AJDI KOKOSHI
Staten Island,NY
Summary
Passionate and dedicated Museum Specialist with six years of experience in curating, managing, and preserving historical and artistic collections. Expertise in museum education, collection management, exhibition design, and research. Skilled in collaborating with diverse teams, engaging visitors, and ensuring the long-term conservation of artifacts. Known for strong communication, organizational abilities, and a deep commitment to making cultural heritage accessible and engaging for all audiences.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Specialist in the cultural heritage sector
Directorate of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Policies
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Researching local festivity days in different regions and villages of the municipality of Elbasan. (Venues, Restaurants, Local Businesses, Local Artisans, and Traditional Costumes)
- Event Management: manage regional event planning, working with the local community.
- Developing new strategies for the development of cultural tourism.
- Enriching the tourism map of the city with natural and interwoven cultural destination.
Cultural heritage specialist at Ethnographic Museum of Elbasan
Tourism and Culture Agency of Elbasan
10.2023 - 12.2024
- Organized and inventoried the archive documents of the Ethnographic Museum.
- Toured visits around the museum for multicultural groups of visitors, focusing particularly in object interpretation and their historical values.
- Coordinated activities aimed at promoting cultural heritage values in the city of Elbasan (i.e. artisan fair, courses of different types of craftsmanship, board games with heritage information, etc.)
- Participation in National and International fairs to promote the city of Elbasan and it’s cultural and historical values.
- Toured guides around the center of the city of Elbasan for different delegations.
Museum curator at the museum of the Normal School of Elbasan
Center of cultural heritage
04.2019 - 09.2023
- Inventoried both exposed and archived objects present in the museum.
- Reconceptualization of object exhibition.
- Toured visits around the museum and held activities aimed at promoting the history of the Normal School.
Education
MSc - Archaeology
University of Tirana
09.2019
BSc - Archaeology
University of Tirana
10.2017
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- PowerPoint
- Canva
- Exhibit preparation
- Art exhibition displaying
- Oral communication
- Creative direction
- Public engagement
- Social media promotion
- Exhibition planning
Certificates And Achievements
- Bootcamp – Reinvent Tradition, Cultural Heritage without Borders – Albania, Gjirokaster, Albania, 12/22
- Knowledge, Preservation and Valorisation of Old districts of Albania and North Macedonia, Sites and Cites Remarquables France, Bordeaux, Albania, 10/22
- 50th Regional Restoration Camp ʺRestoration of various monuments in the city of Gjirokastraʺ, Cultural Heritage without Borders – Albania, Gjirokaster, Albania, 09/22
- ViaEgnatia2.0 hackathon, Ambassade de France en Albanie, Tirana, Albania, 11/20
- Regional Restoration Camp ʺ Museum interpretationʺ, Cultural Heritage without Borders – Albania, Shkoder, Albania, 07/17
- 28th Regional Restoration Camp ʺArtisanship and todays Krujaʼs bazar problemsʺ, Cultural Heritage without Borders – Albania, Kruje, Albania, 07/22
Languages
Albanian
Native or Bilingual
Italian
Full Professional
English
Full Professional
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Specialist in the cultural heritage sector
Directorate of Tourism and Cultural Heritage Policies
01.2025 - 03.2025
Cultural heritage specialist at Ethnographic Museum of Elbasan
Tourism and Culture Agency of Elbasan
10.2023 - 12.2024
Museum curator at the museum of the Normal School of Elbasan
Center of cultural heritage
04.2019 - 09.2023
MSc - Archaeology
University of Tirana
BSc - Archaeology
University of Tirana
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