Behind the scenes: Jovilė Plieskytė

Jovilė Plieskytė is a Senior Consultant who has spent almost five years at Civitta. Before that, she spent five years in the events industry, video production, and everything in between. Today, she works on digital projects and is actively involved into Lithuania office events.

I’m from a small village surrounded by lakes and forests, but I’ve always had an open heart and big dreams of doing something great. Before Civitta I spent five years in the events industry. I decided to change my career path completely and started as a Junior Project Manager at a digital agency.

It was intimidating starting from zero, learning to work with developers and UX/UI designers, understanding digital from scratch. I’m really grateful I had my partner, Berta Timinskaitė, who taught me so much along the way.

Now, almost five years later, I work with some of our biggest clients. Looking back, it really has been a “zero to hero” journey.

What I’m proudest of is how much I’ve grown, and having that constant drive to keep learning is the most important thing to me.

Honestly, there wasn’t one single project that shaped how I approach digital work. Over the years I’ve worked on many projects, from small support tasks to large, complex ones, and each taught me something that made me the professional I am today.

Two values guide how I work every day.

The first is responsibility: I hold myself and my team to high quality standards and take ownership of the work we deliver to our clients.

The second is genuine collaboration. We don’t take the old-school “the client is always right” approach. Instead, we build partnerships where we support each other, find solutions together and do our best for the project. I think that’s why clients enjoy working with me: they can tell I’m taking care of them and their work.

Every project I’ve worked on has taught me something new. Over the years I’ve worked across real estate, education, tobacco, loyalty programmes and self-service platforms, and each industry brought its own challenges and lessons.

The one I’m most proud of, though, is a long-standing client relationship I’ve built over time. When I took it over, the relationship with the previous project managers wasn’t in a great place. I focused on being reliable, listening closely and working with the client as a partner.

Today, they trust us enough that we’re delivering far more services than before. Rebuilding that trust, and seeing it turn into a stronger, more collaborative partnership, is probably my biggest achievement so far.

Definitely. Working in events taught me to think in solutions, right here and now, instead of getting stuck on the problem. There’s rarely just one way to solve something – some paths are easier, some take longer – and I’ve learned to always look for alternatives. That mindset is exactly what project management is: problem-solving, and staying flexible enough to find another way in.

I also worked on a lot of creative digital projects that started as just an idea and ended up as a game or interactive experience – which pushed me to think differently, too. And underneath all of it is curiosity: it doesn’t matter how hard something looks, you just have to try it.

I love creating an atmosphere people remember,  hearing “oh my god, this was such a great party” afterward. I think it comes from empathy. I know what people want and need, and I really enjoy making that happen.

My events background helps too: I know how lighting, sound, and decor come together, and I trust my gut on how something should feel. I enjoy both the process and the result.

One year it was Tokyo-themed, with chefs preparing Japanese food live. Another year we recreated a ‘90s family gathering, with a ten-meter table down the corridor filled with traditional dishes. We even had a popular Lithuanian artist – well-known among people’s parents and grandparents – perform live, and everyone sang along.

These parties take two to three months of planning and plenty of hands-on work: moving tables and chairs, building the decorations ourselves and making sure everyone is fed and entertained.

The budget is never big, but that’s where the magic happens. With creativity, clever ideas and a lot of love, we turn a modest budget into a night people talk about for months. It takes a lot of effort, but seeing everyone’s faces makes every minute worth it.

Don’t give up.

It was hard for me too, especially starting later. It wasn’t easy stepping in without a “typical” digital background. But every hard situation, every new challenge, teaches you something, and the more of them you go through, the easier the next one gets.

What keeps me going is that drive to never give up, no matter how difficult things get. And honestly, there’s real satisfaction in taking on something difficult and pulling it off.