I am a highly skilled professional lead with over 10 years of experience and a strong background in IT, creative industries, and marketing. I have extensive experience diagnosing and solving tech problems alongside product and engineering teams. As a team player and collaborator, I bring empathy and resilience, combined with a fast-learning mindset and a startup spirit. Your future trusted ally awaits! I am passionate about creative services and driving measurable business impact through social media, digital advertising, and modern production pipelines. I have a keen understanding of social media performance metrics and measurement strategies, alongside demonstrated experience in communication, collaboration, and project management skills in fast-paced, dynamic environments.…

Mikhail Gall

I am a highly skilled professional lead with over 10 years of experience and a strong background in IT, creative industries, and marketing. I have extensive experience diagnosing and solving tech problems alongside product and engineering teams. As a team player and collaborator, I bring empathy and resilience, combined with a fast-learning mindset and a startup spirit. Your future trusted ally awaits! I am passionate about creative services and driving measurable business impact through social media, digital advertising, and modern production pipelines. I have a keen understanding of social media performance metrics and measurement strategies, alongside demonstrated experience in communication, collaboration, and project management skills in fast-paced, dynamic environments.…

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I am a highly skilled professional lead with over 10 years of experience and a strong background in IT, creative industries, and marketing. I have extensive experience diagnosing and solving tech problems alongside product and engineering teams. As a team player and collaborator, I bring empathy and resilience, combined with a fast-learning mindset and a startup spirit.

Your future trusted ally awaits! I am passionate about creative services and driving measurable business impact through social media, digital advertising, and modern production pipelines. I have a keen understanding of social media performance metrics and measurement strategies, alongside demonstrated experience in communication, collaboration, and project management skills in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

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Language

English
Fluent
Russian
Fluent

Work Experience

Chief Operating Officer at FEATMusic – Web3 startup
January 1, 2024 - Present
Developed and implemented operational strategy and policies to drive productivity; tripled performance. Created corporate roadmap, organizational structure, budgeting, action plans, tracking, and project launch setups.
CMO, Head of content & integrations at VK Clips – VK Corporation
July 1, 2023 - August 9, 2025
Built strategy from scratch, brought 3K+ partners, raised $3M in revenue YoY with 40% ER, 20% TS, and 15% CTR. Conducted 100+ special digital and product projects with top-10 celebrities and 60+ events saving $1.5M on barter. Raised product to 100M MAU and 1.5B DAU views.
CMO, Head of department at VK HR IT and corporate events department – VK Corporation
January 1, 2023 - August 9, 2025
Built a department from scratch including strategy, budgeting, roadmap, and organization structure. Organized 130+ events for 20K+ people across corporate, B2B, DevRel, and HR Tech sectors. Grew employer brand eNPS and engagement to 95%, reducing costs by $300K MoM.
CMO, Product Owner at VK Store – VK Corporation
January 1, 2023 - August 9, 2025
Conceptualized VK Store in 360° from location to launch and operations; doubled store daily revenue. Developed a mini-app online store for employees from TOR to MVP, reaching 10K DAU users.
CMO, Head of HR IT and Corporate Events Department at VK – IT Corporation
January 1, 2020 - Present
Built a department from scratch including strategy, budgeting, roadmap, and organizational structure. Organized 130+ events for over 20K people including corporate, B2B, DevRel, and HR Tech. Grew employer brand eNPS and engagement to 95%, reducing costs by $300K month-over-month.
Product Owner, Head of Creative - VK Store at VK – IT Corporation
January 1, 2020 - Present
Conceptualized VK Store end-to-end from location to launch and operations; doubled store daily revenue. Developed a mini-app online store for employees from TOR to MVP; increased it to 10K daily active users. Worked parallel to the role in VK Clips.
CMO, Head of Content & Creative - VK Clips at VK – IT Corporation
January 1, 2020 - Present
Built strategy from scratch, brought 3K+ partners, raised $3M in revenue year-on-year, improved engagement rate by 40%, time spent by 20%, and click-through rate by 15%. Conducted over 100 special digital and product projects with top-10 celebrities and 60+ events saving $1.5M on barter. Raised product to 100M monthly active users and 1.5B daily active user views.
Chief Creative Officer at LUKOIL International GmbH – Oil Corporation
January 1, 2017 - August 9, 2025
Produced 6 large festivals with 4K+ attendees each for children with cancer and their families. Curated content development, artist acquisition, logistics and operations, marketing, and promotion.
Chief Creative Officer at LUKOIL International GmbH
January 1, 2017 - August 9, 2025
Produced 6 large festivals with over 4K attendees each for children with cancer and their families. Curated content development, artist acquisition, logistics, operations, marketing, and promotion.
Co-CEO, Head of Production at Labeled Consulting – Consulting Agency
January 1, 2016 - August 9, 2025
Delivered 50+ special marketing and production projects for top-5 Russian & CIS telecom and fintech corporations. Developed 5 fashion concept stores in Russia's top-5 trade centers, doubling revenue year-on-year.
Co-CEO at Labeled Consulting
January 1, 2016 - August 9, 2025
Realized 50+ special marketing/production projects for Top-5 Russian & CIS telecom and fintech corporations. Developed 5 fashion concept stores in top-5 trade centers in Russia, doubling revenue YoY.

Education

Master of Philosophy at Saint-Petersburg State Univercity
September 1, 2004 - July 30, 2009
Bachelor of Music Business at UCLA
January 16, 2020 - November 27, 2024
Certificate at Berkley, UCLA, USA
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Master's degree at St. Petersburg State University, Russia
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2009
Certificate at Berkeley, UCLA
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Master's Degree at St.Petersburg State University
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2009

Qualifications

Certificate – Music Business Department
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Music Business Department Certificate
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Financial Services, Software & Internet
    Music Producer

    PORTFOLIO
    • Please check out my music here –

    WORK EXPERIENCE
    Self-employed 2014–now (10+ years)
    ● Music producer
    • Produced 500+ pieces for top-10 artists, commercials, IT corporations, TV series in Russia and CIS
    • Performed 500+ concerts Russia, China, Europe with my bands Vougal and Phonogramma
    • Created 30+ scripts for music videos, shows, awards
    • Wrote 1 course on music production for online school, had 500+ students
    • Conducted 50+ lectures as an expert / speaker / music professional about music production and AIs

    VK – IT corporation – CIS/remote/full-time 2021–2025 (4 years)
    ● VK Clips - Head of music, influence & content
    • Built strategy from scratch, brought 3K+ partners, raised $3M in revenue YoY / +40% ER / +20% TS / +15 CTR
    • Conducted 100+ special digital projects with top-10 celebs, made 60+ integrations saved $1,5M on barter
    • Fully produced “Free licence” product feature for creators and B2B partners with 20B+ streams / 300M+ UGC