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David Mára
ABOUT
I have a huge amount of proven experience and knowledge from many fields, which I have intelligently combined into one perfectly functional whole. I am currently open to collaborating with unique people on unique projects on which I could self-actualize. I also have many of my own ideas to implement, but I need to find the right partners for that. If you are similar and looking for a business partner, get in touch. Let’s meet, chat, discuss all the possible and impossible and see if we are compatible or not.
ACHIEVEMENTS
In my years of practice in many fields, I have already achieved quite good results
Realized Events
anxiety disorder freed people
Active Projects
Client Satisfaction
SERVICES
I only mention fields in which I am truly confident and have years of experience.
DJ - VJ - MUSICIAN (DRUMMER). I can use this skills in music production and various kind of work for entertainment / music industry.
MARKETING STRATEGY - SEO/SEM - ANALYTICS - GUERRILLA MARKETING. I can use this skills in any kind of marketing type of work.
TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY - JOOMLA - WORDPRESS - WEB DEVELOPMENT - WEBDESIGN. I can use this skills for various roles in IT business
ANXIETY AND PANIC DISORDERS - SOCIOPATHY RESEARCH - SOCIAL MEDIA IMPACT ON INTERPERSONAL BEHAVIOUR - DATING RESEARCH. I can use those skills in various kind of psychology and sociology related type of work
I can use these skills as co founder, product owner, idea maker especially in business development area.
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING - RESEARCH. I can use this experience in various types of business sectors.
RESUME
Check out my specific work experience
Started new 4 projects
2022
Founder
Start working on new unique projects (currently under heavy development) Psychoblog.cz / UzkostnaPorucha.cz, Lidohled.cz and EventMaker.cz
Pollard
2010-present
Founder
Entertainment, rental, technical equipment and event programme agency.
TCP / MCT / NTD
2022
Marketing / Production
Position in management of special private school for extremely talented young people.
Helion Market Research
2021 - present
Researcher/Analyst for CZ
My job was to quality control the work of multinational corporations operating in the country.
Lionbridge Technologies
2020-present
Creative Copywriter / Translator
This job allowed me to work directly for foreign headquaters of giant multinational corporations as a creative copywriter and ENG to CZ translator, contributing to user manuals, ads, newspaper articles and website content.
Telus International
2020-present
Social Media Analyst / Rater / Reviewer / QC
Through Telus, I had the opportunity to work directly for the world's largest search engine and the world's largest social network (I'm not allowed to mention names directly). I worked for the search engine as a social media analyst and evaluator. My job was to check for phishing, to check whether ads and websites contained objectionable or inappropriate content, to evaluate the level of political content or to verify the relevance and truthfulness of information, to check the content of ads and their relevance or to verify the accuracy of search results. I went deep into how search engines actually work and how they judge and evaluate content. For the largest social network, I checked ad campaigns, evaluated the quality of advertisers' services, the user-friendliness of their offers, the payment process, the quality of carriers.
Rock Café Prague
1994-2018
Sound Engineer / Resident DJ / Lighting Designer / Technician
I started working there right out of college. First as a DJ, then as a lighting engineer, and finally as a sound engineer and technician - under the guidance of legendary sound engineer Jarda Chaloupka (rest in peace). I had the honour to work with a number of top Czech and foreign bands at Rock Café and it was a crucial life experience for me.
Realizer
2008-2013
Web Developer / SEO & SEM Expert / Hosting Provider / Domain Trader
I wanted to focus my interest and education in IT on business and so I started a web hosting on WHMCS platform and CMS Joomla. To run it professionally I needed to purchase a number of plugins and even WHMCS is not free. To avoid having to pay for it, I contacted the developers and had all the plugins translated into English in exchange for free lifetime licenses. To the web hosting services I added SEO and SEM consultancy, production of websites based on CMS WordPress and Joomla and a domain store. This captivated me for a while and I managed to capture and trade a number of interesting domains, many of which I still keep for my projects.
MMStudio
2001-2010
Chief Executive Officer
Our family agency. It was founded by my father Vladimir. He did full service advertising and marketing. I was involved in the agency from the early age of 16 and worked as his right hand man. We did everything from billboards, PR, TV commercials, radio spots, logo design, production of promotional items, marketing campaigns and design of tram and bus ads. BUT, unfortunately we were outbid by multinational advertising companies like Mark BBDO, Young & Ribicam, Ernst & Young and others. They were virtually impossible to compete with. So we gradually switched to the business of exporting soft drinks to the UK and Ireland, which we did very well. But then my father started having health problems and our whole agency went out of business.
