Hello, I am Irena Jakimova

Short Bio

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Irena Jakimova has actively been working as a trainer and consultant to managers, leaders, public administration officials, entrepreneurs and companies since 2011. Prior to that, she has a vast experience in the fields of marketing, advertising and communication, both for companies and international organizations.

For more than 15 years, she worked for branches of leading international advertising agencies, like DDB Needham (IDEA Plus), McCann Erickson, which she ran for 6 years, including clients like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Nestle, General Motors, USAID and other.

She was one of the founders of the first Association of Marketing Agencies in Macedonia and the initiators for the establishment of the London School of PR in Skopje. She was also a Member of the Board of Directors of AmCham Macedonia in 2004-2005.

Prior to her dedication to the training and consulting career, she worked few years for the office of the United Nations and UNDP in Macedonia, close to the Resident Coordinator.

In 2016 she founded her own Training and Coaching business, the company called Inspirit Coaching, that has trained hundreds of people, in (North) Macedonia and abroad.

She helped leaders become more focused, speak more confidently, build better relations, achieve bigger results and be better aware of their own value and presence.

Also, she has helped hundreds of people start their own businesses, through entrepreneurship training and business coaching, among which are many women, as well.