Andrew Sakhno
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Andrew Sakhno

PR, Marketing Communications & Events Manager

Limassol, Cyprus · Living in Cyprus for almost ten years

Profile

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15+ years in PR and marketing communications: press releases, press trips and press conferences, CEO interviews and speaker placements, social media, and strategy with budgets and KPIs. Worked for banks, a game-dev ad-tech company, property developers and hospitality brands.

Started as a journalist, became Head of PR at Piraeus Bank in Ukraine and went on to be PR Director at international companies, working closely with senior management, product teams, HR and outside PR, advertising and social media agencies. Graduate of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (London). Easy to work with, good at leading and motivating a team, and able to get a conversation going with almost anyone.

years in PR and marketing communications
15+
press releases and placements, all in the newsroom
19
game-dev conferences in 11+ countries: I prepared CAS.ai’s stands and speakers
12+

Experience

  1. 2025–26THE ROOMS Creative Space, Limassol: PR and Events Manager
  2. 2024TERRATO: Director of Marketing and Communications, leading a team of four
  3. 2024TerraLeads · Chinggis Khaan Valley · THE THOMPSON: Conference stand and party · brand and website · Instagram
  4. 2022–23Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), PSV Group: PR & Business Development Manager
  5. 2022–23WOLGA Park · PUNIN GROUP: Brand and website · press releases
  6. 2019–21Wythall · WeCare · B&B King’s · Wimbledon Park · Luxury Cars Club · ROVI: Brands, websites and strategies for developers, hotels and a clinic, plus news and press releases
  7. 2018–19ARALAN Consulting: One of three co-founders, hospitality consulting
  8. 2015–18MBA Consult Group (India, Slovakia): Press releases, articles, speeches
  9. UniCredit Bank Ukraine: Corporate party for the bank’s employees
  10. 2010Piraeus Bank, Ukraine: Head of PR
  11. Before 2010Media: Journalist

Selected work

  1. Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), PSV Group, 2022–23190+ new B2B clients for the company and 2,000+ followers on the channels I ran, 2022–23
  2. Piraeus Bank (Ukraine), 2010A press trip to Athens with a press conference by the Head of the Bank of Greece
  3. BIG Festival 2022, 2022My own keynote at BIG Festival, São Paulo
  4. Clever Ads Solutions (CAS.ai), 2022–2312+ conferences in 11+ countries as a sponsor and speaker, prepared from start to finish
  5. THE ROOMS Creative Space, 2025–26Nine events in the 2025–26 season; the seven documented here drew 870+ guests
  6. TERRATO, 2024Name, identity, custom typefaces and the investor deck

Skills

Strategy
PR and marketing strategy with budgets, timelines and KPIs; Business development and sales decks; Crisis communications; Investor presentations
PR and media
Press releases and news; Press trips and press conferences; CEO interviews and speaker profiles; Internal communications; Reputation management (CIPR)
Events
Concept, budget and running order; Conference stands, sponsorship and speakers; Corporate parties and brand nights; Suppliers, venues and creatives across Cyprus; Follow-up after the event
Content and social
Content plans for LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram; Shooting and editing reels; Work with influencers and bloggers; Announcements for forums, Telegram and Eventbrite
Brand
Naming; Logos and brand books; Corporate identity and custom typefaces; Websites, including every word on them; Signage, print, merchandise and uniforms

Languages

Russian (native), Ukrainian (native), English (C1), Greek (A2), Polish (A2)

Education

  • Reputation management, CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations), London
  • Economics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA)