Zuzana Kalistova

Brand Specialist & Market Insights Analyst

Prague Metropolitan Area

About

Passionate marketing professional with global expertise driven to develop successful campaigns and product launches.

Experience

  • Consumer & Market Intelligence Manager CZ/SK/HU at L'Oréal
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Violife Professional Marketing Manager CZ & SK at Upfield
    May 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Responsibility for Rama, Flora and Violife within the HoReCa segment in Czech Republic and Slovakia.

  • The HMT AB (6 yrs 4 mos)
    • Head of Market Research & Brand Specialist
      Mar 2020 - Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      • Working with global clients (FMCGs, SMEs): Brand Management - Category Direction, Brand Positioning, Product portfolio innovation, Visual Identity, Market Entry Strategy, PR • Conducting market research – 3C Analysis for clients; Trends analysis, and consumer behavior • Lead editor of annual trend reports 2019 – 2021 • Food Law consulting – EFSA, FDA • Company Social media and website administration • Organizing online webinars for clients & public

    • Head of Market Research & Consumer Insights Specialist
      Nov 2019 - Mar 2020 · 5 mos

    • Market Research Lead & Consumer Insights Consultant
      Jun 2019 - Oct 2019 · 5 mos

  • Project Manager INCluSilver at Livsmedelsakademin
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

    INCluSilver - EU project with 9 countries involved (Sweden as a project coordinator) supporting innovation in the elderly nutrition sector. Implementation of a granting system with 2,3m EUR having to be re-distributed to start-ups INCluSilver's purpose: Funding small and medium enterprises to support collaboration between actors in different sectors to bring innovative ideas in the field of personalized nutrition for the silver population. Project consisting of 7 clusters and 2 universities from 9 countries and 4 sectors (agro-food, ICT, health, and creative industries) and a distinguished panel of experts. PROJECT MANAGER: Holding the responsibility for a smooth delivery from the Swedish, French and Italian side of the project. Next to it arranging the following: 1) DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING A COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT - "The best European network for the elderly nutrition" --> An online open innovation space where all the actors can meet, develop ideas, network and get inspired all of that across the countries --> Being in charge of an actual development of the platform for whole Europe - collaborating with a Danish software startup Ideanote 2) SUPPORTING THE COMMUNICATION OF THE SWEDISH PART OF THE PROJECT --> Creating a communication strategy --> Managing Social Networks --> Organising launch events --> Connecting to all the partner countries on a regular basis and solving ad hoc tasks 3) DIRECT SUPPORT OF APPLICANTS --> Pre-evaluation of business plans of the applicants --> Helping applicants with the applications 4) CREATING A STRATEGY FOR AN ONLINE FORMAT OF INNOVATION GUILDS --> Systemic Meetings where different actors of the industry meet and discuss certain problematics. That results in new innovative solutions that can be a base for new business opportunities. Countries involved: Denmark, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, UK, Ireland, Hungary, Sweden. www.inclusilver.eu

  • Community Manager (NL) at Grow And Help
    Jun 2016 - Nov 2016 · 6 mos

    Community Manager: Marketing - market research, managing landing page PR – contacting bloggers, relation with the press Managing social networks - instagram, twitter, Facebook - making promo videos - taking professional pictures However, in a startup company the boundaries of everyone's position are not that strict so every great idea counts and is usually discussed together within the team.