Marina’s Professional Background
Marina’s career began in 2007 as a Marketer for a luxury goods brand. Since then her experience has evolved across corporate environments, small business, nonprofit, and agency work. Marina’s many talents have been shaped through her experience across various verticals in B2B and B2C markets from luxury fashion products, wholesale distribution, manufacturing, industrial wholesale, instrumentation and software, food security programs, to e-commerce and technology,
Marina is an experienced and diversified Marketing Leader who is passionate about understanding clients’ challenges and providing the best solutions to reduce costs, improve productivity, and increase revenues. Marina has an extensive academic training and practical experience in branding and communications. She has demonstrated the capacity to identify challenges, capitalize on market opportunities, and develop strategies that increase value and brand awareness. Marina is a strategic and analytical thinker who leads with a positive goal-oriented attitude and empowers direct reports and coworkers to take on challenges and succeed. Marina is motivated by seeing a team work together to achieve a significant goal that provides tremendous results for the organization.
Marina’s Personal History
A cultured and diversified individual, Marina was born in Moldova and migrated to United States at the age of 3. Marina is first-generation immigrant and the daughter of working-class immigrants. Her parents were the first of the family to arrive in the states, and eventually were able to sponsor the extended family. With over three decades as American citizens, the family continues to grow, adapt, work and contribute to American society.
Marina was the first in her extended family to attend and graduate an American University, Northwood University, with a specialized focus in Business Management. Marina is bilingual and fluent in English and Russian, and has over 15 years of professional Marketing experience. With a combined extensive background and education in Marketing, Communications and Branding her repertoire of skills have generated profitable growth for a number of organizations and reached numerous accomplishments in business development and brand awareness on national and international levels. Marina is currently Head of Marketing & Partnerships at an elite digital agency specializing in e-commerce and system integrations.
Aside from her professional passions, Marina fills her personal life with family, adventure, and culture. Marina loves to travel and has a passion for discovering ethnic food, diversified music, history, architecture, nature and art. Marina stays active with tennis, biking, yoga. Her biggest passion is the water, she lives up to her name. She grew up by the Michigan lakes and partook in watersports and boating, she also spent her young adult years living by the South Florida beaches.
