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Roman Bukh

Head of Brand & Content at Finom | Brand Narrative Strategist | Helping brands sound like humans & think like stories | Effie and Cannes Lions Winner

About Me

Brand Director with 15 years of experience in crafting authentic Brand Narratives. My purpose is to turn positioning statements into stories people actually care about. Effie winner and jury member. 70+ global awards, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Webby. Experience in global in - house roles, creative agencies and entrepreneurship lets me approach tasks from multiple dimensions. A blend of analytical and creative mind.

Jurisdiction

Russia | Cyprus | United Kingdom | Kazakhstan | Germany | Italy

Experience

Seniority LevelC-Suite
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Brand DirectorFinom.
2024 - Present

powered all - in - one fintech platform for entrepreneurs and small businesses across Europe. Reinvented brand and marketing strategy, resulting in 110% business growth and 2 big investment rounds • Brand strategy: Brand Strategy & Positioning — defined Finom's new brand platform, purpose, tone of voice and brand narrative, built around the energy of entrepreneurship. • Creative Leadership: built and lead an in - house Brand&Creative department (15+ people) doing brand marketing, campaigns, content, and design across 7 countries (the main ones are Germany, Italy, France) • Rebranding: initiated and led a full - scale rebranding, including visual identity, website and app relaunch, ensuring internal and external brand adoption. • Brand Awareness Campaigns: launched Finom's first multi - market brand awareness campaign, resulting in a significant uplift in brand visibility and engagement across key European markets.

Global Head of Brand StrategyinDrive.
2021 - 2024

Works in 46 market 13. Achieved a 120% increase in downloads ( + 100 million) and a 450% growth in total rides (reaching 5 billion), made inDrive second most downloaded ride - hailing app and the fourth largest travel app globally. • Brand strategy: Developed and executed brand strategy from scratch (positioning, vision, mission, tone of voice and more) for core business and 5 other business verticals (Transportation, Delivery, FinTech). • Brand Identity: Initiated and led a full - scale rebranding, including new visual identity and guidelines, with a branding agency. Supported further localization and implementation across 46 counties. • Creative strategy: Boosted brand awareness by 6% (up to 46% in some countries) and MAU by 18% through launching inDrive's first global ad campaign (aired in 31 countries, reaching 120+ mln people). • New markets: Planned and rolled out campaigns for launches in 17 countries across EMEA, LATAM, SEA ( + USA) resulting in each of these countries consistent profitable growth. • People management: Built and led a high - performing cross - functional team of 80+ people.

Head of Brand and MarketingRaiffeisenbank
2019 - 2020

Made a traditional "old - school" brand get №1 place in the rating of most digitally advanced banks in Russia. • Brand refresh: Initiated and led a brand refresh by updating positioning, mission, values and tone of voice, followed by updated visual identity. Made the brand more human and trustworthy. • Unlocking potential: Acquired +21% customers by creating brand marketing campaigns focusing on new products and target audiences, resulting in a Golden Effie Award (again).

Founder, CEO, Head of StrategyTRU Agency.
2018 - 2020

Established a creative agency, built a pool of world - class clients (BMW, Diageo, Ehrmann, Yandex, Storytel) and executed brand and marketing strategies focusing on socially responsible topics. • Built and trained a dynamic young team, most of them are now award - winning professionals.

Senior Strategic PlannerCheil.
2014 - 2016

Samsung does in marketing,

Strategic PlannerVLMY&R
2010 - 2014

Education

Degree of Bachelor's DegreeNational Research University
2006 - 2010
Masters of Masters DegreeNational Research University
2010 - 2012

Certification

Total Certifications1

Webby Awards | 1x Winner Eurobest | 2x Bronze D&AD |, 1x Wood Pencil, Golden Drum | 2x Grand Prix | 1x Gold | 3x Silver Pentawards | 1x Silver, quite a few smaller ones, million impressions, the most mentioned campaign in the region in 2023., +26% awareness and +18% market share, which made us market leaders in Egypt, 1x Bronze Cannes Lions, most awarded agency in Russia, 10x Cannes Lions winner, (top 100 globally in Economics and Business university rankings, #16 QS EECA University Rankings), Effie | 2x Gold, 1x Bronze ADCE

Skills

Core skills1
Languages2

Skills

Branding, Branding, Market Positioning, Brand Marketing, Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX), Business Strategies, Branding, Marketing Strategies, Content Creation, Entrepreneurship

Languages

English
Russian

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