{"id":32,"date":"2026-04-13T14:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sakari.kestinen.net\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2026-04-14T21:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T21:42:20","slug":"my-professional-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sakari.kestinen.net\/index.php\/my-professional-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"My Professional Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the years, I have worked as a copywriter<\/strong>, language tutor<\/strong> and occasionally a translator<\/strong> (literature, business articles, TV)<\/strong>. I have also had my essays published in multiple sites, magazines and newspapers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My career wouldn’t’ve probably started had I not started writing my own blog protoakvareles.lt<\/a>. That blog was launched in 2016 when I was only 19 years old, I wrote it together with my friends. At the time, I did not feel like I had much of a chance in perfecting my writing skills otherwise. And it worked!

Please find a breakdown of my professional experience below. Make sure you don’t miss an opportunity to connect via my LinkedIn<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copywriter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Boozt.com – The Nordic Online Department Store<\/td>2021 – 2024<\/td>Helped setting up the page for the Lithuanian and Latvian markets (category naming, Meta Titles and Descriptions, SEO copies).

Introduced guidelines to the AI proofreaders in respective languages.

1000+ brand FAQs covered in the span of 2 years.<\/td><\/tr>
Freelance Copywriter (Business ID: 3535656-8). Working for agencies like Batlink, WhitePress and their clients<\/td>2024 –<\/td>Category copies, paid articles in topics like fashion, sport equipment, steel industry, credit loans, and domain registration.

Copywriting, internal linking with pages that are yet to go live.

Most copies have been written in Latvian.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Language Tutor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Lithuanian Language Teacher<\/td>April 2022 – July 2022<\/td>Volunteer at Vilnius Municipality (trained by Vilnius University)<\/td><\/tr>
Lithuanian Language Tutor<\/td>Late 2022 –<\/td>Group courses for beginner levels, Individual courses (online)<\/td><\/tr>
Latvian Language Tutor<\/td>March 2026 –<\/td>Group course for beginners<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Occasional Author & Translator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Publications in Lithuanian<\/td>My essays, articles, short stories, movie reviews, as well as my translation works have been published by leading cultural magazines and newspapers, including Literat\u016bra ir Menas<\/a>, \u0160iaur\u0117s At\u0117nai<\/a> or Bernardinai.lt<\/a>.

In 2020, I solely translated several issues for Forbes Baltics.
<\/td>		Since 2018<\/td><\/tr>
Publications in Latvian<\/td>My essays have been published by cultural sites like punctum.lv<\/a> or kinoraksti.lv<\/a>.

Article analysing the portrayal of the Partisan War (Kino Raksti, 2021) in the Balitcs has been translated into English by Will Mawhood for Deep Baltic<\/a>.<\/td>		Since 2021<\/td><\/tr>
Publications in English<\/td>‘My Grandma \u2014 an Ordinary Hero of Lithuania\u2019s Resistance’, my essay on intergenerational trauma caused by the Soviet mass deportations in the Baltics has been published by cepa org<\/a>.<\/td>Since 2022<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Translations for Television<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Collaboration with the Lithuanian National Television and Radio (LRT) and Latvian National Television (LTV).

Translation of cultural news the countries were willing to exchange.<\/td>		2022<\/td><\/tr>
Translation of German news stories into Latvian for a European public service channel – via TransPerfect<\/td>2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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