Dea Paraskevopoulos

Dea leads Hedman’s marketing and communications.

Most recently, she worked as the Communications Manager at e-Estonia and was part of the team driving the innovative global campaign titled The Digital Testbed Framework. The campaign exceeded even the highest expectations, going on to win the Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications award as the Best Deed of 2021.

Dea started her journalism career— writing for national newspapers at 15—and worked as an editor for many TV programs. For eight years, Dea worked at the Estonian Embassy in Lisbon.

Upon her return, now fluent in Portuguese, Dea became a consultant at one of Estonia’s oldest PR agencies, KPMS & Partners. She moved on to marketing roles at various Estonian startups (including Fundwise and Jobbatical), as well as consulting roles at even more startups (Speakly, CostPocket, GameFounders, Snackable AI, etc.) She is also an active mentor and jury member for a number of startup competitions and hackathons.

Professional experience

2020 – 2022 e-Estonia Briefing Centre, Communications Manager for Digital Services
2020 – 2021 Jobbatical, Global Mobility Specialist
2017 – 2020 Jobbatical, Content Marketer
2015 – 2017 Fundwise, CMO
2013 – 2015 Freelance marketing communications and PR consultancy
2011 – 2013 KPMS & Partners, PR consultant
2003 – 2011 Estonian Embassy in Lisbon, Administrative assistant and Accountant
1994 – 2003 Journalist

Education

1998 – 2000 Communication and Media Studies, University of Tartu
1997 – 1998 Law, Institute of Law
1993 – 1996 Undergraduate, Tallinn Baccalaureate School (Akadeemia Nord)

Language

Estonian, English, Portuguese, Finnish, Russian, elementary Greek

Personal

Dea is a competitive reader (check out her Goodreads!) and loves theatre, standup comedy, sports, and volunteering.