Silvia Donati Email & Phone Number

Bologna, It

Responsibilities include:* Designing custom luxury vacations to Italy, from creation to planning of day by day itinerary to the pricing stage, and follow up with clients’ needs through completion until return of clients to their home* Utilizing AXUS software to provide client with travel documents * Emergency phone responsibility to field calls, emails and Axus texts, to resolve issues for clients in Italy* Responding to new inquiries with goal of obtaining contracts for travel… Show more Responsibilities include:* Designing custom luxury vacations to Italy, from creation to planning of day by day itinerary to the pricing stage, and follow up with clients’ needs through completion until return of clients to their home* Utilizing AXUS software to provide client with travel documents * Emergency phone responsibility to field calls, emails and Axus texts, to resolve issues for clients in Italy* Responding to new inquiries with goal of obtaining contracts for travel planning Show less

I'm a licensed tour guide offering walking and hiking tours in Bologna / Emilia-Romagna / Trentino's Val di Non / Dolomites.

For ITALY Magazine: I contribute ideas, write news, interviews and features, prepare slideshows and upload my own articles to the site, with selection of accompanying photographs and video. I also write regularly for Ambassador, the magazine published by the National Italian American Foundation, and Select Italy.I run a website in English about my hometown, Bologna, and surrounding region of Emilia-Romagna, www.bolognauncovered.com. I am available for… Show more For ITALY Magazine: I contribute ideas, write news, interviews and features, prepare slideshows and upload my own articles to the site, with selection of accompanying photographs and video. I also write regularly for Ambassador, the magazine published by the National Italian American Foundation, and Select Italy.I run a website in English about my hometown, Bologna, and surrounding region of Emilia-Romagna, www.bolognauncovered.com. I am available for writing/editing/research assignments, in particular related to Italy travel, food and lifestyle. Show less

• Manage day-to-day operations of the magazine’s website;• Write news stories, features and sectional content;• Work with the editor in selecting stories for publication and in organizing/scheduling editorial calendar; • Post new content to website and social network platforms on a daily basis; select photographs and other illustrations to accompany an article; prepare slideshows; • Maintain social media calendar and publish additional content and photos to social media… Show more • Manage day-to-day operations of the magazine’s website;• Write news stories, features and sectional content;• Work with the editor in selecting stories for publication and in organizing/scheduling editorial calendar; • Post new content to website and social network platforms on a daily basis; select photographs and other illustrations to accompany an article; prepare slideshows; • Maintain social media calendar and publish additional content and photos to social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest;• Edit content from other writers, including copy editing, fact checking and checking adherence to ITALY Magazine style guide and layout. Show less

A range of collaborations with Italian, British and American publications, writing about Italy travel, food and lifestyle, entertainment, current news and general-interest stories. List of English-language publications: BBC Travel, Forbes Travel Guide, Italy Magazine, Royal Wings, Monocle, L’Italo-Americano, Nerve.com. List of Italian publications: Kika Press & Media, ANSA, Il Secolo XIX, Il Messaggero, Il Mattino, Best Movie, Leiweb.it (RCS Group), Mete d’Italia e del Mondo… Show more A range of collaborations with Italian, British and American publications, writing about Italy travel, food and lifestyle, entertainment, current news and general-interest stories. List of English-language publications: BBC Travel, Forbes Travel Guide, Italy Magazine, Royal Wings, Monocle, L’Italo-Americano, Nerve.com. List of Italian publications: Kika Press & Media, ANSA, Il Secolo XIX, Il Messaggero, Il Mattino, Best Movie, Leiweb.it (RCS Group), Mete d’Italia e del Mondo, Nuovo, Vero, Bellabologna, Menu Magazine. November 2012-April 2013: Entertainment reporter/Correspondent from Los Angeles for an Italian press agency, Kika Press & Media. Job responsibilities: write about the movie and tv industries; go to press junkets and conferences for upcoming movies and tv shows and write about the interviews for Italian newspapers, ANSA and the agency’s website; write daily for Kika Press' website about current news, celebrity stories and special reports; select and upload photos and photo editing work. Show less

Bologna Area, Italy

• Coordinating the International Master's programs;• Marketing and promotion activities & recruitment/selection of students;• Course/programs planning and implementation;• Assistance to international students with advising, program orientation, classroom and daily academic activities, cultural and logistical issues;• Coordinating student group visits from foreign universities;• Writing content and translating texts for the school's website and for programs' brochures.

Bologna Area, Italy

• Administrative services, reception and general office duties. • Support services for EAP students, including organizing and carrying out orientation and other special events and programs, including field trips, holiday and year-end events; assistance with student issues; preparation and distribution of a weekly bulletin.• Academic support services, including gathering course information at the University of Bologna, assistance to students in finding online course information… Show more • Administrative services, reception and general office duties. • Support services for EAP students, including organizing and carrying out orientation and other special events and programs, including field trips, holiday and year-end events; assistance with student issues; preparation and distribution of a weekly bulletin.• Academic support services, including gathering course information at the University of Bologna, assistance to students in finding online course information, preparation of academic documents and maintenance of academic records. Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

Selecting the most newsworthy events, then writing and putting together the CNS Weekly Budget, an advance listing of all major news events scheduled for each upcoming week in the Los Angeles area, to be sent out to all CNS' subscribers. Same tasks for the weekend Entertainment Budget, listing all major news events related to the world of Hollywood and entertainment. Writing local hard news and feature stories.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Clerical and administrative tasks, such as front office reception, answering the phone, mail and fax sorting, reservations/events planning, travel arrangements for reporters, subscriptions to the newspaper, paychecks distribution. • Assisting the director as needed.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Reviewing and answering clients' correspondence; • Preparing itineraries and programs based on clients' requests, sending proposals to clients and follow up; • Negotiating best rates with suppliers (hotels, bus companies, restaurants, etc.); • Making hotel and restaurant reservations as well as booking transportation and guides services;• On-site group supervision in major U.S. destinations.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Designing itineraries for travel within Italy; • Selling travel services to Italy to American travel agents and the direct public; • Booking of such services with company's headquarters in Rome; • Preparing travel documents for clients; • Attending travel and trade shows.

Certificate Program, Print & Broadcast Journalism

Bachelor'S Degree, Foreign Languages And Literatures

Certificate Program, Digital Journalism

Exchange Student, Literature And American Studies