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Dea Kisic

Strategic Communications Advisor/Brand Strategist

€600/day
Paris, FR
8-15 years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Dea

Meaning, made operational.

I help founders, executives and teams turn mission, complex realities into clear positions, credible narratives and language people can trust, act on, inspire.

For more than a decade, I have built and led communications across listed companies, industrial groups, founder-led businesses and creative environments. My work sits where communication carries real consequence: leadership credibility, corporate reputation, employee confidence, stakeholder trust and business continuity; and where it can catalyse transformation, awaken a deeper sense of purpose and help people see, feel and act differently.

I am particularly effective at revealing the meaning at the heart of an organisation, decision or leadership position and making it operational through language, messaging systems and communications frameworks that remain coherent under scrutiny.

Where I add the most value:
— Executive positioning and ghostwriting
Articles, speeches, keynotes, LinkedIn, leadership platforms and sensitive correspondence written in a credible, distinctive executive voice.
— Corporate narrative and strategic messaging
Positioning, messaging architecture, company narratives, stakeholder messaging and the translation of complex businesses, technologies or decisions into language people can understand.
— Brand strategy and verbal identity
Purpose, positioning, naming, narrative, tone of voice, values and verbal systems that connect strategy with audience experience.
— Communications functions and systems
Message frameworks, governance, toolkits, editorial structures and practical standards that leadership teams and organisations can use consistently.

I work as an adviser, lead defined projects from diagnosis to delivery, or support leadership teams through complex and sensitive periods.

Bring me in when the message carries legal, financial, reputational or human weight and clarity alone is not enough, but also needs to be credible, defensible and true.
  • Croatian

    Native or bilingual

  • Serbian

    Native or bilingual

  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • Bosnian

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Adriatic Metals / DPM Metals BH
    Communications Manager
    RAW MATERIALS INDUSTRY
    June 2022 - July 2026 (4 years and 1 month)
    Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    – Joined a junior explorer with no established reputation; built its communications and brand function and carried it through to producing-company scale, Europe's new source of strategic metals (mine opened in 2024) and through its ~£930m acquisition.
    – Shaped the communications and reputation strategy through which the project became recognised for its social licence to operate, a rare and strategically important distinction in the mining industry, and was favourably contrasted by Euronews with Rio Tinto's failed project in neighbouring Serbia
    – Rebranded the company internally and externally: mission, vision, values, verbal and visual identity, repositioning a no-name junior as a credible, sustainability-led European producer built to IFC/EBRD/World Bank standards.
    – Directed communications through national constitutional crisis and through the corporate acquisition, holding message continuity across employees, authorities, media, and communities, in both English and BCS.
    – Produced executive communications writing, brand guidelines, corporate values architecture, and all internal communication design (graphic and video) in-house.
    Stratégie de communication Corporate Branding Branding & Identity
  • AP Digital
    Digital Advertising Specialist → Creative Business Development Manager
    July 2020 - March 2021 (8 months)
    Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    Creative strategy, campaign key messages, and new business development for the group's products; managed multi client PPC advertising, budgets, A/B testing, audiences, conversion optimisation and acted as scrum master within the creative team.
    Creative Strategy Digital communication Scrum Master Business development
  • Prevent Group
    Corporate Communication Specialist → Head of Digital Blueprint
    July 2020 - March 2021 (8 months)
    Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina
    – Led corporate communications strategy and implementation for the group: corporate values, brand guidelines, social content, and internal communication design.
    – Promoted to head the group's digital blueprint, owning its digital communications direction across brands and functions.
    Corporate Branding Corporate strategy Strategic Communications

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Education

  • Master of Arts
    Université Paris IV
    2014
    Master of Arts - Political & Ethical Philosophy
  • Bachelor of Arts
    Université Paris IV
    2011
    Bachelor of Arts - Philosophy

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