Pietro Izzo

Pietro Izzo

Online Media Professional, Journalist & Screenwriter

Turin Area, Italy

Current
  • Journalist at DVD Magazine
Past
  • Journalist at Internet Pro
  • Writer at "Come si fa un video digitale" (Self-employed)
  • Web Project Manager at Satiz
  • Journalist at Graphicus
  • Consultant at Gdesign.it
  • Software Trainer at Risorsa
  • Web Designer at Glamm Interactive
  • Web Designer at Venturanet
  • Archivist at Museo Nazionale del Cinema
  • Web Designer at Formagrafica
  • Web Writer & Designer (Self-employed)
Education
  • Università degli Studi di Torino
  • Liceo Botta Ivrea
Connections
123 connections
Industry
Writing and Editing
Websites

Pietro Izzo’s Summary

I'm an online media professional, with more than 10 years expertise in the web & multimedia field. As a communicator, my main interest is writing, and I collaborate with a number of magazines, websites and publications. I am a journalist and a screenwriter (I wrote and produced a number of short features and documentaries within the Bamboo Productions collective).

Pietro Izzo’s Specialties:

usability, information architecture, social networks, Web 2.0


Pietro Izzo’s Experience

  • Teacher

    Istituto Europeo di Design

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

    February 2008Present (1 year 6 months)

    Teaching "Video content management" to the firstyears in the Digital Design branch of IED

  • Journalist

    Apogeo Online

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    February 2006Present (3 years 6 months)

    Writing articles and tutorials about Web 2.0, social networks and Internet life.

  • Web Project Manager

    Camera di commercio di Torino

    (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

    December 2003Present (5 years 8 months)

    Maintain the website and keep the information updated working with a team of 80 people distributed in all the offices inside the Chamber of Commerce. Propose new and creative solutions to deliver the information in the easiest way to the public. Consult about web & IT projects run by specific offices inside the Chamber of Commerce or its special companies.

  • Journalist

    DVD Magazine

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    September 2003Present (5 years 11 months)

    Writing DVD reviews, actors profiles and special theme articles on movies and genres.

  • Journalist

    Internet Pro

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    April 1998December 2005 (7 years 9 months)

    Writing articles about usability, accessibility, web design, new media art, new media companies (including interviews and website reviews) and cinema on the web.

  • Writer

    "Come si fa un video digitale" (Self-employed)

    (Self-Employed; Writing and Editing industry)

    January 2004December 2004 (1 year)

    Co-authored the book "Come si fa un video digitale" ("How to make your digital video") with Marco Mion and Lorenzo Corvi. The book was published in 2005 by Tecniche Nuove, Milano. The book is a manual on how to write, shoot, edit and publish a digital video, be it a family movie or a documentary, or a short feature.

  • Web Project Manager

    Satiz

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

    July 2000November 2003 (3 years 5 months)

    Web & Multimedia expert. Project manager for multimedia press kits, commercial websites and rich media applications. Content manager for running websites.

  • Journalist

    Graphicus

    (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

    February 1996September 2002 (6 years 8 months)

    Articles about graphic and typographic design, graphic software reviews and comparations, graphic books reviews.

  • Consultant

    Gdesign.it

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    20012002 (1 year)

  • Software Trainer

    Risorsa

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    January 1999June 2000 (1 year 6 months)

    Training experience all over Italy for Sales Force Automation projects. Clients include Barilla, Ferrero, Caviro, Quaker Beverages, Haribo. Writing user manuals for the same software.

  • Web Designer

    Glamm Interactive

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    December 1997December 1998 (1 year 1 month)

    Web designer, content manager, HTML programmer. Maintaining commercial websites for clients such as Lavazza, Pirelli, Lindt, Banca Intesa.

  • Web Designer

    Venturanet

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

    January 1997December 1997 (1 year)

    Web designer, graphic designer, content manager for local websites.

  • Archivist

    Museo Nazionale del Cinema

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Museums and Institutions industry)

    October 1995December 1997 (2 years 3 months)

    Maintained the silent movie photographic archive and worked on catalogues of movie photographs of the "sound era" (1927-1990).

  • Web Designer

    Formagrafica

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

    January 1996December 1996 (1 year)

    Pioneering the italian web with commercial websites for local companies

  • Web Writer & Designer

    Self-employed

    (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)

    January 1995December 1995 (1 year)

    Did freelance graphics, writing and programming for media agencies in the north of Italy.


Pietro Izzo’s Education

  • Università degli Studi di Torino

    Laurea , Scienze della comunicazione , 19891994

    Graduated in Rhetoric & Cinema, magna cum laude

  • Liceo Botta Ivrea


Additional Information

Pietro Izzo’s Websites:

Pietro Izzo’s Interests:

Photography, movies, filmmaking, screenwriting, travel, reading, archery, yoga, social networks

Pietro Izzo’s Honors:

Best photograph of Torino (Webdays 2005)


Pietro Izzo’s Contact Settings

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  • expertise requests
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