1. CV Danko Smukov
CURRICULUM VITAE
(Europass form)
PERSONAL INFORMATION Danko Smukov
Bulevar Arsenija Čarnojevića 45, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia
+381 11 2608107 +381 63 288342
danko.smukov@gmail.com
Date of birth 23. 02. 1973.
Citizenship Serbia
Gender male
Family status married, two children
WORK EXPERIENCE
2010 - today
Outsourced creative professional
International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs, Belgrade
 Fundraising (2010)
 Creation and production of a TV journal (2010)
 Creation of a promotional brochure (2010)
 Writing of more important media releases and ceremonial speeches (2014-2015)
 Consulting
Industry organization of cultural activities
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DESIRED EMPLOYMENT

2. CV Danko Smukov
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2011–2014
2012-2012
Newspaper and magazine writer
Newspaper Danas
 Baba Danka, marketing mrakača - column about remarkable ads, campaigns and other
forms of public promotion.
 Daily review of marketing communications in 2012 and 2014 election campaigns; published
in the daily supplement Izborna groznica (Election Fever).
 Few large articles for the special editions and the other supplements of Danas.
Magazine Taboo – periodical publication about marketing communications (October edition)
 A comprehensive overview of marketing communications in 2012 elections and a more
profound review of one particular micro-campaign .
Industry print media
2012 –2013
Outsourced copywriter
Marketing agency Direct Media, Belgrade (the largest media buyer in the region of fomer Yugoslavia)
 Ads, campaigns and promotional material creation, textual communication, PowerPoint
presentations etc.
 Brands: Jelen, Beck’s, Staropramen, Milka, Florida Bel, Telenor, Neptun, Idea, Fa,
Direct Media etc.

3. CV Danko Smukov
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
PERSONAL SKILLS AND
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2009 –2013 Marketing agency Unibrand, Belgrade
 Ads, campaigns and promotional material creation, textual communication, PowerPoint
presentations etc.
 Brands: Najlepše Želje, Cherry, Banca Intesa, TV Fox, Delta City, Sigma, Unibrand etc.
Industry marketing communications
1996 – 2012
Freelance copywriter / commercial video director & producer
Clients: Alcatara Invest, Raiffeisen Leasing, GoNet, Panasonic, ICRC, Balkanmedia etc.
 A complete or partial creation and production of different media content, supervising,
organisation.
Industry marketing communications, media production
2007-2008
Copywriter
Marketing agency Grey, Belgrade
 Ads, campaigns and promo material creation, textual communication, PowerPoint
presentations etc.
Brands: Imlek (all brands) , Telenor, VISA, Nokia, Tehnomarket, Samsung, Gillette,
Fairy, Max Factor, Lilly, EFG Eurobank, Durex, Ballantine’s, Chivas etc.
Industry marketing communications
2015-2015
1994-1999
1992-1994
1992-1992
1987-1991
The training for project proposition development at DKC Majdan
The 4-year film and TV directing studies on the state funded institute FDU in
Belgrade. Graduating exam (30-minute film) accomplished and the actual
degree (somewhere between a Master and a Bachelor’s) obtained in 2008.
The preparatory year and the first academic year in film directing, with all lectures and exams
accomplished at VGIK in Moscow.
The course for simple TV show creation at Radio Television of Serbia (public TV broadcaster).
Matematička gimnazija in Belgrade (a high school for gifted pupils, with an advanced program in
maths and computer sciences).

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COMPETENCES
ADDITIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Foreign languages
Computer skills and competences
Driver’s licence
Extra
English (excellent), Russian (fluent), French (satisfactory), basic course in German
 Windows (administration)
 MS Office
 Internet
 Different programs for audio/video production and design
yes
 Possession of some audio/video equipment
 Solid knowledge on various subjects
 Good communication skills
 Team leading capacity
 Author of a children’s comedy play Toy shop, successfully staged within the preschool
institution 11. april in Belgrade (2012).
 A short story Bodovi u gostima (Scoring Away) published in the magazine
Status (2007).
 Short films Popodnevna tekila (Daytime Tequila) and Klinci iz Feketića (Feketic
Kids) repeatedly shown on popular TV stations RTS and Studio B (1999-2000)
 Assistant director in Ana Maria Parangalu’s feature film The Hounted Yard
(Moscow, 1993).
 Worked as a fixer and as a translator.