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Hi, I’m Sanja Matasić, a multi-disciplinary communications professional based in Zagreb. I have built my career across journalism, content creation, education, and project management, serving media outlets, NGOs, and EU-funded initiatives. I enjoy turning complex topics into clear, engaging content and leading teams to deliver strategic narratives and digital campaigns. Currently I lead MataLing as a self-employed professional, producing content for Večernji.hr, Green.hr, and Roditelji.hr, while mentoring Roma communities and teaching Croatian to asylum seekers. I thrive in collaborative environments that combine storytelling, language, and social impact.…Hi, I’m Sanja Matasić, a multi-disciplinary communications professional based in Zagreb. I have built my career across journalism, content creation, education, and project management, serving media outlets, NGOs, and EU-funded initiatives. I enjoy turning complex topics into clear, engaging content and leading teams to deliver strategic narratives and digital campaigns. Currently I lead MataLing as a self-employed professional, producing content for Večernji.hr, Green.hr, and Roditelji.hr, while mentoring Roma communities and teaching Croatian to asylum seekers. I thrive in collaborative environments that combine storytelling, language, and social impact.

Sanja Matasić

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Hi, I’m Sanja Matasić, a multi-disciplinary communications professional based in Zagreb. I have built my career across journalism, content creation, education, and project management, serving media outlets, NGOs, and EU-funded initiatives. I enjoy turning complex topics into clear, engaging content and leading teams to deliver strategic narratives and digital campaigns. Currently I lead MataLing as a self-employed professional, producing content for Večernji.hr, Green.hr, and Roditelji.hr, while mentoring Roma communities and teaching Croatian to asylum seekers. I thrive in collaborative environments that combine storytelling, language, and social impact.…Hi, I’m Sanja Matasić, a multi-disciplinary communications professional based in Zagreb. I have built my career across journalism, content creation, education, and project management, serving media outlets, NGOs, and EU-funded initiatives. I enjoy turning complex topics into clear, engaging content and leading teams to deliver strategic narratives and digital campaigns. Currently I lead MataLing as a self-employed professional, producing content for Večernji.hr, Green.hr, and Roditelji.hr, while mentoring Roma communities and teaching Croatian to asylum seekers. I thrive in collaborative environments that combine storytelling, language, and social impact.

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Hi, I’m Sanja Matasić, a multi-disciplinary communications professional based in Zagreb. I have built my career across journalism, content creation, education, and project management, serving media outlets, NGOs, and EU-funded initiatives. I enjoy turning complex topics into clear, engaging content and leading teams to deliver strategic narratives and digital campaigns.

Currently I lead MataLing as a self-employed professional, producing content for Večernji.hr, Green.hr, and Roditelji.hr, while mentoring Roma communities and teaching Croatian to asylum seekers. I thrive in collaborative environments that combine storytelling, language, and social impact.

Skills

Copywriting

WordPress

SEO

Experience Level

Copywriting

Expert

WordPress

Expert

SEO

Intermediate

Language

Croatian

Fluent

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Journalist, Editor and Copywriter at MataLing (Self-employed)

January 1, 2023 - Present

Client work for Večernji.hr (since 2023) and Green.hr (2023–2025).

Chief Editor at Roditelji.hr (AMZ Group)

January 1, 2020 - March 31, 2023

Creating and editing content; developing strategy; managing Instagram and Facebook; creating native promo articles; writing articles; SEO editing; Google Analytics monitoring.

Educator at CSODjelaljubavi

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021

Mentoring asylum seekers; developing and adapting the Croatian language methodology to specific cultural and educational background.

Educator at CSOKulturaNova

January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2021

Mentoring Roma in the development of social and communications skills through acting and theater; EU project involvement; KNAP Theater Peščenica.

Subtitling & Translation Specialist at MataLing

January 1, 2018 - Present

Subtitling from English to Croatian for Disney Channel; subtitling cartoons for Cartoon Network; translating/editing/proofreading publications; teaching Croatian to English natives; developing EU projects.

Editor and Journalist at Hanza Media

January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018

Wrote and edited texts for the teen magazine OK!; executive editor of the OK! web portal; maintenance of Facebook for OK! Magazine.

Proofreader and Journalist at EuropaPress Holding

January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2004

Wrote and proofread editions including Doktorukući, Vita, Tena, Teen; part-time proofreading for publishers such as Mozaik knjiga and Izdanja Antibarbarus.

Professor of Philosophy and Linguistics at University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

January 1, 1991 - December 31, 2000

Taught philosophy and linguistics.