Alina Strelkovskaia
Full-Stack Project & Product Lead. 7+ yrs in digital, editorial & product ops
- Heidelberg, Germany (relocation possible)
- + (49) 15510915980
- strelkovskaia@gmail.com
End-to-end delivery of complex projects across digital, editorial and product domains. Deep expertise in digital content and e-learning, sharp eye for user needs, structure-driven approach to managing data and processes and culture-minded - to leading teams.
Chaos-tamer and systems thinker. I bring clarity to ambiguity, patterns to entropy and strategy to scattered initiatives. If your team is facing messy data, misaligned stakeholders and unclear goals, I'm the one you send in with a map, a mirror and a torch.
Led multi-stream project delivery across digital publishing, editorial platforms and internal tooling with limited resources and unclear mandates.
Took initiative to design and implement lean processes for requirements gathering, delivery coordination and retrospective learning.
Acted as de facto product manager in absence of formal structures - bridging technical, editorial and management stakeholders. Key projects: text-recognition app, AI-powered companion to a book, Flashcards app, user needs research and prototyping for a Mobile Reader app.
Led a hybrid team of in-house digital editors and external content suppliers in the development of ELT learning content.
Designed onboarding and training materials for editorial teams across international units, improving consistency and quality.
Acted as editorial lead across multiple workstreams, balancing stakeholder needs, evolving tech platforms and shifting timelines.
Owned end-to-end learning design and digital editorial workflows for ELT products.
Managed freelance digital authors and vendors, developed editorial guidelines and initiated documentation practices.
Contributed to digital strategy discussions and cross-team collaboration on tooling, user needs and platform capabilities.
Designed multi-level Business English courses for one-on-one virtual learning, covering Pre-Intermediate to Advanced levels.
Created content for language practice apps.
Managed content development end-to-end: from writing and editing to coordinating visual, voiceover and layout production teams.
Led educational programming, including lecture series, conferences and public events.
Provided language support for international delegations and delivered museum tours in English.
Handled translation and editorial work on exhibition texts and institutional materials.
Designed and delivered General English courses for international adult learners at the School of International Relations.
Taught mixed-level groups and contributed to curriculum development.
Cultural Studies
Theory and Practices of Contemporary Art
Modern Foreign Languages (Literary Translation)
Cambridge-certified training in teaching English as a foreign language.
Summer school on innovation, tech adoption and social change.
Certificate programme
Interdisciplinary summer school on cultural integration, political identities and social dynamics.
Russian (native), English (native-level), Polish (C1), German (A2), Belarusian (B1/2), Swedish (A1), French (A1)
Exam certificates: IELTS Academic, Cambridge English Exam (C2, Proficiency)
General: standard Windows pack, MS Office, Google Workspace, Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, Sony Movie Studio, mailing systems (Unisender, MailChimp); Contract Express and DocuSign.
Content authoring and project management tools: Articulate Storyline, Adobe Captivate, Avallain, Easy Generator, Confluence, JIRA, Trello, Smartsheet; intuitive understanding of all kinds of CMS systems.
Programming languages: HTML + the foundations of CSS; the foundations of Python
+ General digital intelligence, experience working on projects involving AI, professional eye for UX/UI and the ability to upskill rapidly on demand.
I am a dancer and musician, avid art museum goer and enthusiastic pastry baker! Love receiving guests and going places, and making new acquaintances while doing social things. And when I need some chill time, I make myself a cup of tea and delve into a good book.