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George K. Communication Expert - Team Leader, Trainer – Lecturer Research Adviser
Last update: Apr 16, 2025
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Citizenships:
Cyprus, UK
Languages:
Bulgarian, English, French, Greek, Spanish
Highest Degree:
Masters
Experience:
26 years
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Countries:
Albania, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkey, UK, Yemen
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About
George Kyriacou is an eminent communication expert, writer, campaign manager, and strategy maestro with over two decades of unparalleled experience in the realm of international organisational communications. He boasts an impressive pedigree with advanced degrees in European Studies and International Relations from the IE-EI Institut Européen – European Institute, and European Business and Languages from Birmingham City University. George's proficiency is further underlined by his affiliation with prestigious bodies like the British Professional Copywriters Network and ECREA.
His career is a testament to his versatility and expertise, having orchestrated impactful communication strategies for a myriad of European Commission, UNDP, and World Bank-funded projects, reflecting a profound understanding of EC development policies and strategies. George's prowess is not just limited to strategising; he's a maestro of executing communication campaigns across diverse platforms, ensuring a resonant message delivery that spurs action and awareness. His work has spanned across continents, addressing pressing global challenges like climate change, gender equality, and cybersecurity, showcasing his ability to adapt and deliver in varying cultural and thematic contexts.
George Kyriacou is not just a communication expert; he's a visionary strategist and a dynamic leader who has consistently driven change and inspired action through the power of well-crafted, impactful communication. His multifaceted experience, coupled with a relentless pursuit of excellence, makes him an invaluable asset to any organisation aiming to make a significant impact on a global scale.
George Kyriacou is a Senior Content/Communications Expert with more than 20 years of know-how and advanced skills in journalism, content strategy and new technologies in the framework of the EU institutions. His expertise includes crafting compelling copy for both news content and official/legal documentation formats. One of his earlier content responsibilities in the new technologies’ domain was to provide the editorial management, graphic interface consultancy and content development of Eurostat’s websites between 2000 and 2003.
During his tenure with DG Environment, George was also responsible for the content creation, editing and proofreading of the news segment of the DG’s sections for Civil Responsibility, Climate Change, Biodiversity, and the Green Capitals. A larger part of his tasks included acting as the principle blogmaster, audiovisual and social media manager for Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas between 2008 -2009.
Between 2009 and 2012 – where George was recruited as EIGE’s first communication officer (EU executive agency European Institute for Gender Equality) – he was tasked with the development of its communication strategy, two Drupal-based websites, and an intranet for personnel, while also being the agency’s main point of contact with the English, Spanish, Greek and French speaking media. Up until 2011, George was responsible for managing the agency’s Twitter profile, YouTube account, Facebook page and Flickr account. In 2009 and 2010, he planned and coordinated the entire social media messaging platform (scheduled tweets and Facebook media and posted articles) for EIGE’s opening ceremonies (a Vilnius-based opening for the public – as well as an official, political opening with Vice President Reding).
Recently:
- From 2016-2018, George’s Team Leader role as Head of Content and Dissemination for a DG Employment programme (EURES), provided him with the complete supervision of all online and print articles and interviews with Employment policymakers and jobseekers across the world. His average monthly written output amounted to 110articles.
- From 2018-2019, George’s Team Leader role for a European Investment Bank (EIB) programme (fi-compass), undertook the total supervision of a team of 4 Key Experts (Capacity Building, Digital Communication and Awareness Raising) in addition to a team of more than 120 Non-Key Experts across a Consortium of 4 different companies. His role focused on a number of remits, of which the most relevant included:
- Ultimate accountability for quality and successful delivery of the fi-compass project
- Provision of strategic views towards smooth project development
- Monitoring of all other Key Experts performance and quality of deliverables (assignments)
- From 2019-2020, George was assigned a Senior Non-Key Expert role as Communications and Visibility Expert for a technical assistance project set-up to strengthen the capacities for the overall planning preparation and implementation of infrastructure projects in Albania, under the supervision of the European Union Delegation, in Tirana.
- Since the end of 2019, George also works part time as the project acquisition director of a Global PR Network that is present in 40 countries in all EU Neighbourhood countries, Central Asia, and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and is responsible for a number of ongoing projects including, notably:
>Provision of consultancy services to support EIB media communication |Lot 1: Communication support services for the Western Balkans
>EU4Digital: Improving Cyber Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries – Cybersecurity component | Eastern Neighbourhood partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine)
>EU4Georgia III: increasing awareness, understanding, and support for the EU and its activities in Georgia, particularly among Georgian audiences through a coherent and effective public communication setting out what the EU and Georgia are committed to achieving in Georgia, and why it is important
>EU Delegation in Syria: Social Media & Digital Communication Services | Social Media Community Management, Content creation, Content promotion
Profile:
George has spent several years working as a journalist, and as media and communications officer for a number of high-profile organisations, including working as a press and media adviser for the European Commission’s Environment Directorate, as the senior founding editor for an international corporate communication magazine in Berlin, Germany - as a communication advisor to Transparency International, and as communication officer for the EIGE. He also serves as a visiting professor to the Institut Europeén - European Institute (in Nice, France) where he lectures on political communication. Part of George's strengths include helping Consortia win international development projects by way of his knowledge, experience and proposal/methodology writing skills.
He is a native English speaker and is also fluent in French and Spanish, as well as being conversational in Greek, Italian and Bulgarian.
