Every life is a story

YOUTHWORK I am helping you to write the one you want to live

I worked for 6 years as a scout leader. Then I took a break from a
youthwork for a few years and return to it after participating in the
EVS program in Olde Vechte Foundation, the Netherlands.
I had become a facilitator, and trainer with a focus on personal
development, storytelling, and usage of games for education.
In 2019, I started an INspire, z. s. with other professionals who
wanted to bring their expertise into the educational sphere.
My field of expertize are

WRITING
gamification | labor market | storytelling | social inclusion

I had started to write novels when I was 13 years old. By now, I had
VOJTĚCH ŽÁK
published 2 novels, a book of short stories, contributed to 4 comic co-founder of
books for kids, and plenty of short stories in different journals.
www.databazeknih.cz/vydane-knihy/vojtech-zak-95956

Digital Content Creation czechinspire@gmail.com

While finishing the studies of journalism, I was working in the marketing department of javojtazak@gmail.com
Webnode company. This started my freelance career as a copywriter, journalist, script-
writer, PR manager, etc. 00420 775 636 658
I am experienced in creating marketing strategies, managing social networks, community www.czechinspire.eu
management, customer care, content making, graphical editorial (InDesign, Photoshop),
Public Relationship, creation of promo-videos, and so on.
Customers: Vibratory.net, Travelove.cz, Vzdelani.cz, Flowee.com, Patalie.cz, and others.
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
I was a designer,
facilitator and project manager of the following projects.
reSTORation (Olde Vechte Foundation, the Netherlands, April 2020)
10 days Youth Exchange about social inclusion
through the method of storytelling
Work It Out (Brno Connected, Czech Republic, August 2019)
10 days Youth Exchange about the labor market
INspire (Olde Vechte Foundation, the Netherlands, August 2019)
10 days Youth Exchange about social inclusion
through the method of art
ROVE (Xeración, Spain, April 2019)
5 days Training Course about storytelling, social theatre,
and media-making co-created with 2 other trainers
enteRURALship (Chiocciola la casa del nomade, Italy, December 2018)
10 days Youth Exchange about entrepreneurship in rural areas
I was supporting the creation and implementation
of more than 20 other international projects.
Currently, I am working on the implementation
of 10+ international projects in the following year.
See more in my LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vojtěch-žák-78bba4174/
CAREER CENTRE of MASARYK UNIVERSITY
8/2015 – 3/2017
I had been cooperating actively with Career Counseling sector.
I had been a copywriter for the JobCheckIn portal - a career portal for students of MU,
wrote number of educational articles related to the labor market (How to dress ap-
propriately on an interview, How to communicate with the employer, etc.), facilitated
educational workshops, and had been part of Assessment Center.
My cooperation with CC MU continued also in the following years - e.g. I helped with
the creation of online courses about the labor market, and to facilitate the international
conferences of Career Counselors on MUST WEEK.
Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies
Master degree at Journalism and Media studies | graduated at 2015
Diploma thesis: Priming Effect in Marketing Environment
selected trainings
Communication Skills and Teamwork - 40 hours (Persona Unica)
Basic Synergy - 10 days, intensive training of the Synergy method (Egyesek). After
being a participant, I had done the same training 3 times as a co-trainer.
Choice - 5 days, intensive training of emotional intelligence. After being a participant,
I had done the same training 1 time as a co-trainer. (Synergy Bulgaria)
Beyond - 5 days, retreat on systemic work and constellation (Olde Vechte Foundation)
Practicing Coaching & Mentoring - 7 days, intensive training in the method of
embodied coaching. After being a participant, I had done the same training 3 times as a
co-trainer (Olde Vechte Foundation)
language skills
English A2
education & other skills