Roman Pikalenko 🇺🇦🍉

CEO

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland2 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Helped raise over $200M for climate tech leaders.
  • Ghostwritten 1,000+ posts for LinkedIn thought leadership.
  • Worked with 20+ climate leaders across 4 continents.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Climate Tech and Marketing Specialist focused on LinkedIn growth strategies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Linkedin MarketingCopywritingContent MarketingCreative Content CreationSocial Media MarketingGrowth MarketingEmail Marketing

Other Skills

User Experience (UX)LinkedIn AdvertisingLanding PagesGrowth StrategiesNewslettersLead GenerationCustomer OnboardingLead NurturingPersonal BrandingBrand StrategyDigital MarketingMarketingResearchSearch Engine Optimization (SEO)Web Analytics

About

Climate tech founders are building world-changing solutions. But most of them are invisible online. Meanwhile, fossil fuel lobbyists have near-infinite marketing budgets. Greenwashers dominate the conversation. Climate deniers spread misinformation to millions. The people actually solving the problem? They're too busy building to talk about it. That's where I come in. As a climate tech ghostwriter, I build LinkedIn thought leadership for Series A+ climate tech CEOs and founders — helping them take control of the narrative and build visibility that compounds. Here's how it works: → 6-12 month projects built on weekly or bi-weekly interviews → I extract your expertise and turn it into content that sounds like you → Full strategy, content planning, and profile optimization included → Continuous improvement baked in (that's what Kaizen means) I'm not an agency with 47 writers and a sales team. I'm a solo operator with a limited client roster, which means you work directly with me — every interview, every post, every edit. Results my clients have seen: → Inbound leads and investor connection requests → Podcast invitations and speaking opportunities → Top talent reaching out directly → Measurable traffic to demos, books, and qualification surveys I've worked with 20+ climate leaders across 4 continents, including 3 LinkedIn Top Voices and a Forbes 30 Under 30 founder. Collectively, my clients have raised $200M+. I've ghostwritten 1,000+ posts and have been running Kaizen for almost 3 years. If you're looking to take control of your narrative and start building your visibility, DM me "climate" and I'm happy to talk more.

Experience

Limelight

Advisor

Feb 2024Oct 2024 · 8 mos · Remote

  • I worked in a B2B SaaS company for almost 2 years in the past.
  • It made me realize just how plagued the industry is with features nobody cares about, branding nobody remembers, and products nobody uses.
  • I've also been creating content on LinkedIn for 3 years now. And in all that time, I've been pitched (very poorly) by a lot of brands that undervalued my work and made the collaboration problematic. There was no easy way to partner up.
  • When David reached out to me asking to join as an Advisor, it felt like a perfect match.
  • Not only I had a chance to contribute to building a great SaaS product, but also helped shape it in a way that would benefit end users like me.
  • As an Advisor to Limelight, I help build the first-ever B2B creator ad platform. I've been beta-testing the product from the start and it’s impressed me so far. The team is extremely fun to work with and is receptive to every bit of feedback.
  • If you're a brand or creator looking to partner up with either, I'd recommend checking them out.
  • If you are a brand or creator looking to collaborate with me, get in touch via my
  • Limelight storefront: https://app.limelighthq.com/p/roman-pikalenko.
Content MarketingCreative Content CreationCopywriting

Slush

Text Production Team Lead

Aug 2023Dec 2023 · 4 mos · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

  • I never thought I’d be an entrepreneur.
  • But I was training to become one without realizing it.
  • It’s 2019, I’m in my last year of uni.
  • I hear about this event called Slush that’s founded by students that’s now the biggest gathering of Venture Capital in the world
  • (Let that sink in)
  • And it was right in my “backyard”, in Helsinki.
  • I applied to volunteer there. Sustainability team.
  • During the event:
  • I met cool new people & made new friends
  • Learned that volunteering is hella fun
  • Fell in love with Slush Magic (iykyk) ✨
  • and all without spending thousands of €€€
  • (I was a broke student 🤷🏻‍♂️)
  • I left wanting more.
  • 2021: I went to Slush again. Became a Group Lead.
  • 2022: I volunteered at Slush again.
  • And this year, I rose up to be a Team Lead.
  • (yay me)
  • A Text Production Team Lead in charge of written social media content and then some.
  • Perfectly aligned with my ghostwriting ambitions.
  • I now have a team of 4 legends.
  • All are hungry ambitious young people like me that want to make a difference.
  • If you’re an impact brand coming to Slush 2023, let’s connect and meet up during the event.
  • If you’re a volunteer and resonate with my journey, let’s do the exact same thing ✌🏼
  • See you at the event 🔥
Content MarketingSocial Media MarketingCreative Content CreationCopywriting

