Marketing for small businesses

Leads, not Likes

Hey, I’m Sergey - a product & marketing manager with an entrepreneurial spirit. I love bringing ideas to life and connecting business, tech and people.

Experience and business figures

Digital experience
since 2002
Online store revenue per year
€500K
Ran a web studio
7+ years

About me

I help businesses attract customers, develop products, and make everyday work simpler. As a product manager with entrepreneurial experience, I bring together business, technology, and an understanding of what people need. My background spans SaaS, B2B and B2C projects, as well as physical products.

I start by understanding the business, its customers, and what’s getting in the way. From there, I turn ideas into practical solutions, test assumptions early, and use data to decide what to improve. I value creativity, but the goal is always a meaningful result: a better customer experience, a simpler process, or room for the business to grow.

For me, good products come from both evidence and empathy. Metrics show what’s happening. Listening to people helps explain why.

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Me

Education

  • 1999–2005

    Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI”

    Automated Data Processing and Control Systems

    Master's degree (with honours).

  • 2007–2008

    Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics

    Strategic Business Management

    Postgraduate management training.

Experience

  1. 2025–Present

    Independent Projects

    Web & Product Consultant

    Websites, digital products and marketing solutions for small businesses.

  2. 2023–2025

    Happia.Life

    Product Manager

    Product development, MVP planning and team coordination.

  3. 2014–2022

    Halloween Market

    Owner / Managing Director

    E-commerce, retail, marketing and business development.

  4. 2008–2014

    IT-Dominanta

    Managing Director / Web Studio Lead

    Web projects, digital solutions and client delivery.

  5. 2005–2008

    National Congress Palace

    Marketing & Event Manager / Technical Team Lead

    Marketing, digital projects and technical event coordination.

  6. 2004–2005

    Japan Tobacco International

    Global Service Desk Analyst

    International IT support and user-focused problem solving.

Portfolio

A selection of businesses and digital products I have built, led or developed with teams. Each project connects practical delivery with the needs of its customers.

  • MargaritaMartyn.Com

    Website, social media and advertising for a private psychological counselling practice

    For Margarita Martyn’s practice in Munich, I built a German- and Russian-language website with clear services, topic pages and online booking. The work also covered social media, advertising preparation, SEO and analytics, helping prospective clients find the right information and take the first step towards a consultation.

  • Happia.Life

    Multilingual Mental-Health Platform

    I led the development team for an online platform serving mental-health professionals and organizations. It combined profiles, articles, ticketed events and multilingual communication through DeepL.

  • Martyn’s Hochzeitskutsche Limousine

    Custom wedding limousine and entrepreneurial project

    I organized the full process of creating a custom wedding limousine, from international production to import and TÜV certification in Germany, and launched it under the Martyn’s Hochzeitskutsche brand.

  • Greater Vancouver Sports Club

    Sports Facility Management Platform

    Together with a team, I developed a management platform for sports clubs and facilities. It covered memberships, court bookings and payments, while fair booking balanced demand and let players exchange reserved slots.

  • belvedere party rooms

    Recreation Center System

    My team and I developed an all-in-one system for a family entertainment venue. It brought together room bookings, events, memberships and ticketed entry for its sports, cinema and café activities.

  • Doctor San Medical Clinic

    Medical center in Saint Petersburg

    My web agency developed the initial version of the Doctor San clinic website, including SEO and UX/UI work. We also created an online marketing plan for the clinic’s digital presence and promotion.

  • Halloween Market

    Omnichannel Retail Network

    I built this business from scratch with its own line of decorations and makeup, an online shop and a retail network. I also implemented a real-time multi-warehouse order system that made the process transparent for customers.