Anja Burlica

4+ years of experience in internal and external communication combined with social media, web-content and event-management skills. Proven ability to establish and maintain relationships with

variety of stakeholders. Motivated team player. Result oriented and resilient in stressful situations

Communications & Advocacy Officer at European Academy of Neurology, Vienna; Austria

October 2019 — February 2023

• Successfully collaborated with different departments within company on multitude of projects; i.e. creation and distribution of scientific survey on COVID-19, collection of data and dissemination of results (co-author of publications on long COVID and vaccination hesitancy)

• Managed project on collection of resources for various projects; i.e. Knowledge Distillery

• Website section planning and development; maintained and updated TYPO3-based website and Wordpress blog; facilitated communication with external design team

• Led survey initiatives; reviewed, analysed, and interpreted responses, identified trends/issues, and prepared conclusion

• Managed social media channels; increased social media lead across all platforms resulting in improvement of the online presence; developed strategies and campaigns

• Acted as main contact point for European Union affairs, national representatives and other relevant actors, i.e. WHO or DG Santé

• Event management of 3 conferences; successfully organised hybrid event for advocacy with online presence of 1700+ participants, i.e. at the European Parliament under the auspices ofthe Czech Presidency of the Council

• Drafting and development of various documents for Board and committtees (end-of-year reports, quarterly reports)

• Managed internal communication between teams

Junior Associate at Isobar Switzerland, Prague; Czech Republic

May 2019 — August 2019

• Personal assistant to the regional manager

• Coordinated calendars and tasks of managers and their teams and successfully implemented new software increasing the overall effectiveness and productivity

• Served as a first-contact for clients, companies, executives and external partners

• Planned, organised and supported a company event for 8 regional managers and their teams; prepared itineraries, venue selection

Security Service Agent at ICTS Europe, Prague, Czech Republic

May 2017 — October 2017

• Facilitated security screenings at Prague airport for Delta airlines

• Visa and document verification for Air Canada

• Actively collaborated within the team to achieve security standards for international travel while maintaining professionalism and respecting diversity and needs of each passenger

Diploma Programme, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Vienna; Austria

October 2019 — July 2020

Post-graduate studies in Diplomacy

Bachelor's Degree, Cevro Institut, Prague; Czech Republic

October 2012 — July 2015

Political Science and International Relations