Simone Silvestroni

Current

Web developer at Mind srl
Owner at Morula.IT

Past

Desktop publishing at FrancoAngeli and Ciriec, Milan (Italy)
Mobile media consultant at Unnecessary Production
Game audio design & Web design at Playstos Entertainment - TIMA S.p.A.

Web graphics design, Quicktime VR at Multimedia Advertising Group srl
Co-editor at Gruppo Rizzoli RCS (Rizzoli, Bompiani, Fabbri, Sonzogno)

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Education

Berklee College of Music
Web design
Editor & DTP training

Game Developer Conference
Centro Professione Musica, Milan
Music theory, harmony, bass
Istituto tecnico statale per geometri "C. Morigia", Ravenna
SIAD (Ravenna)

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Industry

Media Production

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Simone Silvestroni’s Summary

Born in Ravenna (Italy), January 1971. Living in Milan (Italy) since 1997.

WEB
Web design, usability and accessibility, XHTML/CSS coding, some PHP.
Software: code editors on Mac, Windows or Linux; web tools (CMS, Wordpress); Adobe Fireworks and Photoshop.

AUDIO
Composing, arranging, audio editing, mobile media and content. Capable of setting up and managing small studios.
Software: Logic Studio 8 suite and other DAW on Mac or Windows, Propellerhead Reason and many file conversion and sound tools.

PUBLISHING
Graphic design, desktop publishing, editing.
Software: Adobe Creative Suite 2 (InDesign specialization), Quark Xpress.

Simone Silvestroni’s Specialties:

Skilled in problem solving. Quick in managing multiple tasks, always learning new technologies and market directions.
Use Mac, Windows or Linux systems.

Simone Silvestroni’s Experience

Web developer

Mind srl

(Internet industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

• XHTML, CSS, some PHP, CMS
• Research & Development.
Owner

Morula.IT

(Media Production industry)

March 2004 — Present (5 years 9 months)

• Desktop publishing and editing for several companies;
• Websites with accessibility features;
• Mobile ringtones, wallpapers, themes;
• Audio design.
Desktop publishing

FrancoAngeli and Ciriec, Milan (Italy)

(Publishing industry)

January 1997 — January 2009 (12 years 1 month)

• 12 years of "Economia pubblica" bimonthly magazine (DTP and editing);
• Books and reviews (DTP and editing);
• Math graphics & equations.
Mobile media consultant

Unnecessary Production

(Media Production industry)

January 2004 — December 2006 (3 years )

• Audio & MIDI development for ringtones;
• Wallpapers and Nokia themes;
• Research & Development.
Game audio design & Web design

Playstos Entertainment - TIMA S.p.A.

(Computer Games industry)

February 2000 — September 2004 (4 years 8 months)

• Sound design and music composing for prototype of the Playstation2 videogame "Ruff Trigger";
• In-house music studio installation and management;
• Corporate website design and management;
• Associates website design;
• Problem solving.

Thanks to this position, I attended the 2002 Game Developer Conference in San Jose (CA).
Web graphics design, Quicktime VR

Multimedia Advertising Group srl

(Media Production industry)

January 1999 — March 2000 (1 year 3 months)

• Graphic and interface design for ATM-style touch-screen infopoints;
• Quicktime VR;
• Filemaker Pro management (remotely);
• DTP for advertising.

Clients: L'Oréal Italia, Aldo Coppola, Bulgari, Boggi.
Co-editor

Gruppo Rizzoli RCS (Rizzoli, Bompiani, Fabbri, Sonzogno)

(Publishing industry)

January 1993 — February 2000 (7 years 2 months)

• Editing for books and magazines;
• Desktop publishing for "BUR".

Simone Silvestroni’s Education

Berklee College of Music

Bass 2009 — 2010 (expected)
Web design

Web design and coding 1997 — 2009

XHTML, CSS, PHP, Javascript, interface design.
From Laura Lemay's "HTML 3.2" (1997) to Jeffrey Zeldman's "Designing With Web Standards"; Eric Meyer's "Cascading Style Sheets" (2005) and Steve Krug's "Dont make me think" (2006).

Activities and Societies:

I.W.A. (International Webmasters Association).
Editor & DTP training

Desktop publishing, editing 1993 — 2006

Trained by professional freelance Editor Paola Varani (worked for Gruppo Rizzoli RCS SpA and many others), started from UNI 5041/1996.
Game Developer Conference

Computer games 2002 — 2002

Attended the GDC in march, 2002, in San Jose (CA). Learned the game audio workflow, audio management for Xbox, audio editing for game platforms.

Activities and Societies:

G.A.N.G. (Game Audio Network Guild), bronze member.
Centro Professione Musica, Milan

Bass, Music theory and harmony 1993 — 1995
Music theory, harmony, bass

Music 1992 — 1993

Teacher: M° Massimo Sutera.
Istituto tecnico statale per geometri "C. Morigia", Ravenna

1986 — 1990
SIAD (Ravenna)

Professional typist 1983 — 1984