B A R B A R A B A T T I S T I N GLOBAL MARKETING INTERNET STRATEGIST / PR Dob: 03/05/1973 Status: Divorced Address: Via Cesare Battisti, 11 36042 – Breganze – VI – Italy Cultura Studio Ltd. 295, Madison Avenue. 10017 NY - USA Phone: +39 340 63 83 724 (Primary) +39 345 933 0871 Emails: mail@barbarabattistin.com bb@culturastudio.com Web Sites: culturastudio.com barbarabattistin.weebly.com Full Resume @ http://barbarabattistin.weebly.com/my-job Skype: barbara.battistin Social: Facebook Twitter Linkedin Pinterest Tumblr Instagram Google+ Stumbleupon Bloglovin Blog @ Barbarabattistin.weebly.com Language Skills: Italian (Mother Tongue) English (American – Second Language) French (School Level)

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY I am a highly motivated, confident, honest and hardworking individual with over 21 years experience and extensive knowledge of supporting a sales team in all areas of companies in web, design/branding and marketing strategies, with the ability of conceptualize and think visually, with the skill set to provide creative, innovative, enthusiastic and forward-thinking suitable business solutions in a team environment. Experienced and possessing effective organizational skills, proficiency and practical tasks, including design/branding, market research and strategic planning, events organization and public relations. Held several design/branding and marketing management roles over the years, I’m a quick learner who can absorb, suggest and find suitable solutions, new ideas and can communicate clearly and effectively with work colleagues, clients and senior managers. Excellent interpersonal skills, builds lasting relationships with collaborators and customers. Acknowledging the evolution of marketing communication in the online and offline world, I’m able to work within an existing plan or develop new marketing strategies. I am now looking for a suitable marketing management position with an ambitious and dynamic company. Focused on achieving continuous and improved business performances. Education: Michelangelo Buonarroti Vicenza Institute - Community Director - Degree (1996) Knowledge: Osx, Windows, Linux, Information Architecture, Content and web site management, web & internet development, planning, branding, strategic planning, social media strategies, qualitative & quantitative research, business / marketing online & offline, design (web & print), creative development and management, events organization, project management, public relations, promotional campaigns, translations, corporate/brand branding strategies, customer support also by attending meetings, quality control and analysis, industrial e-commerce, UX (User Experience), B2B & B2C. etc. Countries that I’ve worked with: Italy – United States – England – Poland Malta, and Austria Achievements: 1995 - Top WWW Italia 1996 - Logo and web site design for the national magazine Inter.net.it 2001 - Suore Dorotee web site viewed by John Paul II 2002 - Interview with the worldwide known advertising magazine ADV 2003 - Various certifications two of which Computer Arts & Pc Open 2004 - Prize Donna è Web Italia – 10th position And various other certifications. My interview with the magazine ADV has been published in their “Idee” book.

COVER LETTER

Statement: Design and marketing are the skills of creating cutting edge presentations of ideas translating them into visual creative contents. Within the last twenty years internet got recognized as one of the most effective form of commerce available today, almost every business has an online presence, while for others who still haven’t, will have their major competitors to be always on top of the spot, missing out on potential valuable targeted customers. My goal is to work with world-class clients directing them off the curve, offering the best-in-class solutions from start to finish, in a challenging and rewarding atmosphere.

Over 20 years of experience in the Internet web world, design, marketing online and offline. I work along with my Business Partner Alston K. Cheek for our New York based creative agency / boutique that offers Internet/web and development related services, marketing, branding and design consultancy. I am also helping a collegue on a project for the city of Rome and the Public Administration called Comunicherete. Before Cultura Studio, I was a business owner of a web/design/marketing consulting company called Pinkmedia, born in January 2006, upon multiple customer requests. I’ve been business owner and partner of various web related companies both Italians and internationals. I’ve worked for 19 different companies, agencies, firms internationally, and on more then 200 design, web and marketing projects. I own a Japanese martial arts sport association in the Vicenza area, where I teach as 4th Dan of Ninjutsu, under the Bujinkan organization of the Grandmaster Masaaki Hatsumi. I am a pro-active self-motivated, enthusiastic, reliable, creative and innovative person, with excellent communicationaI skills, I get satisfaction from well-rounded, follow-through marketing approaching concepts, towards growing industries and corporate sells that works, taking them to the next level, within businesses objectives, requirements, budgets, and timeframes, gaining knowledge from various industry fields.

