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Irina Shurkina

Irina Shurkina

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder, CEO

INVISIBLE EXPERIENCES Inc.
06.2024 - Current

Founder, CEO


An award winning International team of producers focused on creating In-Live and immersive experiences related to entertainment, brands, tourism, art and culture.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G_XVRZEGGfUh7W9YMJxbSBYv7_6elJjO/view?usp=share_link


Head, Event Management BA program/ Senior Lector

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS University
01.2016 - Current

Head of Event Management BA program/ Senior Lector/

Author of BA programs: Event & Production Management,

Event Producing and startups in Entertainment


Consistently ranked as one of Russia’s top universities, HSE University is a leader in Russian education and one of the preeminent economics and social sciences universities in eastern Europe and Eurasia. Having rapidly grown into a wellrenowned research university over two decades, HSE University sets itself apart with its international presence and cooperation, is ranked among the top 100 institutions worldwide in Politics & International Studies, Sociology, History, Economics & Econometrics in the QS – World University Rankings by Subject.

~7000 lecturers and researches, 50400+ students, 100800 alumni

https://www.hse.ru/en/



Lecturer, Event Project Management

MGIMO University
02.2020 - 06.2024

Lecturer / Author of Master programs: Meeting Industry project management, Producing


MGIMO University (Moscow State Institute of International Relations) is among the premier social science universities in Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and BRICS countries.

Today, MGIMO offers a vast array of undergraduate and

postgraduate degrees in 18 areas of study; as well as PhD, MBA, Executive MBA, and pre-university programs. It takes pride in its unique language learning opportunities with 53 foreign languages delivered full-time, which earned it a Guinness World Record for the largest number of languages taught at a university. MGIMO is also a world-renowned, highly influential public policy think tank.

It has been ranked the 8th best university based policy think tank in the world by the 2020 UN-commissioned Pennsylvania University Survey

3 Presidents, 12 Foreign Ministers, 8 Prime Ministers, and

more than 1200 Ambassadors of Russia and other countries

https://english.mgimo.ru



Founder /General Producer

Invisible Moscow
02.2019 - 05.2024

INVISIBLE MOSCOW is a unique edutainment tailor-made

project in Russia, Moscow, combining tourism and

entertainment formats. Group walking audio tour in the

immersive theatre format in 4 languages.

20000+ visitors for 2 years, annual theater and tourism

Awards, finalist of Moscow Travel Hub Accelerator 2020 (top 10 of 350)

Founder, investment, general producing (producing of entire project from idea to launch), fund-raising 100K$


https://invisiblemoscow.com

Founder / General Producer

11 LAB
09.2015 - 05.2024

11 LAB is one of the leading event & creative production

suppliers in Russia, based in Moscow. This company provides service in the whole country and abroad, including protocol and premium events at the top level.

2500+ projects, 150+ happy clients, collaborations with

worldwide famous brands.

Producing, business development, project management,

communication with clients and partners, event production, creative concept, production & technical management


  • http://11-lab.com


Lecturer, Event Project Management

RANEPA
10.2021 - 04.2024

Event Project Management and Event Marketing workshops


The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) was founded by Presidential Decree on September 20, 2010. This foundation involved the merger of two previously existing academies: The Academy of National Economy (ANE), which was established in 1977, and the Russian Academy of Public Administration (RAPA), established in 1991. The merger also brought together 12 other state educational institutions.

https://www.ranepa.ru/eng

General Producer

Invisible Samarkand
01.2022 - 10.2022

1 of October 2022 has launched INVISIBLE SAMARKAND

(Uzbekistan), the similar Moscow project, 100 minutes

unguided walk for a group of people in the immersive theater format in 2 languages. Participants put on special

headphones, and, following the voice of the protagonist, go through the city along the author's route. Professional sound design, which recreates the real and fantasy sound landscape of the city, and an interactive way of communication with the travelers help to immerse deeply into the story.

General producing (producing of entire project from idea to launch), fund-raising 50K $

  • https://invisible.uz

Producer, Production Director

IMC AGENCY
09.2017 - 06.2018

IMC AGENCY is a London and Moscow based agency

focused in the conception and production of premium

projects for the world's leading luxury brands.

