Milena Djuricic
Founder of Videomite
Milena Djuricic
Founder of Videomite
Istanbul, Istanbul
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and COO
2018 - Current
Invested in Videomite in January 2017, joined full time in April 2018 due to the company's fast growth. Videomite the biggest digital distributor/aggregator of video content and also important player in the music industry in Turkey and CEE region. We achieved that through our direct partnerships with YouTube, Google Play, Netflix, Apple, Amazon Prime, Spotify, Deezer, TikTok, BluTV, Vodafone, Yandex and many more VOD and music platforms.
Shareholder and Board Member
2020
Investor
2020
Vice President Business Development
2016 - 2018
Chief Operations Officer, Turkey
2014 - 2016
In charge of Product development, Marketing, Sales, Business Development and Corporate Communications for the first non-Russian speaking operation in Yandex.
Head of DoubleClick Advertising Solutions, EMEA Emerging markets
2013 - 2014
Leading sales teams in charge of selling advertising solutions based on DoubleClick's ad-technology platform to big clients and agencies. Responsible for sales strategy, C-level relationships, quota forecasting and quota achievements as well as evangelizing programmatic buying at conferences and seminars. Directly responsible for Turkey, Greece, Middle East, Israel and Africa.
Head of Media Solutions, EMEA Emerging Markets
2011 - 2013
Leading the team of specialists responsible for technology sales to large advertisers in Emerging markets of SEEMEA region. Focusing on YouTube, Google Display Network, Mobile and new features of Search advertising. Managing local teams in Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey, Middle East and North Africa. Responsibile for: product adoption, revenue targets, business planning, sales strategy development, as well as evangelizing digital media at conferences and seminars.
Head of YouTube and Display Ads Sales - Turkey, Greece & MENA
2010 - 2011
Driving new business revenue for YouTube and Google Display Network with large advertisers and agencies by providing strategic guidance to the industry's Account Executives. Responsible for Turkey, Greece, Middle East and North Africa: business planning & sales strategy development.
Sr. Project Manager, SEEMEA Sales Operations
2009 - 2010
Coordinating the team of Project Managers responsible for running projects in the SEEMEA region (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, CEE, Middle East and Africa).
Business Development Manager, EMEA Emerging Markets
2008 - 2009
Coordination of sales activities between multiple sales departments in the region of CEE, Middle East and Africa.
Country Manager
2007 - 2008
Managing Google's entry to Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria: exploring markets, business planning, improving Google's positioning, developing partnerships, acquiring content, new product launches. Among other products, involved in 3 local home pages launch: - google.rs - google.me - google.mk
Visiting Lecturer
2007 - 2009
Postgraduate course "New Media and Internet Technologies" at the School of Political Sciences. School years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Founder and CEO
2000 - 2008
Built a team of developers who were managing a client portfolio of more than 40 domestic and international companies. Actively managed daily operations, strategy and sales. In 2007 Agena founded Web Fest (wfest.org) the biggest web festival and conference in Southeast Europe at that time. Festival stepped outside of the common ways of promoting Internet and for the first time used a new strategy to approach a wider circle of people (relaxed communication with simple terminology, traditional media promotions, innovative fashion flavoured design and glamorous “Oscar awards like” events with celebrities).
Department Manager, Online Publications
1999 - 2000
Responisbile for online editions of the media house "Blic Press": planing, production and monetizing web properties