Graduate of 2016 in BA (Hons) English and Italian, achieving a 2:1 from University of Leeds. Living in London, working for a small PR firm in West London. Managing two major clients (both hospitality industry), one of which is going through a major renovation and reopen through 2017, which I will be managing the press coverage for. I am fluent in Italian and have experience with business Italian too.
Looking for opportunities to write freelance, feature-style projects, and professional translation.
Work history
PR Account Executive
London, United KingdomFull Time
Work involves managing two hospitality clients, gaining press coverage, writing press releases, creating a network of contacts, meeting journalists, organising press visits. One of my clients is undergoing a serious renovation throughout this year and will be completely reopened under a new name and improved hotel status, and I will be managing the entirety of the coverage for this.
Skills
- Events
- Marketing PR
- Writing
- Editing
- Journalism
- Blogging
- Creative
- Wordpress
- Web Content
- Office
- Content and Media Writing
- PR
- Hospitality
- Hotel
- Language Spanish
- Fluent English
- Translating Italian
- Italian Advanced
- German Language
Education
BA English and Italian
- Leeds, United Kingdom
4-year joint honours course in English and Italian. I started learning the Italian language from scratch whilst at university, and reached a competent level in 2 years so I could live and study abroad in Italy during my 3rd year of university. During this time I studied at Universita' degli Studi di Verona and passed examinations on Italian Business, Cinema and Culture whilst there.
I followed up on my business studies in Italian upon my return to the University of Leeds with a module focused on the 'Made in Italy' phenomenon, and carried out a marketing report of a product launch entirely in Italian.
In my final year at Leeds, I also developed my translation skills, and feel confident in my ability to carry out journalistic, literary and business-specific translations such as press releases.