
PhD Student, Independent Public Relations and Communications Professional, Journalist, Web Content Manager
Ticino, Switzerland

PhD Student, Independent Public Relations and Communications Professional, Journalist, Web Content Manager
Ticino, Switzerland
I'm a Public Relations and communications consultant, a journalist (classified as "publicist" in Italy) since July 18, 2005, and a blogger. I consider myself as a "PR addicted" life-long student, since I like to learn things using a PR perspective.
I am also a Joomla! evangelist, since I try to spread the use of this open-source Content Management System.
I would like to work with people who are willing to share with me their experience, their knowledge and values, exchanging viewpoints and personal opinions.
- Research
social media, internet PR, evaluation & measurement, branding, corporate communications, media relations.
- Software used
SPSS, Surverymonkey.com
- Graphic Skills
Adobe CS 3 (Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Flash), PageMaker 7, QuarkXpress 5.
- Web & Internet
HTML, xHTML, CSS and PHP (basics).
CMS: Joomla! (1.0.12 and 1.5 ver), Mambo, Drupal, Wordpress.
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
June 2008 — Present (3 months)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2008 — Present (8 months)
Education and training in public relations field (public speaking); web content management with open source CMS such as Joomla.
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
June 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Managing and writing on the association's blog (http://uniferpi.wordpress.com).
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
I carried out a survey-based research project about a local brand in Gorizia consisting on interviewing people and analyzing data with SPSS software.
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2007 — January 2008 (1 year 1 month)
I used to write on the column "International Campus", dealing with international exchange programs for students.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
June 2007 — December 2007 (7 months)
I coordinated the team in charge of researching and analyzing the social communication campagin for blood donation conducted in our Region (Friuli Venezia Giulia). We presented the research paper at the 3rd Internationa Conference of Social Communication, held in Milan, November, 27 2007.
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Government Administration industry)
January 2007 — October 2007 (10 months)
As an intern, I used to work in the press office managing media relations helping my boss Stefano Caso, chief press officer.
I used to be in charge of updating the website.
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)
January 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 9 months)
I started working for the monthly newspaper edited by the students of the University of Udine in Gorizia both as its graphic designer and as a journalist. After 2 years I passed down the title of graphic designer and continued to contribute writing news and articles.
(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
February 2007 — June 2007 (5 months)
I used to collaborate as a journalist (another internship - not payed, though) with the editorial board of Aliasfvg.it, the news portal of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, held by the Local Government and managed by Insiel S.p.a. I wrote about science and technology, local news regarding university, students, interviews, etc.
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
February 2006 — August 2006 (7 months)
I planned (hired as Suunnittelija) and organised an on-line course in Heritage Interpretation and I was in charge of parts of other projects connected to the Interpretation sphere in Finland and Russia.
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry)
August 2005 — February 2006 (7 months)
As a Leonardo programme trainee I joined the staff of the institute for regional development and research and assisted for carrying on several projects in marketing and tourism sector.
I also learnt how to use the SPSS software for marketing research.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
September 2003 — August 2005 (2 years)
I cooperate with the local newspaper Messaggero Veneto after my internship. Since I work in a press office, I cannot write articles.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; -; Internet industry)
January 2002 — July 2005 (3 years 7 months)
As a member of the editorial office of the portal I used to contribute with content and news. Pungo was dedicated to undergraduate students in Gorizia.
A sample of the portal - that has been hackered down - is visible in the following link: http://web.archive.org/web/20040522133825/http://www.pungo.it/
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
July 2004 — June 2005 (1 year)
I formatted the magazine of FERPI.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
January 2005 — June 2005 (6 months)
World Public relations Festival 2005 - project organised by FERPI, Global Alliance and the University of Udine.
I was a member of the Press office.
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
August 2004 — November 2004 (4 months)
I used to manage and organize "Welcome Day 2004", an event for university freshmen in Gorizia. http://www.welcomeday.altervista.org/.
I was also in the organizing committee for other local events dedicated to students in 2003 (Prospettive) and 2004.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
June 2003 — September 2003 (4 months)
I wrote about several issues regarding the City, politics and events happening in Udine and its surroundings.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Renewables & Environment industry)
March 2002 — May 2002 (3 months)
I took part to a customer satisfaction research project. I delivered a questionnaire throughout face-to-face and telephone interviews. Then I analyzed the data and produced a final report.
Ph.D., Health Communication, 2008 — 2011 (expected)
MA (Hons), Public Relations, 2004 — 2007
Dissertation titled “EMOTIONS, TRUST, RELATIONSHIPS: Measuring The Quality Of Relationships Between Reason And Feeling”, 2007, yet to be published.
BA (Hons), Public Relations, 2001 — 2004
President of Prospettive-cultural association for PR in Gorizia (until june 2006), Member of PRIME
High School, 1995 — 2000
Basketball, floorball, rowing, hiking, running, trekking and walking. Reading, watching movies, video-gaming (FPS, RTS, etc.).