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Stravos Papakonstantinidis '04

My warmest greetings from Athens, Greece. At the present time, I am working as Strategic Communication & Advertising manager for Capsis Hotels, one of the most traditional and well known hotel chains in Greece - http://www.capsishotels.gr. I take part in all business meetings, consulting the company's CEO in terms of the company's external and internal communication strategies. I also design the new advertising campaigns and I am in everyday contact with the Greek media to plan our marketing strategy. Actually, I am applying most of what I have learned from the graduate program at Ithaca College (MS in Communications) since from day one it required me to work with real clients and produce materials for our professional portfolio.

In addition, I am an instructor of organizational communication and advertising at the American College of Greece - http://www.acg.edu, the oldest and largest independent American-sponsored school in Europe. As part of my teaching and research responsibilities, I advise students to plan yearly communication events, such as the Spring Semester Advertising Festival, or the Guerilla Marketing Ideas Contest. The graduate program at Ithaca College as well as my TA responsibilities in the undergraduate program, provided me with all the essential knowledge and skills to be confident and competent in the demanding and positively challenging "real" world.  

I also organize seminars and workshops for the employees of the Agricultural Bank of Greece, aiming to increase their performance at work and to build trust and rapport with their clients. Finally, along to my professional responsibilities, I am pursuing my Ph.D degree on Communication and Human Resources Management. The topic of my dissertation aims to identify the developing organizational culture that occurs in family-owned businesses in Greece. Life is busy but it gets very productive when you feel confident and well prepared by your studies.