I enjoy working cooperatively in a modern and openminded environment with a dynamic team or independently, foster’s creativity and quality as rewards for the customers. Although I feel that I developed over the years a unique out-of-the-box fresh style of working on each project, that can be apply to any purpose, by discovering how users really think, through attractive ideas, informative detailed presentations and complete reports from corporate to personal, always increasing overall qualities of all projects, putting in place my project management abilities and methods to reach clients, developing the voice for all aspects of companies online and offline presence, while helping them attain new growth goals and improving customers satisfaction. I am exceptionally well organized, goal oriented, I have my own work style, that I pursued over the years making it my daily rule to stand by and routine. I am able to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks, while meeting short deadlines. I am strong analytical person, a fast learner and enthusiastic team player meticulous for details. I have the abilities to create specific and targeted, crafted themes for marketing outreach campaigns both online and offline.

I have a highly extensive experience in web, print, graphic and interactive design, rich visual communications, and solid hands-on in all aspects of creation, execution and delivery of creative projects, content management, with a broad understanding of web development, information architecture, usability analysis, user interfaces and experiences online, maintaining a natural flow between aesthetics and consistency in clients deliverables. I’ve worked with photographers, architects, and participated to production shoots for photos and videos, and I am familiar with many print vendors.

I also participated in creation of print and promotional items for key clients. I am experienced in organizing events with strong knowledge of public relations that upon customers needs I kept contact with PR offices, magazines, newspapers, suppliers making also travel arrangements, schedule meetings, and relate with customers, managing to keep long lasting trustworthy relationships, always guaranteeing business leverage as main focus, translating facts in in profits, pursuing companies objectives.

I have the ability to quick learn and effectively use new software packages and web-based tools. I also worked as freelance translator from the source language to the target language for 13 different companies and agencies and on 37 different customers, and for some of those on multiple translation projects. I am currently seeking a position in a modern and open minded progressive company that will enable me to contribute with my idea-drive high-quality services, and will provide an opportunity for me to apply and use with passion, seriousness and dedicated efforts my skills as tools of communication and stimulation.

MOST RECENT PROJECTS

ITSB GROUP – ATELIER ELECTRA / BANK / BANKING SOFTWARE – STAINZ / AUSTRIA

Role Covered: Social Media Content Manaer / PR.

Responsible for managing social media strategies and campaign, responsible for PR and PR strategie, working with the legal and marketing departments.

SPOTPROMO.IT – Present Day – Online customized gadgets

Role Covered: Web site and content management.

Responsible for managing all the content within the e-commerce web site, managing products descriptions, translations, adding new content, etc.

ORCHESTRAPLETTROBREGANZE.IT – Mandolin Orchestra

Role Covered: Web site and social media management / Book management / photo & video management / advertising / event organization / events fund mangement

Responsible for the management of contents within the web site, social media channels. I am part of the workgroup organizing the anniversary Christmas concert, gathering funds to support the orchestra initiatives, managing photos and videos, working and participating in a commemorative book publication.

The Orchestra a Plettro di Breganze is actually one of the top 10 in Europe, and has achieved multiple awards and prizes.

FEDERAZIONE MANDOLINISTICA ITALIANA – Italian Mandolin Federation (F.M.I.)

Role Covered: I am part of the Board of Directors and I am also managing IT, Web and Social Media channels. Events organization.

I got elected with 85 votes out of 87 to be part of the Board of Directors, of the main Federation for the mandolin orchestras in Italy.

I am also responsible to talk with orchestras worldwide organizing and promoting events and Italian orchestras to participate to concerts and music events.

VARIOUS

I am creating a web workgroup with the scope to create and new consortium that will sell online local wine and food products, enhancing the web site offering industrial tourism, and tourist services. We got the interests of local companies organizations and customers who wants to invest in the project.

FOLLADORE: Powder coating products and services. I got ask to redesign and re-organize their web site. I am actually working with the customer to create a project.

CAPOZZO: Travel Agency – I got asked to work with SEO in order to improve their web site traffic, managing also their social media channels.

PRO LOCO: Local organization – Public services and tourism services. I got asked to do secretary work, create their web site, help them in events organizations, managing social media, print and advertising in general.

ACCADEMIA DEL TORESAN: It’s a food academy. Responsible for local organization about slow food and food in general. I got asked to create their web site while managing their social media channels. I am actually waiting to start collaborating with them.

MENEGHINI: Water soluble sacks. I got asked to create a B2C and B2B project. I am actually working with the customer to create the project.

Comunicherete

Comunicherete is a project born from an idea of my collegue and friend Stefano Tancioni, located in Rome. The project has been studied, developed and created in particular to satistfy the needs of communication between public administration offices and institutions. Similar to a social network, Comunicherete enables groups from various departments within regional public administrations to talk with each others using different methods, improving the timing of their daily tasks also allowing them to better serve the public. The project got the interest of Ancitel, which is the national organization for the rules and laws about public administrations in Italy, guided by the President and political figure of Piero Fassino. The project is still under heavy development and imrprovements with developers part of the Università La Sapienza di Roma.

My role is to help my collegue in developing new strategies and new concepts to apply within the overall project, also creating a communication and marketing strategy throughout social media channels.