DJ Maara
1991-present
Disk Jockey (DJ) / Video Jockey (VJ) / Visual Artist
I have been a DJ since I was 15 years old. I have been lucky enough to be a resident DJ at legendary clubs such as Bunker, Rock Café, Uzi Bar, Legend, Batalion, Propast, Swamp, 007, 001, Misch Masch, Futurum, Hard Rock Café, Golem, La Loca, Blanice, Barrock, Harleys and many more. I started out on records and before that I was mixing classic cassettes as well, then switched to CDs. In Uzi bar I made one of the first rock & alternative video tapes in the Czech Rep. and mixed VHS clips there. Then I moved from clubs to private events - especially VIP weddings, corporate events and celebrations. Due to my overwhelming knowledge and material in music of all styles, cultures and decades in top CD quality, musical ear, musical education and active work as a musician, electrical engineering background, fluent English, extensive experience with foreigners and other cultures, experience as a sound and lighting designer and my own equipment, I offer unique comprehensive experience and expertise in this field. I have also been involved in the production of music for a TV show and participated in several remix competitions. As a VJ and Visual Artist I have participated in the scenography of corporate events and cultural events. With expensive equipment for that time, Videonics and later Edirol (Roland) V4 video mixers, I was equipped with several video cameras and went around various events to create a specific atmosphere to spice up the event.
Royal Society Club Marrickville
1998-2000
Sound Engineer / Stage Manager
Good old Australia where I spent over 4 years of my life studying, working and travelling. After various jobs as a supermarket nightfiller, pizza delivery, pub waiter, construction worker, au pair or maintenance worker, I finally got to something better after learning English and started working as a sound engineer, lighting technician and stage manager at the RSl club in Marrickville, where I had the opportunity to learn how to operate advanced laser lighting systems that I would not have been able to access in the Czech Republic at the time.
David Mara
1997-2000
Information Technology Technician
One of the better jobs I had the opportunity to do while studying and living in Australia. I made my living as a private IT technician. I assembled people's computers, installed operating systems, troubleshooted BIOS and MS-DOS problems, installed modems and programs, and wired simple LANs.
Datart
1994-1995
On Site Installation Technician / Technical Support Sales Person
One of my first serious jobs in my life. As a fresh graduate of electrical engineering with a high school diploma, I joined this then actually starting company as a sales assistant and installation technician. It was at that time that I discovered how much I really enjoyed interacting with people. Yeah, those were the days. Pafka ..and actually all the founders - Sláma, Bádal, Soukup, Butler (Datart founders) were cool. At the time I joined Datart they only had two stores besides CD and VHS rental. On Budějovická and Anděl. I still have a t-shirt with the original amazing intertwined AD logo hidden at home - where does the current one go. Today's Datart, which belongs to the HP Tronic group, can't really be compared to the original one - the pleasant atmosphere of an underground start-up with a few people is long gone.
Lidohled.cz / SeznamovaciAgent.cz
2016-present
Founder
Since early childhood, I have been entertained and fascinated by human behaviour and interaction. As early as kindergarten, I used to draw people's interactions and colour their behaviour and mood. At the age of 12, I started going around the neighborhood with my surveys of opinions and insights on all sorts of things, which I still have today. Psychology and sociology has been my greatest hobby all my life and I have been able to apply everything I have learned and taught to my practical life. My business in event management but also web development was based on the perfect selection of collaborators and suppliers. So I had to function as a headhunter/HR for my own company at the same time. However, I had a much harder time because extraordinary people and especially artists and ayticians are very specific and eccentric. To select and analyze the potential of such people well, one has to adopt quite atypical approaches, have empathy, innate psychological talent and high social and emotional intelligence. Many people in my fields of interest also have various psychological atypicalities such as Asperger's syndrome and sociopathic personality traits. The typical headhunter/HR process and worker is not equipped to understand or test these types of people properly. The process of selecting those exceptional people completely consumed me. It is a job I would like to do much more of and so I am now starting a headhunter service not only for myself but commercially for everyone. I am currently finalising a web portal for this purpose. Along with this I want to focus more on interpersonal matchmaking, which I have also been doing for years in the form of a dedicated matchmaking agency and portal that is unparalleled in the world so far. I have been studying human behaviour in this regard for over 20 years and have set up several special groups on Facebook with tens of thousands of members for this research purpose.