Shield

Content Writer

Mar 2023Sep 2023 · 6 mos · Remote

  • Just 1 week before I quit my job, Andreas, CEO of Shield, said 3 sweetest words a young guy like me could only wish for:
  • “Check your inbox :)”
  • There was a contract to sign.
  • You see, I’ve been following SHIELD and using their tool for 2 years then.
  • They had a vibe and functionality. Their team was top-class.
  • I wanted in.
  • 3 months of negotiations. I finally quit my job. They were open for business.
  • When I finally got the role of Content Writer, I was tasked with one thing — keep the community engaged and build the brand’s authority further through their Company Page and part of the newsletter.
  • Results?
  • I was able to:
  • Cut down 1 hour of newsletter research
  • Cut down 1 hour of newsletter writing (1,5 sections)
  • This freed up 2 hours for my teammate, Jaziel, to:
  • Strategically place a fitting theme every week
  • Focus on making sure the newsletter was headed where SHIELD wanted it to go. (time to reflect, and make more normative decisions moving forward)
  • We were able to keep a consistent opening rate between (50-57%) with a click rate of around 5-8%.
  • More than that, we were getting weekly newsletter love mentions.
  • Often from creators and profiles that would normally get unnoticed.
  • Now, I apply the same mentality with my clients.
  • I put them in the spotlight through the right stories and content.
  • So they too can receive love mentions from their community (and make that $$$).
Content MarketingLinkedin MarketingCopywriting

Kaizen

Full-Stack Ghostwriter

Dec 2022Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Remote

  • On March 7th, 2023, I decided to quit my safe & comfortable job…
  • …all to start my own business 🔥
  • You see, I was freelancing in one way or form for almost a year then:
  • → Ran 3 group coaching programs for young marketers to build their personal brands
  • → Got booked for eight 1:1 consultations about LinkedIn Growth
  • → Started doing external engagement for my friend’s client
  • By the time the calendar hit 2023, I was earning 75% of my full-time job income
  • Feeling like I’d outgrown the company I was in, it was a matter of time I took the leap
  • I had to figure out 2 major things for myself:
  • → How to position myself and where to find my ideal clients
  • → What services to offer and at what price
  • Now, I help founders and execs in Series A climate tech companies that raised $10M+ build, grow, and scale their personal brands on LinkedIn
  • All through a Done-For-You Premium Ghostwriting
  • You don’t need to write your content
  • You look at the inbox full of leads
  • You run your biz smoothly
  • If you’re someone who’s tried creating content on LinkedIn or hired a cheap writer with no strategic background, you’re in the right place
  • Send me a message with "ghost" to learn more about my work.
  • ✌🏼
Linkedin MarketingCopywriting

Recright

2 roles

Growth Marketer

Oct 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

  • In 2021, I FINALLY landed a marketing role after being laid off 3 times from my bar job
  • Learned how to build systems, distribute & connect multiple channels.
  • Only about 200+ job applications in, I was referred to a Growth Manager, Rémy, that worked there.
  • From the start, I was thrown into the deep end. I had to conduct 5-10 growth experiments simultaneously for multiple marketing channels.
  • Our goal? Understanding where our resources were best spent.
  • My biggest problem was streamlining the entire process:
  • Multiple social media channels
  • New website & email automations
  • Analyzing data & reporting it back to the team
  • I felt lost…
  • “What do I focus on?”
  • This was the wrong question to ask. The right one was:
  • “What experiment will bring the most result for our main objectives?”
  • See, I was afraid I lacked expertise. And I didn’t know yet how to use every system that was already in place.
  • Here’s what I did in the next 5 days:
  • Analyzed what has and hasn’t worked before
  • Checked which of the current experiments would bring the best results
  • Laid out the step-by-step execution plan & time blocked it in my calendar
  • What’s the worst that could happen?
  • (Spoiler: As I was still an intern, I wouldn’t be promoted to my full-time role)
  • But as a result, I was praised for my proactiveness and we managed to gather valuable data on what channels to abandon entirely.
  • My biggest achievement was learning how to build systems, distribute & connect multiple channels.
  • Because of that I now always take a data-driven structured approach to solving complex problems.
  • Juggling multiple elements at the same time felt challenging & chaotic but weirdly satisfying.
  • Even though I had to constantly check in with the team.
  • About 1,5 years later, I felt that I reached my maximum potential in that role:
  • And eventually, I quit to start my current Ghostwriting business.
  • ✌🏼
User Experience (UX)LinkedIn AdvertisingLanding PagesGrowth StrategiesEmail MarketingNewsletters+5

