Trainer
Shushan Ghandilyan
Senior marketing specialist
Her interest in personal branding began in childhood, long before the term was widely used in Armenia. Nearly a decade ago, as an exchange student in the U.S., she first observed how professionals intentionally built visibility, authority, and influence around their names long before the concept became widely discussed in Armenia.
Later, through her Communications and PR studies at the American University of Armenia and an entrepreneurship and leadership residency at Lehigh University, she explored branding both theoretically and in practice. But her deepest learning came through experimentation.
Over the past months, Shushan has grown her LinkedIn presence to over 11,000+ followers, building her personal brand from the ground up through strategic storytelling, content testing, and psychological insight into what makes people trust, engage, and remember.
Today, as personal branding continues to rise in a trust-driven economy, she combines academic knowledge, marketing expertise, and lived experience to help others build visible, credible, and opportunity-generating personal brands.
Education
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American University of Armenia
Communication and Public Relations
Experience
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VOLO, 2025 – Present
Senior Marketing Specialist
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LIT Club, 2023 – 2025
Communications Manager
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Nebraska Extension, April 2023 - Sep 2023
Entrepreneurship Investigation (ESI) trainer
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AUA, May 2022 - Nov 2022
Communications and Administrative Coordinator for Entrepreneurship and Product Innovation Center
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BANA, 2021 – 2022
Digital Marketing & Communications Specialist
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Wearify, 2021 - 2024
Founding member and Product marketing lead
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Volterman, 2019 – 2021
Digital Marketing Specialist
Certificates
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Lehigh University
Best Collaboration Opportunity Award
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LinkedIn Learning
Content Strategy in the Era of AI
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LinkedIn Learning
Artificial Intelligence for Marketing
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LinkedIn Learning
Generative AI for Digital Marketers
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Microsoft
Generative AI for Marketing with Microsoft 365 Copilot – Professional Certificate
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Microsoft
Marketing Strategy with Microsoft Copilot
Programs
Courses by Shushan Ghandilyan
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