Battistin Massimo (Online car shop consulting)

Developing with my brother car shop an “all in one” online car shop solution. A small web site that will allow him to consult for customers who will have questions about engines and car repairs. Using Paypal as payment method.

WORKING BACKGROUND

ITSB Group Cultura Studio Ltd Vale Service Pinkmedia Brandleader Comunicherete (Various minor company projects)*

2013 – present Vertico Remmtools Sanmarco Informatica Mediaxat

2012 – 2013

PinkMedia Davide Sinigaglia Patrick Hatton

2006 – 2011

Information Architecture Marketing Social Media Content Management

Marketing – Design – Branding - Pr Marketing – Design – Branding - Pr

Very Nice S.r.l.

2009 ArbSeek (Malta – England) Webagent Dreams & Co. Ups

2007 Dusoft Mediavip

2005

Marketing – Design – Branding - Pr Marketing – Design – Branding - Pr Design

Webmultimedia

2002 – 2005

Verizon (Usa)

2001 e-Exams (Usa) Interwebnewmedia (Usa)

1999 – 2000

Design – Branding – Marketing - Pr Design Design - Branding

Freelance Various Projects

1998 Powermedia

1997 Primopiano Keycomm

1996 - 1997

Design – Branding Marketing – Design – Branding Marketing – Design – Branding – Internet Sales - Pr

Digital Studio

1994 – 1995

Internet Sales - Pr

REFERENCES:

D1 Milano – Borgo Berga – Crio Cabin - Verizon – The North Face – De Megni - Licit Absenth – Trivellato – Ad Dal Pozzo – Colt – Mediaxat – e-Exams Unex – Arbseek – Very Nice – Figà Drink – Vircos – Markettrax (Chicago Board of Trade) – intern.net – Sportarredo – Immergas – Ivc – First Horizon – Solosuccesso – Vesco Giaretta – Oliver Ogar – Saiv – Vast Communication – Laredo National Bank – Fidas – Flashmeter – UPS, Microsoft and Biomax – Flash & Partners – Nardini, Michela Morellato - Luigi Colbax – Mediaxat for Strabingo and Bbet – Esamotors – Trivellato, COLT Telecom, San Pellegrino – Mercedes Benz (Trivellato) and many others.

OTHER INFORMATION

Through my working experience on web projects I had the chance to work and gather knowledge in the following industries:

Public associations, commercial, martial arts, food, power tools, gardening, logistic, medical, furniture, interior design, real estate, electric & lighting, automotive, tourism & travel, igaming & gambling, photography, chemical, transportation, sports & outdoor, constructions, catering, telecommunication, call centers, journalistic, yatch & luxury, industrial automation, beverages, beauty, spa and wellness, shipping & handling, insurance, music, advertising, agricultural machinery, cosmetology, machinery production, accounting, optician, industrial products, enology, iron processing, telecommunication, It, pharmaceutical, consulting, religious, paper production, business services, customer support, hosting providers, banking & financial, stock market, typography, wedding planning, investments, household products, plant design, driving schools & universities, restoration services.

Thanks to my international experience, I realized that the translation industry is vital for all business seeking expansion and success in the global market. I took advantage of my language skills and worked as a freelance translator of written documents also confidential information, marketing collaterals, newsletters, articles, books, essays, surveys, guides, questionnaire, polls, certificates, manuals and guidelines, marketing campaigns, web sites contents, press releases, medical documentations, company brochures and regulations, interactive games, statistics and data, technical documents, commercial correspondence, from a source language to a target language, ensuring high quality of the finished converted text relaying the intended message as clearly as possible to guarantee the full customers satisfaction.

Through the years in the United States, I have acquired a great deal of experience, that changed my perspective as a freelance translator and helped shaped my career, striving to keep my language and technology skills up to date.

I became a freelance translator when I returned in Italy, after having relocated four years to work in the United States, taking the opportunity to improve my English language proficiency skills. I believe this experience is what eventually allowed me to become fully bicultural.

Industries that I have translated for: Martial arts, Internet services, public services, schools and universities, hotel and tourism, healthcare and medical, igaming and gambling, national contests, real estates, games, chemical, fashion, search engines, banking and financial, holistic, photography, interactive, energy, television, it, sport, railway, transportation.

Translation agencies and marketplace that I have worked for: The Big World, Translation Cosmic Global, Celine Courcy, Elance.com, Boscaino Translation, The Translation Department Inc., ViewPoint, Agenzia Tuana di Hizmelteri Ltd., Translatemedia, Translate It Llc., Daniel Gainor Translation, Executive Graphics, Proz.com.

Customers that I have translated for: LG, Web View 360°, Polo Ralph Lauren, Ayna, Voilà, RBS Royal Bank of Scotland, Gambling Consulting Company, Msn Moneynet, My Youth LLC, 123RF for Inmagine, