Yulia Ovcharova

Job experience

I've been writing articles and taking interviews for the Glasgow Guardian's culture column since September 2021. I also have a lot of experience in communication, service, and teamwork management from my previous job as a barista in 2020.

In addition, I've done 5 years of research in total for my bachelor's and master's degrees. It trained me enough to be able to get on with new tasks quickly and manage information flow efficiently.

Interests

I'm passionate about visiting new places and investigating social trends primarily through art-related themes and events. I share my experience and/or opinion solely through writing. There are many ways in which I find it beneficial. To name a few, it helps me stay in touch with the buzz of life and gives me a variety of ideas to talk about with my friends, it gives attention to people and especially unpopular creators who were left unnoticed, it just allows me to become a bit more educated with every article.

I find interviews the most enjoyable because they equip me with an up-close perspective and make the event or whatever I set my sight on very memorable – which is the purpose of transferring it into the written format later on.

Skills

I confidently operate the Holy Trinity of Microsoft Software – Office, Excel and PowerPoint.

I have a knack for consulting and advising people. That is, given that it's something humanitarian and not nuclear physics, of course. This is my natural skill that came in handy a few times when I worked in the cafe.

Summer 2020—Spring 2021 Barista in the overseas-based cafe chain

Sept 2021—now Culture Columnist in Glasgow Guardian

Summer 2019 Went to Oxford, British Study Centres, and passed IELTS in London at 7.5

13 Sept 2021—13 Sept 2022 University of Glasgow, MLitt Arts History