Sara Maternini

Current

• Moderation, community management and internet PR for avoicomunicare.it at Hagakure
• Blogger at Mele al Forno
• Organizer and blogger at Girl Geek Dinners Italia

• Blogger at The Kitchen Pantry

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Past

• Community manager at Codice Internet
• Corporate blogger, social media manager and web marketing for San Lorenzo srl at Antonio Tombolini srl
• Event planner at Catering (Self-employed)

• Cookbook translator and gastronomy adviser at Edicomma srl
• Responsible of public relation at China Trading srl

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Education

• Università degli Studi di Milano

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Industry

Food & Beverages

Sara Maternini’s Summary

Food expert and enthusiast, I write about food and its many connections with everyday life.
Food photographer and recipe developer.
I can manage easily on-line communities, corporate blogging, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and all the on-line tools for an effective web marketing campaign.

Sara Maternini’s Specialties:

World wide food connoisseur, web 2.0 marketing campaigns, web 2.0 tools, food photographer, recipe developer

Sara Maternini’s Experience

• Moderation, community management and internet PR for avoicomunicare.it

  Hagakure

  (Public Relations and Communications industry)

  February 2009 — Present (10 months)

• Blogger

  Mele al Forno

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Food blog in Italian, dedicated to the basic of cooking
  Creation of the blog, author of all contents, pictures and recipes

• Organizer and blogger

  Girl Geek Dinners Italia

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Blogger, Twitterer and location manager and active part in the organization of the events

• Blogger

  The Kitchen Pantry

  (Food & Beverages industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Food blog in English, featured by Gambero Rosso, Slow Food and Serious Eats
  Creation of the blog, author of all contents, pictures and recipes

• Community manager

  Codice Internet

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2008 — October 2008 (4 months)

  - Community manager at Codice Internet, a community built on Ning: author of all the posts and discussion started by Codice Internet, management of all the members, basic layout and css changes.
  - Online communication for Codice Internet on all the major social network: Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Flickr…
  - Active part in the organization of Codice Internet events: managing of the online live communication during the events

• Corporate blogger, social media manager and web marketing for San Lorenzo srl

  Antonio Tombolini srl

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  May 2007 — July 2008 (1 year 3 months)

  - Corporate blogger, event and community manager for the European market
  - Innovative and original contents to promote products, recipe creator and photographer for San Lorenzo’s Kitchen, both in Italian and English
  - Online Community manager, creator and updater of Facebook page and Twitter account
  - Promotional event organizer for the English market: theme dinners, corporate event sponsorship, and communication manager for both online and off-line in the London area
  - Creation and management of an Italian tasting panel: products choice, creation of tasting forms, collection and analysis of data and community forums monitoring. Formspring, wufoo and pooldaddy were used to create the forms and collect data.
  - Organization of dinners and lunches in renowned Italian restaurants to promote San Lorenzo wines: wine pairing with tasting menus created by Italian chefs, guest management, event pictures and communication management for the event, both online and off-line.

• Event planner

  Catering (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  September 2003 — April 2007 (3 years 8 months)

  - Organization of the event: establishing the relationship with clients, budget of the event, searching for the best partners and collaborators.
  - Supervisor of the event, of the kitchen on and off site.

• Cookbook translator and gastronomy adviser

  Edicomma srl

  (Publishing industry)

  January 2006 — March 2007 (1 year 3 months)

  Translation from English into Italian and gastronomy adviser for: Pesce, Touring Editore srl, Milano
  Gastronomy adviser for: Carni, Conserve, Torte, Cioccolato, Salse, Touring Editore srl, Milano
  Translation from French into Italian and gastronomy adviser for: Dolci dietetici e poco calorici, Ricette con pochi zuccheri, Ricette rapide e leggere, Ricette ricche di proteine vegetali, Ricette senza colesterolo, Red! Edizioni

• Responsible of public relation

  China Trading srl

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

  January 2003 — April 2003 (4 months)

  - Organization of the opening of a Thai restaurant in Milan

Sara Maternini’s Education

• Università degli Studi di Milano

  Modern History 1993 — 2000

  My PhD thesis was about the role of women during the English Revolution in the 17th century.

Additional Information

Sara Maternini’s Interests:

Good food, food 2.0, cooking, gourmet cooking, organizing events, reading novels, travelling around the world, web 2.0, food

Sara Maternini’s Groups:

Web Women Italy, Food bloggers, Girl Geek Dinners Italia

•    Business Club 2.0 Milan-IN
•    Web Women Italy
•    Girl Geek Dinner Italia
•    Girl Geek Dinners
•    Intruders.TV Italia
•    Food Blogger Connection

Sara Maternini’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• new ventures
• job inquiries
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• business deals
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