Nicole Fiore Email & Phone Number

Greater Los Angeles Area

Founded in 1984 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to promote Italian culture in Southern California and the Southwest. The Institute promotes Italian Language through courses and events in collaboration with numerous local institutions with the goal of presenting Italy in all of its cultural richness: architecture, cinema, design, literature, music, science, theater and the visual arts.- completes extensive spoken and written communications in Italian and English, provides expert translations of text from Italian to English for use on the Institute’s website, invitations, social media and project proposals- plans, coordinates and executes in-person, hybrid and virtual events representing the Italian Foreign Ministry in Los Angeles with the mission of promoting Italy and the Italian language - excellent problem solving and resourcefulness producing a myriad of events, including conferences, meetings, workshops, diplomatic visits and art exhibits from 10 to 450 attendees- manages all creative, logistical, technical and financial aspects of the event, training and managing internal and external staff and selecting all locations and vendors- creates event calendar, organizes, executes and manages event planning meetings, assists in administration and ensures timely and in budget completion of projects

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

- partnered with store teams to ensure correct brand presentation including Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and select specialty stores, merchandising focus on developing sales to meet corporate goals - executed window display and directives in the Los Angeles Armani Jeans monobrand store with regular refreshes and floor moves- trained regional and individual store staff four times a year on product knowledge and best practice sales techniques- organized frequent domestic travel to execute seasonal product knowledge seminars to drive sales, acted as brand ambassador conducting regular store visits as well as attending special selling events

Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

- created seasonal budgets, forecasts and traveled internationally to work with agents and distributors in Europe to ensure meeting sales goals- processed various reports including sales, shipping and forecast with an advanced proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office Suite- managed European agents and direct key accounts like Harrods, House of Fraser and El Corte Ingles building strategic partnerships with management through excellent written and verbal communication skills - organized the collection presentations, market prep materials, sales feedback meetings and coordinated customer care office, logistics and visual merchandising needs - researched competitive brands and communicated market information to sales, design and production

Florence, Italy Metropolitan Area

- coordinated promotion, public relations and marketing activities for CD and DVD distributor in Italy of International record labels- maintained contacts with journalists and radio stations promoting new releases for over 400 International and Italian independent record labels distributed within Italy- organized interviews and collaboration with journalists (magazines, radio, web) and updated company website

Florence, Italy

- completed translations from Italian to English and English to Italian for radio programming, video subtitles and texts

Ma, Italian Language, Culture And Communication

Activities and Societies: Facoltà di Lettere, Universita' di Firenze

Ba, Political Science With Minor In International Studies And Italian Language, Graduate Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: National Italian Language Honor Society Member, Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) member