Polina Kurach
- Visiting Lecturer: Faculty of Creative Industries / Institute of Media
- Polina Kurach has been at HSE University since 2026.
Employment history
February 2023 — present — Co-founder of PR agency PROSHE. Clients include Netology, Soft Skills Lab, Tripster, Atlas, Jump.Finance.
June 2020 — February 2025 — PR Manager and Consultant at Mikhailov and Partners communications group. Clients include Whirlpool, Jumeirah, ALROSA, KAMAZ.
April 2021 — February 2022 — PR Manager at an agency. Clients include Checkme, Mirai.Flights.
April 2020 — July 2021 — PR and Event Manager at QIWI. Built the international awards submissions function from the ground up.
February 2020 — Event Manager for a fashion house at New York Fashion Week. Organized the brand's first show at New York Fashion Week; one of the dresses was worn by Madonna.
October 2017 — June 2020 — Event Director, founder and head of the Russian branch of Aurora Event Management (Moscow — Dubai — London — Almaty). Presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, led negotiations with the ministries of Qatar and the UAE on the creation of national orchestras and cultural projects in collaboration with Marat Bisengaliev and Vasily Barkhatov.
September 2017 — Coordinator at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games AIMAG 2017 (Progress Productions London, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan). Managed broadcast operations for an international multi-sport event in one of the most closed countries in the world.
April — September 2017 — Event Manager at EXPO-2017 World Expo (Aurora Event Management, Astana). Organized Kazakhstan's first-ever MTV concert (30,000+ attendees: Akon, John Newman), the opening ceremony, and Cirque du Soleil performances.
July — August 2016 — Junior Producer at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games (Olympic Broadcasting Services). Arranged an exclusive interview with Usain Bolt following his three gold medals at the final Olympics of his career.
September 2014 — September 2015 — Junior Editor at Condé Nast Traveller magazine, Moscow.
January — February 2014 — Assistant Producer at the Sochi Olympic Games (Olympic Broadcasting Services).