Sabin Popescu

Operational since 2012, eu-LISA (the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice) manages the IT backbone of the Schengen Area.

• Graphic design, DTP;
• Photography, image editing;
• Draft specifications, test, coordinate and promote outsourced projects: website and visual/ brand identity refresh, promo portal, quiz, various publications and videos, greeting cards, 10-year anniversary products, digital storytelling project;
• Developed news magazine, database-less app for displaying TV-style news items on internal screens, teleprompter app, interactive maps, and a CSS facelift;
• Recurring responsibilities: website and social media content creation, SEO, analytics, customer service, video recording and editing, internal communication, event management, helpdesk, liaison with external partners, represent the agency at EU-level meetings;
• Training courses: photo/ video pre- and post-production, the Adobe Suite, podcast production, social media.

ITKeyMedia is an online media group promoting the IT and startup sectors in Central and Eastern Europe.

• Research, write, publish and optimise articles;
• Web development consultancy.

Established in 1880, the NBR is the country's central bank, responsible for price stability.

• Developed main website interactive features: maps, charts, banknote security features, currency converter, 360° tour, responsive publications, plus a CSS facelift;
• Developed a dashboard monitoring system for health-checking daily financial indicators;
• Developed 2 satellite websites: bank blog and macroprudential supervision body;
• Draft specifications, test, coordinate and promote outsourced projects: forum, monetary policy game, mobile website, smartphone app, website and visual/ brand identity refresh, financial education videos;
• Launched the bank's LinkedIn and YouTube channels;
• Recurring responsibilities: website and social media content creation, SEO, analytics, customer service, infographics, basic DTP, video editing, live streaming pre- and post-production, basic sysadmin, internal communication, helpdesk, liaison with external partners, representing the bank in international working groups;
• Training course: Social Media in Financial Institutions.

• Developed turn-key online stores and presentation websites for the company's products, covering design, development, content, promotion, maintenance;
• Brands/ projects managed:
  • Blue Cactus › design and print production;
  • X-Tiles › digital interior decorations;
  • Pinacoteca Digitală › canvas prints;
  • Brandt Studio › art store in Bucharest.
• Graphic design, DTP.

DasCloud was an online magazine that covered technology, design and business.

• Develop data visualisation projects;
• Research and write/ edit articles.

Founded in 1998 and owned by Mediafax Group (formerly Publimedia International), ZF is the most important daily business newspaper in Romania.

• Over 2'000 stories and analyses published for the IT&C section (occasionally for other sections as well);
• Write and edit articles/ analyses for the paper's yearly/ monthly/ weekly/ daily thematic publications;
• International event coverage: conferences, fairs, interviews with company executives;



Additional Roles:

• 2009-2013: Freelance journalist for ZF;
• 2005-2008: Freelance writer, feature writer and later editor-in-chief of go4it!, edited by ZF, the first gadget magazine on the market:
  • Write articles and editorials for the magazine's columns;
  • Product reviews.

RIUF (now IUF), organised by Educativa, was the largest education fair in Central Eastern Europe. The 2005 edition attracted over 7'100 visitors and 58 exhibitors from 14 countries.

• Photography;
• Image editing for the media kit that promoted the event worldwide.

• Client service;
• Graphic design;
• Draft press releases and presentations;
• Event management;
• IT Administrator - software and hardware installation/ assembly, configuration and maintenance in a SOHO network.

• Design and development portfolio ;
• Digital art exhibition hosted in Tallinn;
• Hardware + software installation and troubleshooting;
• Data recovery;
• Equipment acquisition consultancy;
• Internet research and investigation services;
• Copywriting, editing & proofreading;
• Translations (EN⇄RO).

• Graduation Thesis: Hiding Malicious Content in PDF Documents in Order to Forge Digital Signatures;
• Attended SECIT&C, Bucharest, 2010, regional event focused on information security management;
• Published article in Journal of Information Technology and Communication Security, Academy of Economic Studies Publishing House, Bucharest, 2010, ISBN 978-606-505-385-4;
• Curriculum highlights: cryptography, network security, IPSec, SSL, digital signatures, PKI, web apps security, database security, steganography, auditing and certifying information security management systems, ISO 2700x.

• Graduation Thesis: Call Centre Software for Feedback Controlled Employee KPI/ Performance Measurement;
• Curriculum highlights: C/ C++ programming, object-oriented programming, databases, system reliability and optimisation, microprocessors, computer networks, computer architecture.

• Student exchanges in The Netherlands (2002) and Sweden (2004);
• Published article and photos in Tinerii și Violența | Youth and Violence, Semne Publishing House, Bucharest, 2004, ISBN 973-624-219-6;
• 3D artwork and photography featured in 3 exhibitions hosted by the school;
• IT and English language certifications, 2005;
• SAT I and SAT II exams, 2004-2005.