Lisa Stuzhuk, project manager
I cover the full project cycle — from concept development and strategy to team building, partnerships, and fundraising.
Co-founder & Curator
CMYK
February 2024 - Present
Iʼve created and continue to develop CMYK, a music-education project and the community around it.
CMYK sits at the intersection of Ukrainian traditional music and experimental electronic sound.
In two years we have:
- Produced five events with up to 700 guests each,
- Collaborated with four major festivals: GogolFest, Book Arsenal, Construction festival, LvivMediaForum,
- Launched CMYK Education, our own educational course,
- Founded the music label.
My role at CMYK includes:
- Building and growing the team,
- Planning upcoming projects, events, and lineups,
- Forming partnerships,
- Fundraising, financial management, and donor reporting,
- Developing and distributing our artist roster.
I now focus on the above, but since CMYK started with minimal resources, I also have hands-on experience in SMM, media outreach, building websites on Figma Sites, drafting contracts, and registering legal entities.
Publications & Distribution manager
Dovzhenko Centre
October 2023 – March 2026
For two years I worked at the Dovzhenko Centre bookshop, where I:
- Curated the shop's book selection, with a focus on cultural studies, photography, and art books,
- Grew the social media presence: developed strategy, created content, and published posts — organic audience tripled in about a year,
- Maintained the shop's website (on the WordPress),
- Represented the Centre at book fairs, including curating the Dovzhenko Centre stand at Book Arsenal in 2024 and 2025,
- Created Centre merchandise end-to-end: from concept and pitch to contractor coordination, contract signing, and in-store sales,
- Handled reporting to partner publishers and worked with accounting software.
Additionally, I was a project manager of the zine Kotsiubynskyi: Between Cinema and Literature, which won Best Book Design 2024 in the «Art Book» category.
I also managed the publication of Ukrainian Cinema by J. First from the funding stage through distribution (over a third of the print run sold in six months) and donor reporting.
Event manager
October 2023 – February 2024
Curated and managed bi-weekly traditional music events featuring instrumental and vocal bands, each drawing around 100 guests.
Coomunications coordinator
Sad Vertepiv
November 2024 – January 2025
Set up social media and coordinated communications for the Sad Vertepiv project, bringing a designer and SMM manager on board.
Event manager
Rys
October – November 2023
Managed a series of expedition film screenings at Rysʼ, a space dedicated to traditional music.
Ukrainian
Native
English
B2
French
A2
Resonate UA
May - October 2025
A 20-week online programme developed by the Ukrainian Institute and Musikcentrum Öst (Sweden) with support from the Swedish Institute, aimed at developing the international careers of Ukrainian artists and managers. As a selected participant, I attended the WOMEX festival (21–26 Oct 2025).
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
September 2021 – June 2025
Institute of High Technologies — Bachelor in Applied Physics and Nanomaterials.
Laboratory Assistant
Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
February – October 2023
I researched the fluorescence behavior of silver, gold, and carbon nanoparticle solutions depending on shell thickness and synthesis conditions — research that later became the basis of my graduation thesis.
Molodist Film Festival
stuzhuklisa@gmail.com
Lisa Stuzhuk, project manager
I cover the full project cycle — from concept development and strategy to team building, partnerships, and fundraising.
Co-founder & Curator
CMYK
February 2024 - Present
Iʼve created and continue to develop CMYK, a music-education project and the community around it.
CMYK sits at the intersection of Ukrainian traditional music and experimental electronic sound.
In two years we have:
- Produced five events with up to 700 guests each,
- Collaborated with four major festivals: GogolFest, Book Arsenal, Construction festival, LvivMediaForum,
- Launched CMYK Education, our own educational course,
- Founded the music label.
My role at CMYK includes:
- Building and growing the team,
- Planning upcoming projects, events, and lineups,
- Forming partnerships,
- Fundraising, financial management, and donor reporting,
- Developing and distributing our artist roster.
I now focus on the above, but since CMYK started with minimal resources, I also have hands-on experience in SMM, media outreach, building websites on Figma Sites, drafting contracts, and registering legal entities.
Publications & Distribution manager
Dovzhenko Centre
October 2023 – March 2026
For two years I worked at the Dovzhenko Centre bookshop, where I:
- Curated the shop's book selection, with a focus on cultural studies, photography, and art books,
- Grew the social media presence: developed strategy, created content, and published posts — organic audience tripled in about a year,
- Maintained the shop's website (on the WordPress),
- Represented the Centre at book fairs, including curating the Dovzhenko Centre stand at Book Arsenal in 2024 and 2025,
- Created Centre merchandise end-to-end: from concept and pitch to contractor coordination, contract signing, and in-store sales,
- Handled reporting to partner publishers and worked with accounting software.