EDUCATION
Secondary school of electrical engineering and microelectronics. Graduation in 1984 at Prague
College of fine arts - drums. Certificate of completion in 1992.
Australian International College of Business - Information Technologies. Diploma of education in 2000.
Australian International Language School. Advanced English - Certificate IV in 1998.
College of Economic Studies. Quit school after one year. Study not completed.
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Active work projects including those in final stage of development
CUSTOMERS
TESTIMONIALS
"Our companies have been cooperating with David Mara and his agency Pollard.cz for many years. David and his whole team are great professionals who know how to make a perfect party. All this of course using very high quality professional equipment. I can highly recommend David and the whole Pollard.cz team to everyone"
Thelma Ward
MauriceWard.com / PragueWeddingPlanners.com
"We have been cooperating with David Mara for several years. Both our hotel and all clients are always very satisfied. We have received positive feedback and clients who come back to us - already require specifically the services of David Mara. On behalf of The Mark Hotel we can highly recommend"
Hana Ronckova
Revenue Supervisor - The Mark
"Our club Rock Café has been cooperating with David Mara for years. Based on personal and professional experience with David and people he supplies to our club, we can highly recommend his services."
Lukas Ruzek
Director - Rock Café
"The Czech National Bank has been cooperating with David Mara for many years in the technical and programme support of our cultural events. I can highly recommend David and his agency to everyone who is preparing corporate or private events and has a clear or unclear idea of the event. David is able to give great advice on putting together a programme and also to ensure it is complete without the slightest problem. It has always been worthwhile to take his advice on the choice of both the technician and the performer. We are happy to be working with David Mara."
Katerina Machackova
Czech National Bank
"David Mára has provided musical and technical production for us at several corporate events. Communication was smooth, Mr. Mára was always helpful and willing to respond to all our special requests."
Miroslava Jabornikova
White & Case
"Restaurant Mlýnec has been cooperating with David Mara for many years in the field of programme for events including complete technical support to our satisfaction and therefore we can recommend David's services."
Petr Stepanek
Mlýnec
"I highly recommend it! David was recommended to me as a professional when it comes to Christmas parties and he lived up to his reputation 100%. A very pleasant collaboration for which we thank you very much once again."
Michaela Priesolova
Ptáček
"We have been working with David Mara since the very beginning of the opening of our unique restaurant Žofín Garden. His responsibility, availability and passion is priceless. We have managed to build a very professional relationship and cooperation with David at all times. David's energy is infectious and I can confidently recommend him for any type of event."
Tomas Vetrovec
Žofín Garden
"I would like to thank David Mara for the great performance and professionalism he has shown at each of our events together. He has worked at dozens of our clients' weddings, has always been able to fully satisfy the needs of even the most demanding client, provide high quality technical equipment / service and is among the top in his field."
Andrea Hanusova - Hamanova
Exclusive Weddings in Prague
HOBBIES
Design
Music
Psychology
Writing
Communication
Relax
Art
New Technologies
Astronomy
Philosophy
Cooking
Culture
Nature
Active Life
EARNINGS
I have a clear idea of how much a person should earn nowadays in order to be able to live in dignity and fulfil their life goals. Following is my minimum.
Full-Time
/monthly
Remote / In House (Hybrid)
Company Shares
Allowances
Work Equipment
Contract
/each hour
FAQ
A few answers to your possible questions
Anything interesting, unusual, original, useful. Whether it's a mobile app, a tangible object, a web portal, a computer game or a music project.
Co-founder, Founder, Music producer, Business developer, Chief executive officer (CEO), Chief marketing officer (CMO), Headhunter / Human Resources, Psychology/Sociology researcher, Dating & interpersonal behaviour expert, Event manager. Basically, I'm open to any interesting collaboration
I am unable to answer this question responsibly. Maybe yes, maybe no, it depends on the interest of the project and the financial evaluation. For now I would prefer to stay in Prague.
It depends on the interest of the project and the financial evaluation. Currently I am not unemployed and working on my own projects, but if I come across a really interesting person, interesting team and project I am able to change everything and work full time.
CONTACT
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