Francesco D'Orazio

Current

Founder at Myrl LTD
Lecturer in New Media at IULM University

Past

Chief Strategist and Digital Project Manager at ZZUB
Head of the Web Department at Eikon Strategic Consulting

Education

Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
University of Toronto
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

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Francesco D'Orazio’s Summary

Francesco D'Orazio is the founder of Myrl.com a social gateway for Virtual Worlds, and ConnectingWorlds.net, a blog about online worlds, their growing integration with the web and the coming 3D Web. As a digital strategy consultant he works on social media and buzz marketing, immersive communication and virtual worlds. In 2007 he launched ZZUB, the first word of mouth marketing social network.

He holds a Ph.D. in New Media Studies and Sociology. His research has been mainly focusing on immersive communication from a social, historical and marketing perspective. He writes and lectures on immersive communication, social media, media-art, virtual worlds and word of mouth marketing. He is currently lecturer in new media at the IULM University in Milan where has recently launched the Social Media Lab and the Minibar Italy. He is Senior Fellow at The McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology, University of Toronto and lives in London where he runs the Virtual Worlds Meet Up.

Francesco D'Orazio’s Specialties:

Social Media, Social Networks, Virtual Worlds, Social Media Marketing, Word of Mouth Marketing, Immersive Marketing

Francesco D'Orazio’s Experience

Founder

Myrl LTD

(Online Media industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years)
Lecturer in New Media

IULM University

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

October 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Chief Strategist and Digital Project Manager

ZZUB

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

November 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 8 months)

buzz marketing, word of mouth marketing, social networking, online pr, social media marketing
Head of the Web Department

Eikon Strategic Consulting

(Marketing and Advertising industry)

October 2006 — June 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Web Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Measurement, Online Reputation Management, Strategic Communication, Market Research.

Francesco D'Orazio’s Education

Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

Ph.D., Immersive communication (sociology, anthropology, semiotics, marketing), 2003 — 2007

Research title: "Immersion. The Science of the Makers of Universes"
University of Toronto

McLuhan Fellow (McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology), media studies, mediology, 2005 — 2006
Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

sociology, semiotics, social psychology, marketing 1997 — 2003