of junior staff

 

Samruk Business Academy company, Astana

Organised and delivered the 16-hour training "Quality Text Writing — an Effective Communication Tool" as part of the open PR-school programme: 50 participants.


Tsvetopttorg company, St. Petersburg

Updated the website information weekly

Filled Instagram and VKontakte with content daily: posts, stories, community management

Created a series of sales posters for the chain's flower shops

Advised customers on buying flowers for significant dates

Gave competent feedback on negative online reviews


New Knowledge educational marathon, St. Petersburg

Worked on social media with sports stars Alexei Yagudin, Svetlana Khorkina, Svetlana Romashina, Tatiana Totmianina, Adelina Sotnikova, Sergei Burlakov and others. Preparing texts and photos, posting publications

Worked with the media online and on site during the event: accreditation, interviews, timely provision of information, press approaches

Cooperated with the security service of the largest venue — the Gazprom Arena stadium


Almaty Emergency Hospital

Carried out a full reconstruction of the website and filled it with new text and photo content

Created and promoted the hospital's Facebook page, which is still active today

Community management: tracking complaints and thanks from patients in the hospital and online

Worked with the media: writing press releases, arranging interviews and press conferences

Organised the hospital's 120th anniversary

Provided liaison between the hospital and government organisations

Major media of Kazakhstan: Izvestiya Kazakhstan, Forbes Kazakhstan, Svoboda Slova, Kazakhstanskaya Pravda, KazTAG news agency, Alau Kazakhstan (franchise of the famous magazine Ogonyok), Argumenty i Fakty, Liter

Wrote and edited text and photo materials on socio-political, financial, social, cultural and tourism topics.

Education

2001-2005 — Al-Farabi Kazakh National University;
Faculty of Journalism, specialisation "Publishing and Editing"

2024 — Anar Kydykova Academy of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Counselling psychologist in the relive modality

Further education

2023 — Olga Karaulova PR agency, Moscow, PR Director advanced training course

2023 — Kazakh language course at the Language Training Centre of Karaganda region

2023 — Advanced training courses "Practical Psychology" of the Association of Practising Psychologists of Central Kazakhstan

2020 — Mikhail Khristosenko SMM Academy, Moscow, advanced training course "Social Media for a Million"

2017 — Maigul Burgebayeva MSB School of Practical Internet Marketing, Almaty