• Promotion of UK educational institutions on the CIS market. • Attracted and established business partnerships with agents from the CIS. • Consulting students on the choice of FE, HE programmes and course providers, providing further support with admission and registration. • Guiding on UK visa applications • In country visits to the key partners for networking, trainings and sales boost. • Liaising with universities, private institutions, agencies, parents, pupils. • Negotiated and signed a contract between the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and the Marconi University for exclusive business development in two countries. • Contributed to the establishment of “Education in Russia “concept through the partnership with the local universities in the region.

• Established new sales territories (Russia and other CIS countries) and built strong client relationships within a highly competitive environment. • Increased number of bookings through direct recruitment and online campaigns. • Managed marketing activities across the online and offline channels (PPC, SEO, Google, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Blog Releases, email marketing) • Sourced content for the social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Google+, Blogs)

• Managed clients against Immigration rules, providing a high standard of care for them. • Prepared and successfully submitted a variety of applications to the relevant government authorities: applications for entry clearance, Leave to Enter, Leave to Remain, Indefinite Leave to Remain, Naturalisation as a British Citizen. • Drafted and completed letters to the UKBA and other agencies. • Increased the client base and detected business development opportunities.

• Marketed GraftonCollege towards the Russian market. • Established strong business relations with new educational agents and achieved high volume of recruitment. • Significantly increased a number of students coming from overseas as well as the UK. • Drawn up legally appropriate and binding agreements between the college and the agent. • Identified potential business opportunities in the recruitment of students for the College. • Provided inductions to new students, co-ordinating liaison between the college and students, and dealing with initial enquiries regarding course information. • Dealt efficiently with numerous immigration issues related to student visa extensions, entry clearance visas, refusals to remain. • Assisted students in urgent situations (removal, detention, deportation from the UK) referring them to the appropriate specialists.