The Steering Committee of The Association of Montenegrin Managers awarded the most successful managers and entrepreneurs in Montenegro, of which Tarik Zaimović, Bild Studio’s director, received an award for the manager of the year in small companies.

Source: Association of Montenegrin Managers

Tarik Zaimović has been part of a Bild Studio development for 10 years now, which resulted in a successful agency that now offers a wide range of services (design; video and user experience, web design, web, mobile applications and software development, website development, hosting, marketing, consultancy and professional training). With his dedication to work, constant learning and clear vision, Bild Studio has become the fastest growing agency in the country with over 1000 successful projects.

Such results could not be achieved without successful management, which is reflected in defined vision, initiative, risk readiness, teamwork, quality planning and the ability to anticipate changes and new market opportunities.

Source: Association of Montenegrin Managers

A public competition for the award had a good response, as 156 proposals were received, of which 90 candidates were accepted in 11 different categories. The annual awards of the Association of Montenegrin Managers were given in the following categories:

  • Manager of the year in large companies and joint stock companies – Vladimir Lučić, Executive Director of Telecommunication Company Mtel;
  • Entrepreneur of the year, two equal awards: Hilmija Franca, General Manager of Meso-traffic and Gojko Bajović, General Director of Okov;
  • Manager of the year in medium – sized companies – Ljilja Pižurica, Executive Director of Neregelia;
  • Manager of the year in small companies – Tarik Zaimović, Director of Bild Studio;
  • Manager of the year in micro enterprises – Dragan Babić, CEO of D Photo Trade;
  • Young Manager of the Year – Mitar Jokić, Executive Director of Niksic Mlin;
  • Manager of the year in public companies – Dragan Laketić, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CES;
  • Project Manager of the Year – Veselin M. Kovačević, CEO of Bemax;
  • Manager of the year in public institutions and local administrations – Nebojša Kavarić, Director of the PHI Podgorica Health Center;
  • Lifetime Achievement Award – Milan J. Perović, Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Montenegro;
  • The best institution for education and manager training – Faculty of Economics in Podgorica.

Source: Association of Montenegrin Managers

This award is a remarkable incentive for all Montenegrin companies, regardless of their size and activity, because promoting successful leadership can make our companies more competitive, improve the quality of our products and services, and stimulate the development of the domestic economy.

Source: Association of Montenegrin Managers

Award ceremony was held on April 27 at the Hilton Hotel.

We had a great honor to be sponsors of the 22nd Scientific Conference “Information Technology – Present and Future“, organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Montenegro, held in Žabljak, from 27th February to 4th March. The event was attended by more than 300 experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia and Turkey.

We presented Bild Studio in a slightly different way than usual. Gatherings, which involve a large number of students, professors and employers, are a great opportunity to present our internship programs as a long-term solution to the problem of lack of adequate staff on the market of Montenegro, hoping that others will follow our example. So far, 47 people were trained through various programs, which involved practical and theoretical work in order to meet the demands of the modern market, which are changing faster than the teaching program of formal education.

After the presentation of the companies, registered teams of students divided in groups and engaged in the Internet of Things (IoTON) and (Hackathon) programming competition. Our software engineer, Lindon Camaj, had the honor to be part of the jury that decided on the winners of this year’s Hackathon. Students were asked to write a program that simulates a simple graphics editor, and additional task was to create a graphical user interface (GUI) for the editor.

All of the companies, sponsors of this year’s IT conference, provided appropriate gifts for the participants of both competitions. For winners of this year’s Hackathon, Bild Studio donated Arduino robot kit,  three books in the field of programming and participation in our internship program for developers.

This year’s IT conference ended in traditional gathering in the hotel “Žabljak”, where winners of IoTON and Hackathon received their awards, while sponsors and friends of this year’s conference received a thank you gift. Impressions were not settled until the morning after.

As hoped, Žabljak weather treated us right, we enjoyed plenty of ideas and good organization. We are pleased to have been a part of the IT conference and will continue to participate in such events in the future.

Bild Studio representative, product manager Petar Dragas attended round table organized by Acosiation for democratic prosperity – ZID, on the topic “Unemployment of young professionals in the risk of marginalization for bad socio-economic standing and location of residence”

On the round table outline for national reporting on the topic of unemployment of youth and factors affecting it were presented. Report was created based on qualitative research conducted from February to May of this year. 

concerning fact is that in Montenegro up to 45% of youth age from 15 to 24 is unemployed, moreover percent of young, mostly  those with university degree in total employment takes only 19,10%. 
In addition to the fact that Montenegro stands out by the lower unemployment rate of young people compared to the countries in the region, more concerning is the fact that very high number of those with university degrees is unemployed. 

One of the reasons may be hyper-production of highly educated people, as well as, bad economic conditions. 

One of the results show that higher chances for employment have young people capable of conducting more tasks or have ability of multitasking, as well as, those with knowledge of advanced technologies capable of using them professionally in work. 

We use this opportunity to thank ADP – ZID for the invitation to actively participate in this round table, and through constructive dialogue give our contribution to better and wider problem perception and possible solutions.