Justine Bellavita

Justine Bellavita

Journalist / Internet Professional

Milan Area, Italy

Current
  • Editor in chief LeiWeb / Web content and community manager - www.leiweb.it at RCS Mediagroup
Past
  • Freelance Journalist at Condé Nast
  • Freelance Journalist at Max
  • Junior Producer at RTI New York, NY
  • Journalist at ApCom Telecom Media News S.p.A.
  • Web Content Manager at Matrix SpA - Telecom Italia Media SpA
  • Researcher and Web Editor at ONLUS LISA
  • Translator at Play Press Publishing
  • Segreteria Amministrativa / Logging at Immagina Video and Movies
  • Animatore Chat Videotel at ABACAB
Education
  • Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'
  • Liceo Ginnasio Terenzio Mamiani
  • Bell Language School
Connections
426 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Justine Bellavita’s Summary

Web Content and Community Manager, Editor in Chief, Writer. Start-up of editorial projects online. Launch and debug of websites, online communities and social networks.

Freelance Journalist with a broad experience in International Journalism, specialized in Fashion, Entertainment, Women, Food and Travels.

Nine years experience in web content and community management, four years working for a major Italian media group (Telecom Italia Media S.p.A.). Community manager for the female web sites of one of the biggest publisher in Italy (Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A.), now working as Editor in Chief and Web specialist for Rcs Mediagroup S.p.A. at the female web portal www.leiweb.it.

Three years in professional journalism corresponding from US and France for both magazines and the Press Agency ApCom.

Expert in web sites projects and launch, web content management, online community generation and in the integration of the Internet with others media.

Assisted in the production of short format news features from pre-production stage through post.

Trilingual: English, French and Italian. Highly motivated and focused, always interested in exploring new challenges in the means of communication.

Justine Bellavita’s Specialties:

Web Content & Community Management, Journalism & Online news editing, Web usability, CMS, HTML,Tv production & Video Editing, SEO


Justine Bellavita’s Experience

  • Editor in chief LeiWeb / Web content and community manager - www.leiweb.it

    RCS Mediagroup

    (Privately Held; Publishing industry)

    March 2008Present (1 year 9 months)

    Project and launch of RCS Rizzoli first women website : LeiWeb www.leiweb.it ; Editor in chief supervising a group of 20 editors and bloggers. Project, debug and launch of Leiweb's Community. Managing social network presence of the website's editorial content. Coordination with Rizzoli Periodici women magazines editorial staff (Io donna, A, Amica). Content supervision of the whole website. Report to Leiweb Editorial Director.

  • Writer

    Blogo.it

    (Internet industry)

    February 2007June 2008 (1 year 5 months)

    Contributor to the Blogo.it Network. Writer for Pinkblog.it

  • Community Manager - Mondadori On Line

    Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

    (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; MN.MI; Publishing industry)

    April 2007March 2008 (1 year )

    Rethinking and managing the whole community area of the women's magazines websites published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., such as Cosmopolitan.it, Donnamoderna.com and Starbene.it

  • Writer

    Enciclopedia Treccani

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    September 2006December 2007 (1 year 4 months)

    Freelance correspondent and writer for the website Treccani Cinema, specialised in International Movies and Entertainment Business

  • Freelance Journalist

    Condé Nast

    (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

    March 2007September 2007 (7 months)

    Freelance writer for the monthly magazines GQ and GQ Style

  • Freelance Journalist

    Max

    (Privately Held; RCS.MI; Writing and Editing industry)

    January 2005February 2007 (2 years 2 months)

    Freelance writer for the Italian magazines Max (RCS), Hot Dog (Play Press), Io Cucino (Quadratum), FilmTv

  • Junior Producer

    RTI New York, NY

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

    January 2005August 2005 (8 months)

    Assisted in the production of short format news features from pre-production stage through post

  • Journalist

    ApCom Telecom Media News S.p.A.

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    January 2004June 2005 (1 year 6 months)

    Responsible for finding stories and edit news for the Italian press agency ApCom (affiliated with Associated Press).
    News correspondent from New York, NY and San Francisco, CA for ApCom NY (EMC)

  • Web Content Manager

    Matrix SpA - Telecom Italia Media SpA

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TME.MI; Internet industry)

    January 2000December 2003 (4 years )

    Web Content Management, Web Developement, Design and launch of new content formats on the Internet. Internet community management. Project and launch of Tv content on the Web. Follow the content publication and establish relationship with external content providers.
    Under my supervision the website "Virgilio Cinema" became the most visited Italian Entertainment Website* (*Data Nielsen Net Ratings)

  • Researcher and Web Editor

    ONLUS LISA

    (Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    November 1998December 1999 (1 year 2 months)

    Design and start-up of the Anthropology and History sections of the website Italiadonna (www.italiadonna.it) sponsored by the European Community Funds

  • Translator

    Play Press Publishing

    (Publishing industry)

    May 1998November 1998 (7 months)

    Translation from English to Italian of the gaming magazine PSM - PlayStation Magazine

  • Segreteria Amministrativa / Logging

    Immagina Video and Movies

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    September 1991December 1996 (5 years 4 months)

    Managing clients and countability for this small filming company. Video logging of documentaries. Archiving filmed material.

  • Animatore Chat Videotel

    ABACAB

    (Telecommunications industry)

    May 1989December 1990 (1 year 8 months)

    Animation of videotel (Italian Minitel) chat online. Managing contacts.


Justine Bellavita’s Education

  • Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza'

    110 e lode , Anthropology , 19911997

    Graduated with Honors in Archaeoastronomy

  • Liceo Ginnasio Terenzio Mamiani

    Liceo Classico 19861991

  • Bell Language School


Additional Information

Justine Bellavita’s Websites:

Justine Bellavita’s Interests:

Internet, Media, Movie industry, Fashion, Weblogging, Travel, Food, Knitting and crocheting

Justine Bellavita’s Groups:

Italian Journalist Association (Ordine dei Giornalisti), Web Women Italy, LeiWeb, Girl Geek Dinners Italia

  •    Blogo bloggers
  •    BeeMood
  •    Web Women Italy
  •    Friends of Greece
  •    Studium Urbis
  •    MicroCamp
  •    Girl Geek Dinners
  •    LeiWeb.it
  •    IWA Italy Web Skills Profiles

Justine Bellavita’s Honors:

Who’s Who in The World, 2004 - Who's Who in Fashion - Italy, 2009

Justine Bellavita’s Profile in Other Languages:


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