Work experience

• Blogger

  Savalan Aspi Winery

  2025.04-Current

  (5 months)

  Crafting engaging blog posts and website content to promote winery products and enhance corporate image, reaching a growing online audience.
• Translator

  Milli Majlis (Parliament of Azerbaijan), Baku

  2020.09-Current

  (5 years)

  Translating legislative documents, news and website content, facilitating online domestic and international outreach.
• Translator (On-Call)

  Unibank Commercial Bank, Baku

  2020.01-Current

  (6 years)

  Providing rapid translation of financial and banking documents.
• Freelance Translator

  VERO Translation Company

  2022.06-2024.09

  (2 years)

  Handled diverse translations (cosmetics, legal, culture) across English, Russian and Azerbaijani, ensuring accuracy and cultural nuance.
• Subtitler & Transcriptionist

  Productive Playhouse (PPH), USA

  2023.05-2024.06

  (a year)

  Translated and subtitled chat shows and social media content from Azerbaijani to English, delivering under tight deadlines.
• Teacher of English

  world (dunya) school, sumgait, azerbaijan

  2017.01-2020.01

  (3 years)

  Elevated pupils from pre-intermediate to advanced levels, with a 95% exam pass rate, preparing many for international study.
• Independent English Tutor

  Sumgait, Azerbaijan

  2010.01-2019.01

  (9 years)

  Successfully tutored challenging as well as promising students, enabling several to pursue higher education abroad (USA, UK).
• Translator & Interpreter (On-Call)

  RWE Dea, Baku

  2009.01-2015.01

  (6 years)

  Supported business meetings and geological projects with accurate translations and cultural mediation. Held various translation, lecturing and writing roles with organisations including Unibank, Western University and The Azeri Times, building a broad foundation in media, education and finance.

Educational experience

• Swiss Montreux Business School, Montreux, Switzerland

  MBA Psychology

  2017.04-2017.12

  (9 months)

  An MBA in Psychology, overarching
• Gotham Writers' Workshop, NYC, USA

  ScreenwritingI&II

  2017.05-2017.08

  (4 months)

  A remote screenwriting workshop and course
• State Languages University, Azerbaijan

  Candidate of Sciences in Psychology

  2007.08-2008.06

  (a year)

  The local equivalent of PHD
• British Council, Baku, Azerbaijan

  Cambridge CAE & CPE

  1998.01-1998.07

  (7 months)

  Read my CV, please
• State Languages Institute, Baku

  Diploma in Translation & Teaching

  1995.09-1997.06

  (2 years)

  Just what it says
• Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Moscow, Russia

  Creative Writing Studies (4 Years)

  1991.09-1995.06

  (4 years)

  Read my CV. What's the point of uploading a CV if I am then required to fill in all those boxes?

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