In 2003, Taras Byk was a trainee at the Representative Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Lviv, afterwards, he worked as a journalist and head of the World news department at the Lvivska Gazeta newspaper. In 2006, he moved to Kyiv where he worked for 3.5 years at the Secretariat of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, and then went for a six-month internship at the European Commission in Brussels. Afterward, for 8.5 years, he worked with the International Republican Institute on the development of democratic practices all over Ukraine.
In 2019, Taras joined Wooden Horse Strategies as a political and business consultant. During 2021, Taras was Head of the Advisory Board to the Mayor of Rivne, Ukraine. When Russia launched Big War on Ukraine, Taras stayed in Kyiv helping Armed Forces as a volunteer and has worked on humanitarian assistance projects. Then, he joined the Community Volunteer Formation of the Territorial Defense of Kyiv. Responding to new challenges before Ukraine, Taras became Director of the NGO “COD Help Ukraine – Operation Palianytsia” organizing support for military and humanitarian projects in Ukraine. Finally, since 2022 Taras has been a Member of the Board of the NGO “Agency for Recovery and Development” providing help to municipalities in different parts of Ukraine, especially, close to the frontline, on their recovery and development.