Jovan Parusic, Chief Business Officer / Founder

Jovan Parusic

Chief Business Officer / Founder

VRepublik.com

Location
Serbia
Education
Bachelor's degree, Higher education
Experience
15 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 6 Months

Chief Business Officer / Founder at VRepublik.com
  • Serbia
  • My current job since May 2016

Founder & CBO of VR company based in Serbia with offices in Belgrade and Berlin. VRepublik is a company specialized for VR development. It provides VR services ranging from VR gaming to VR 3D environment.

My main tasks are growth, business development and marketing, as well as project management and team with:
• Over 4 years of VR development XP.
• Our team has worked on more than 30 published games.;
• We are contributors to source code to both Unity & Unreal engines.
​1+ MILLION HAPPY USERS

Senior Marketing & Business Development Manager at VisMedic
  • Serbia
  • May 2015 to May 2016

Positioned VisMedic on the European StartUp map.
Developed marketing & business strategy and increased company’s value by 500%. Attended Startup Business Accelerator 6 month program “Smart living & Health”. Won the award of the “Best Serbian StartUp”.

Chief Marketing Officer at Bel Medic
  • Serbia
  • November 2014 to May 2015

Reshaped company’s marketing and brand strategy and path it’s road to the image of the Best private health care institution in the region. Won the award of the “Top Serbian Brand” in category of health care institutions.

Media Investment Expert at AS Media
  • Serbia
  • December 2013 to September 2014

Successfully managed cross media campaigns and
media planning for respectable clients as Lenovo;
Mercedes-Benz; Roma Company; Fructus; Zlatiborac
etc.

Chief Operating Officer at Liife Inc. - Multimedia platform
  • Serbia
  • March 2014 to September 2014

Setting up an early stage internal startup that included
Liifestore.com e-commerce platform and Liife Radio -
smart online radio module. Managed business and
margeting strategy. Supervised development and
implementation as a PO (product owner).

Social Community Manager at Link Media
  • Serbia
  • October 2012 to December 2013

Manged various social media campaigns with KPI
analytics and tracking. Created strategies, identified
influencers and target groups.

Assistant regional sales and export manager at Inchem Polonia
  • Poland
  • April 2010 to August 2012

• Apr 2010 - August 2012 Inchem Polonia, Poland Belgrade /Lodz, Poland

Position: Assistant regional sales and export manager
Inchem Company is one of the biggest producer of modern construction chemistry products and the leader in manufacturing pigment pastes which is present in over 25 countries on 3 continents. Reported to sales and export
manager for the Balkan region and Central Europe region

Main responsibilities: - Solving the challenges related to distribution for the region of Balkan (Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Slovenia, Croatia)
- Communication with key clients
- Finding best sales and marketing solutions for each country market in the region
- Market and competition research
- Launching of the new products
- External (company) relations
- Adapting product "on-pack" labels and marketing materials for local market
- Representing the company on international building trade fairs

My main achievements: - Solving the challenge of finding the distributor for Serbia and for Montenegro
- Expanding the cooperation on local markets
- Positioning the brand in the eyes of consumers, retailers, and competition

Enumerator at Republic of Serbia
  • Serbia
  • August 2011 to November 2011

• Aug-Nov 2011 Republic of Serbia, Statistical office of the Republic of Serbia
Position: Enumerator on census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011
My responsibilities: - Acquiring data and filling census forms for area i was assigned
- Controlling the correctness of filled forms
- Supervision of other enumerators and their work
- Assistance to republic instructors
My main achievements: - Contributed to the achievement of a successful census overall.
- Provided good and helpful assistance when needed to enumerators and higher levels in chain of command.

Junior copywriter (creative team member) /Assistant account executive manager at Saatchi&Saatchi
  • Serbia
  • October 2010 to March 2011

• Oct 2010 - Mar 2011 Saatchi&Saatchi Belgrade, Serbia
Position: Junior copywriter (creative team member) /Assistant account executive manager
Saatchi&Saatchi Belgrade is the best and most award winning marketing and advertising agency in the southeast
Europe. I reported to Managing director, Creative director, and Account executive manager.

My responsibilities: - Working with and within all positions in creative team
- Copy write.
- Creating campaigns which included tv commercials, print ads, PR, ATL, BTL.
- Market and competition research
- Strategic planning and analysis
- Brand launching


My main achievements: - Working on biggest regional advertising campaign for Nectar company for which i've done most of the work myself.
Campaign lasted for 3 months and resulted as a tremendous success.
-Successful work with some of the biggest companies of the region ( Komercijalna Bank; Nectar company;
Pekarna Blatnik; AD Backa)
- Learning all activities for all positions in one serious marketing and advertising company

VP External Relations at Aiesec
  • Serbia
  • October 2008 to June 2010

• Oct 2008 - Jun 2010 Aiesec Belgrade, Serbia
Position: Vice president external relations
AIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programs and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programs for profit and non- profit organisations. I reported to a local committee President.

My responsibilities: - Maintaining relations with partner companies of Aiesec
- Raising funds from companies
- Managing a team of 3 members
- Providing internship for members of Aiesec in companies
- During the summer months i was allocated in Reception team, which had the responsibility of taking care of foreign
interns. Getting them to know the people, overriding the cultural shock, introducing them with their work etc.

My main achievements: - Organizing a successful national conference of Aiesec Serbia, and providing several companies that were willing to participate as sponsors and partners.
- Maintaining relations with partners
- Spreading the awareness among other companies of Aiesec work with young talents and future leaders.
- Raising enough funds even due to the recession time

Education

Bachelor's degree, Higher education
  • at Megatrend University Business school
  • June 2012

Oct 2009 - Jun 2012 Megatrend University Business school. Belgrade, Serbia (Higher education) Program, degree: Executive management, Bachelor (BSc/BA)

Bachelor's degree, CNC programming
  • at Polytechnic Academy Belgrade
  • June 2006

Sep 2002 - Jun 2006 Polytechnic Academy Belgrade, Serbia (Secondary education) Program, degree: Programming of numerically controlled machines and computer control

Diploma, English
  • at University of Cambridge
  • June 2004

June 2004, FCA University of Cambridge

Specialties & Skills

Early Stage Companies
Growth Hacking
Startups
Business Development
Digital Marketing
Digital Marketing
Early stage development
Business Development
Investor Pitching
Analytical Thinking
Strategic Planning
Offline Marketing
Inovation

Languages

German
Beginner
English
Expert
Russian
Beginner
Serbian
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

Photoshop (Training)
Training Institute:
N.aA
Date Attended:
January 2002