Growth Marketing Intern

Apr 2021Oct 2021 · 6 mos · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Laurea entrepreneurship society

Head Of Marketing

Jan 2021Jan 2022 · 1 yr · Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

  • Before I found my 1st paid marketing role in 2021, I decided to volunteer.
  • Instead of volunteering anywhere, I picked a local university’s Entrepreneurship Society.
  • (which explains my current entrepreneurial ambitions so well btw)
  • One of my biggest responsibilities as the Head of Marketing for me was running our events.
  • That meant:
  • Finding speakers & partners for the events
  • Creating content to promote the events
  • Hosting the events
  • There was a week before the summer break, when we accelerated all the event production.
  • I ended up hosting 3 back-to-back webinars & workshops in a single week.
  • Main challenges?
  • → Cross-promoting 3 events for 4-5 weeks prior across FB, IG, LinkedIn, and email
  • → Dealing with last-minute delays, changes, and people not responding
  • The promotion was done in the priority approach, accelerating the volume of content the closer the events got.
  • The last-minute events required me to juggle both team, speaker, and partner communication pretty much 24/7.
  • I thought I was gonna lose it. Thankfully, our Community Manager was there to remind me that “We got it”.
  • ….
  • How did I get through the week?
  • Simple. I just f*ckin did.
  • Sometimes there are no fancy hero endings.
  • I did learn that event marketing is tough if you have no idea what you’re doing.
  • And I learned a whole lotta stress management techniques when things get hot.
  • When my 1-year term was done, I knew that the team was in the right hands.
  • (I may have hired specific people for the next HoM to avoid the headaches I had)
  • ✌🏼

Upbeater

Growth Hacking Marketer

Dec 2020Mar 2021 · 3 mos · remote

  • ***✍️ Story writing in progress...***

The old irish pub

Bartender

Aug 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland · On-site

  • In 2020, I hit rock bottom:
  • → No job
  • → Ran out of savings
  • → Stuck in a small town (Vaasa)
  • Then I accidentally saw a job ad:
  • “Looking for a bartender. The Old Irish Pub.”
  • I thought it was the pub in Vaasa as it just opened.
  • Sent my application & resume
  • Got the response back:
  • “We’d love to interview you!”
  • Only the email address was from The Old Irish Pub Helsinki
  • “Helsinki?! It’s 4,5h away from us”
  • 3 days later, I went to Helsinki, aced the interview, and moved there completely within 2 weeks.
  • And oh boy, what a job it was:
  • → Constant night shifts
  • → Lifestyle that drained my health
  • → Dealing with less desirable customers we had to call ‘guests’
  • There were of course good moments too: met some of my best friends there & the love of my life.
  • But in the 2nd month, sh*t really hit the fan.
  • We called it the ‘Copenhagen Night’ as everything you could imagine happening at a bar, happened that night:
  • Broken glass & me getting cut
  • Rude guests & me getting screamed at
  • More drink orders we could handle & me chugging Red Bulls
  • And I had to train 2 new runners
  • Looking back, I always ask myself “How the hell did I manage to get through the night?”
  • My honest answer?
  • The adrenaline I had + the caffeine I drank made me feel like a machine.
  • In a single night I:
  • Got glass cuts 6 times
  • Drank 3 Red Bull cans
  • Served 100+ drinks & cocktails
  • Served at least twice no. of shots
  • Managed at least 5 very drunk guests
  • Taught the runners how to thrive on busy nights
  • Ruled the kitchen with my teammate constantly supplying the bar with glasses
  • It was chaos. I hated the cuts. But I loved the adrenaline rush.
  • Now, whenever things get intense, I look back at my bar job.
  • And I always remind myself:
  • “You could’ve been doing it at night, exhausted, and getting multiple cuts all over your hands. Keep going.”
  • As I completed my 6-month internship at Recright and switched to a full-time role, there was no space or energy left in me to work at the pub.
  • ✌🏼

Upbeater

Digital Marketing Manager

Jun 2020Jul 2020 · 1 mo · Stockholm County, Sweden

  • ***✍️ Story writing in progress...***

Hitachi abb power grids

Sales Intern

May 2018Sep 2018 · 4 mos · Vasa, Österbotten, Finland

  • ***✍️ Story writing in progress...***

Education

Vaasan ammattikorkeakoulu VAMK University of Applied Sciences

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA — International Business

Jan 2016Jan 2020

University of Applied Management Studies

Bachelor's degree — Management in International Business

Jan 2018Jan 2019

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