Additionally, I was a project manager of the zine Kotsiubynskyi: Between Cinema and Literature, which won Best Book Design 2024 in the «Art Book» category.
I also managed the publication of Ukrainian Cinema by J. First from the funding stage through distribution (over a third of the print run sold in six months) and donor reporting.
Event manager
October 2023 – February 2024
Curated and managed bi-weekly traditional music events featuring instrumental and vocal bands, each drawing around 100 guests.
Communications coordinator
Sad Vertepiv
November 2024 – January 2025
Set up social media and coordinated communications for the Sad Vertepiv project, bringing a designer and SMM manager on board.
Event manager
Rys
October – November 2023
Managed a series of expedition film screenings at Rysʼ, a space dedicated to traditional music.
Ukrainian
Native
English
B2
French
A2
Resonate UA
May - October 2025
A 20-week online programme developed by the Ukrainian Institute and Musikcentrum Öst (Sweden) with support from the Swedish Institute, aimed at developing the international careers of Ukrainian artists and managers. As a selected participant, I attended the WOMEX festival (21–26 Oct 2025).
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
September 2021 – June 2025
Institute of High Technologies — Bachelor in Applied Physics and Nanomaterials.
Laboratory Assistant
Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
February – October 2023
I researched the fluorescence behavior of silver, gold, and carbon nanoparticle solutions depending on shell thickness and synthesis conditions — research that later became the basis of my graduation thesis.
stuzhuklisa@gmail.com
Molodist Film Festival
Lisa Stuzhuk, project manager
I cover the full project cycle — from concept development and strategy to team building, partnerships, and fundraising.
Co-founder & Curator
CMYK
February 2024 - Present
Iʼve created and continue to develop CMYK, a music-education project and the community around it.
CMYK sits at the intersection of Ukrainian traditional music and experimental electronic sound.
In two years we have:
- Produced five events with up to 700 guests each,
- Collaborated with four major festivals: GogolFest, Book Arsenal, Construction festival, LvivMediaForum,
- Launched CMYK Education, our own educational course,
- Founded the music label.
My role at CMYK includes:
- Building and growing the team,
- Planning upcoming projects, events, and lineups,
- Forming partnerships,
- Fundraising, financial management, and donor reporting,
- Developing and distributing our artist roster.
I now focus on the above, but since CMYK started with minimal resources, I also have hands-on experience in SMM, media outreach, building websites on Figma Sites, drafting contracts, and registering legal entities.
Publications & Distribution manager
Dovzhenko Centre
October 2023 – April 2026
For two years I worked at the Dovzhenko Centre bookshop, where I:
- Curated the shop's book selection, with a focus on cultural studies, photography, and art books,
- Grew the social media presence: developed strategy, created content, and published posts — organic audience tripled in about a year,
- Maintained the shop's website (on the WordPress),
- Represented the Centre at book fairs, including curating the Dovzhenko Centre stand at Book Arsenal in 2024 and 2025,
- Created Centre merchandise end-to-end: from concept and pitch to contractor coordination, contract signing, and in-store sales,
- Handled reporting to partner publishers and worked with accounting software.
Additionally, I was a project manager of the zine Kotsiubynskyi: Between Cinema and Literature, which won Best Book Design 2024 in the «Art Book» category.
I also managed the publication of Ukrainian Cinema by J. First from the funding stage through distribution (over a third of the print run sold in six months) and donor reporting.
Event manager
October 2023 – February 2024
Curated and managed bi-weekly traditional music events featuring instrumental and vocal bands, each drawing around 100 guests.
Communications Coordinator
Sad Vertepiv
November 2024 – January 2025
Set up social media and coordinated communications for the Sad Vertepiv project, bringing a designer and SMM manager on board.
Event manager
Rys
October – November 2023
Managed a series of expedition film screenings at Rysʼ, a space dedicated to traditional music.
Ukrainian
Native
English
B2
French
A2
Resonate UA
May - October 2025
A 20-week online programme developed by the Ukrainian Institute and Musikcentrum Öst (Sweden) with support from the Swedish Institute, aimed at developing the international careers of Ukrainian artists and managers. As a selected participant, I attended the WOMEX festival (21–26 Oct 2025).
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
September 2021 – June 2025
Institute of High Technologies — Bachelor's in Applied Physics and Nanomaterials.
Laboratory Assistant
Institute of High Technologies, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
February – October 2023
I researched the fluorescence behavior of silver, gold, and carbon nanoparticle solutions depending on shell thickness and synthesis conditions — research that later became the basis of my graduation thesis.
stuzhuklisa@gmail.com
Molodist Film Festival