My Work as Self-employed in Canada
Consultant, Galia Krasteva Toronto 2000, Company eGal Site (1 April 2001—1 April 2005) - Social and Marketing Research
Consultant Galia Krasteva Sofia Oct. 2000- March 2001. Advertising consulting as visiting consultant of eGal Site Toronto for Pension Insurance Company "Rodina", Sofia:
✔ Managing of company national advertisement strategy
✔ Work with advertising agencies and sub-contractors
✔ National media relations, public relations.
✔ Management of two national advertising campaigns
Consultant Galia Krasteva Montreal, Canada Area 2004-2008; 2011-
✔ Consulting
✔ Design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative social research and marketing research studies
✔ Design, moderation and analysis of focus group discussions
✔ Design, moderation and analysis of in-depth interviews
✔ Advertising research and strategy
✔ Design: branding, visual identity, advertising, web design
✔ Legal research (Quebec): Psychological harassment at work place; Privacy in Canadian Corporations: Diagnostics and consulting regarding different privacy issues and legal responsibilities of the businesses connected with the collection, management and disposal of personal information.
✔ Workplace safety in Canadian corporations in Quebec (the case of food service industry)
✔ International Comparative Participatory Research on Bigotry (Brossard based).
✔ Culture and Work Ethics (two comparative participatory case studies, Brossard and Montreal).
Other Projects:
✔ Bigotry and Work Place Socialization (comparative participatory observation)
✔ Upward Social Mobility (qualitative research)
✔ Free Expression in a Digital Age (literature review)
✔ Social Capital and Corruption (secondary and primary social research)
✔ Privacy and Work Ethics (qualitative research)
✔ Work Place Harassment (participatory observation)
Marketing Research Projects:
Secondary research on healthcare spending
Prescription and non-prescription medications in households (South Shore Representative Phone Survey Methodology Design)
*See Books page for the results