Luxury & Premium brands, 2 location based agency,

international team and projects


http://www.imc-agency.com

Founder, CEO, Producer

2 Light
06.2002 - 09.2015

Communication with clients and partners, business

development, project management, event production

management


Vtoroy Svet was founded in 2002 as a hire company of display systems and video equipment with own video production in Russia, Moscow. After eight successful working years, relying on knowledge and experience, it began to offer a wide range of production management services for organizational and technical event support for clients. The company successfully worked until

2015 and ceased to exist after reconstruction.

5000+ projects, top and protocol events, own high-tech equipment

Project Manager, Project Coordinator

RUSSIAN SHOW CENTER
10.2002 - 05.2005

World famous stars booking and touring, concert promotion and advertising, production, technical management, event production management


The united group of companies SAV Entertainment and «Russian Show-Center» received a number of national awards for its achievements in the field of show-business including a number of prestigious “Ovatsia” awards in the “Event of the Year” and “Promoter of the Year” nomination, including the 2002 awards.

For the past years SAV Entertainment and «Russian Show-Center» promoted more than 500 different events. A big number of international mega-stars such as Paul McCartney, Phill Collins, Elton John, Metallica, KISS, Ozzy Osborn, Aerosmith, Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Karlos Santana, David Bowie, Scorpions, Paul Young, ZZ Top,

Bryan Adams, Sting, Prodigy, Depeche Mode, Charlez Asnavour, Patricia Kaas, Julio Iglesias, Bryan Ferry, Joe Cocker, Duran Duran, Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Tom Jones, Yes, Vanessa Mae, Offspring, Deep Purple, Geri Halliwell, Roger Waters, George Benson, Robert Plant, Emma Shapplin, Luciano Pavarotti, Dave Gahan, Massive Attack, Bjork, Mariah Carey, Robbie Williams, Def Leppard, Whitney Houston, Black Eyed Peace, Shakira, Ricky Martin, Jamiroquai, Natalie Imbruglia, Judas Priest, Sara Baras, KoRn, 69 Eyes, Kelly Osbourne, Garbage, Foo Fighters, Cher, P!NK, Queen of the stone age, Pet Shop Boys, Earth, Wind & Fire and many others comes to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev and dozens of other Russian and CIS cities thanks to united group of companies.

A number of shows, presentations, conferences, concerts, events, festivals which are organized by united group of companies, are highprofile social events supported by wide media coverage.

https://savshow.ru/about/?lang=en


Education

MBA - Arts And Entertainment Management

State University of Management (SUM)xRMA Business
Moscow
05.2005

Master of Science - Psychology

Russian State Social University
Moscow
02.2004

Skills

  • Operational Excellence
  • Project Management
  • Talent Development
  • Succession Planning
  • Crisis Management
  • Business Administration
  • Revenue Growth
  • Strategic Planning
  • Business Planning
  • Systems Organization

Accomplishments

Some clients and brand cooperations

Chanel, Bvlgari, Cartier, H&M, Creative Technology (Sweden), Hyundai, Genesis (Korea), Silk Road Destination etc.


Awards:

https://2020.winners.moscow

● Guiding Star — Invisible Moscow— Finalist - Best Excursion Project 2019-2020


https://www.goldenmask.ru/en/

● Golden Mask — Invisible Moscow —Laureat — Russian Case 2020


Additional Information

  • Member of The One Club Creative Community (USA)

https://www.oneclub.org

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Founder, CEO

INVISIBLE EXPERIENCES Inc.
06.2024 - Current

General Producer

Invisible Samarkand
01.2022 - 10.2022

Lecturer, Event Project Management

RANEPA
10.2021 - 04.2024

Lecturer, Event Project Management

MGIMO University
02.2020 - 06.2024

Founder /General Producer

Invisible Moscow
02.2019 - 05.2024

Producer, Production Director

IMC AGENCY
09.2017 - 06.2018

Head, Event Management BA program/ Senior Lector

SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS University
01.2016 - Current

Founder / General Producer

11 LAB
09.2015 - 05.2024

Project Manager, Project Coordinator

RUSSIAN SHOW CENTER
10.2002 - 05.2005

Founder, CEO, Producer

2 Light
06.2002 - 09.2015

MBA - Arts And Entertainment Management

State University of Management (SUM)xRMA Business

Master of Science - Psychology

Russian State Social University
Irina Shurkina