Julia Sarnecka, née Płachecka

Partnerships, Innovation, and Project Manager in Warsaw, Polska

Julia Sarnecka, née Płachecka

Partnerships, Innovation, and Project Manager in Warsaw, Polska

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Looking for an expert in projects and partnerships management, innovation brokerage and communications? This would be me! With 20 years of experience in matching people, industries and organisations at regional, national, EU and global levels, I can set up a collaboration that would perfectly fit your needs. I will negotiate with the C-suite, internal and external teams, and service providers, making cross-functional, cross-sectoral, and cross-cultural projects run like clockwork. No matter the industry, I will make sure that professionalism, structure, and a respectful aproach are among the core values of the partnership.

Also:

  • I supported AI and VR- based innovation roll-outs at Orange Poland and SWPS University
  • was involved in projects run by well-known Polish NGOs (i.e. Comenius Foundation for Child Development, Rural Development Foundation, Association for Creative Initiatives ‘ę’, Centre for Citizenship Education), as well as big institutions operating globally (Foundation for the Development of the Education System, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, British Council, Ecorys) and international corporate tech and IT enterprises (TechSoup, Orange)
  • worked for European networks established by the European Commission (Lifelong Learning Programme and Erasmus+ National Agencies, Europe for Citizens Contact Points, Creative Europe Desks)
  • developed, curated and organized an average of 20 trainings, presentations and seminars yearly, including international events with participation of European experts, on topics such as innovation and creativity, film education, TV Series
  • for 11 years I consulted an average of 20-40 European projects yearly covering funding schemes such as film festivals, theatrical distribution, distribution online, films and games development, tv programming, film education, networks of towns, town twinning, civil society projects, european remembrance, school partnerships, strategic partnerships in education
  • for another 11 years I worked as an English-Polish and Polish-English interpreter at Warsaw Film Festival
  • I wrote and edited c.a. 60 publications
  • I speak Italian!

Below you will find my SM profiles, LinkedIn and Slideshare pages and Creative Europe Desk Polska YouTube channel with videos from various conferences I had an honour to conduct.

You can contact me at [email protected].

  • Work
    • Manager
  • Education
    • Postgrad. Dipl.: Agile PM, SWPS University
    • Postgrad. Dipl.: EU Studies, University of Warsaw
    • Postgrad. Dipl.: Edu. Mgmt., University of Warsaw
    • MA: Cultural Studies, University of Warsaw
    • Socrates Erasmus at Università l’Orientale, Napoli