Ilia Zolas
Location
Vaud
Field of Study
BSc International Hospitality Management | Le Wagon, Full Stack Dev
Expertise
Full Stack Web Development | Digital Marketing
About
Full Stack Developer | Digital Marketer
Full Stack Developer & Digital Marketing Professional with over 10 years experience in delivering profitable growth and creating beautiful applications based on clean and efficient code. Le Wagon Full Stack Bootcamp - 400h Udemy Full Stack & UI UX Courses - 100h +1400 Github contributions
Skills
AWS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adwords
After Effects
Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3
Blender
CSS
Digital Marketing
Docker
Express.js
Facebook Ads Manager
Facebook Marketing
Figma
Github
GoDaddy
Google AdSense
Google Search Console
HTML
Heroku
InDesign
Javascript
LinkedIn Advertising
Logic Pro
MongoDB
MySQL
Node.js
PHP
PostgreSQL
React.js
Ruby on Rails
Shopify
Three.js
Twitter Marketing
TypeScript
Unity
WordPress
YouTube
Open for
fulltime
Work Experience
The Digital Marketing Collaboration
2015-01 - 2020-01
Founder
London
fulltime
Owned digital marketing and web activities of over 40 SME’s in South Africa, UK, Singapore and Bali, promoting rapid growth through social media and content marketing, paid advertising, email campaigns and web development. Founded The DMC and owned digital marketing and web activities of over 40 SME’s in South Africa, UK, Singapore and Bali, promoting rapid growth through social media and content marketing, paid advertising, email campaigns and web development. - Wordpress | Woocommerce, Yoast, Divi, Elementor, Child themes, Wordfence - Google | My Business, Google Ads (Search and Display Network, Retargeting), Google Analytics, GA4, - Google tools | Google Search Console, Google Tag Manager - Social Media Marketing | Hootsuite, Buffer, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Tik Tok, Pinterest - Email Marketing | iContact, Mailchimp, Aweber, Sendinblue - Domains and Hosting | Godaddy, 1on1, Hostgator, Afrihost - Content Creation | Video, Photo, Audio, Adobe Suite
180 Degrees Catering and Confectionery
2013-06 - 2014-12
Digital Marketing Manager
South Africa
fulltime
Developed and coordinated organic social media strategies, PPC campaigns over Google Search and Social Networks for popular catering company. Created and maintained website and online store, holding over 100 products and a monthly 4000 visits. 180 Degrees Catering and Confectionery logo Web Master & Digital Marketing ManagerWeb Master & Digital Marketing Manager 180 Degrees Catering and Confectionery180 Degrees Catering and Confectionery Jun 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 7 mosJun 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos South AfricaSouth Africa Created and managed the company Website. Responsible for online customer experience. Also managed site analytics, SEO, reporting & site security. Responsible for: - Social media marketing - Content creation - Product photography - Media buying - Email marketing campaigns - Regular use of Hootsuite - Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Word and Excel.
T.E. Trade Events
2012-10 - 2013-06
Marketing Coordinator
South Africa
fulltime
Managed company website and on-site advertising. Created organic social media strategies for multiple subsidiary brands. Coordinated email campaigns to databases with over 500’000 contacts.
Guitar Excellence
2010-06 - 2011-09
Brand Manager Intern
South Africa
internship
Introduced business management practices, developed online lesson material, attended company meetings. Spoke at music school COPA career day.
Le Wagon
2021-04 -
Teaching Assistant
Vaud
freelancer
Teaching assistant at Le Wagon Bootcamp. Aided students in the development of their final Ruby on Rails applications. - Ruby on Rails - Javascript - Html - SASS - Scalingo - Heroku Also enlisted as teaching assistant for Prototyping, HTML, CSS, FIGMA at le Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne where final year students are taught how to create their own basic websites, application prototypes as well as an extended understanding of the web. - HTML - CSS - User Stories - Figma
Audacia
2022-01 - 2022-12
Software Engineer
Valais
fulltime
Responsible for implementing product pipelines, updates, features, security and support measures to a portfolio of brands held by the Audacia Group. - Ruby on Rails, Heroku, AWS - React, Typescript, Firebase, Google Cloud, Node, Postgres - Headless CMS - Liquid/Shopify - Antd / Tailwind - Docker
LS Instruments
2021-05 - 2021-12
Web & Digital Marketing Specialist
Fribourg
fulltime
Responsible for 360 degree digital marketing activities while maintaining and developing company sites, online shop, online products, content creation, online advertising, analytics, automation and best practices at nanotech company based in Fribourg, Switzerland. Additional responsibilities include event management for major trade fairs (artwork, communication, logistics) and inventory management of consumables related to the company online store. - UI/UX , Figma - Wordpress, Woocommerce, Wolf CMS - Google Analytics, GA4 - Google Ads, Search and Display Network, Retargeting - Google Tag Manager - Google Search Console - Hootsuite, Buffer - Social Media Marketing | Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram - Email Marketing | iContact - Domains and Hosting - Content Creation | Video, Photo, Audio, Adobe Suite - Blender 3D Modelling - Events, booth designs and logistics for major trade fairs.
Academic Experience
Ecole Hoteliere de Lausanne -
2008.09 - 2012.06
Bachelor of Science, BSc in BSC International Hospitality Management, Major Marketing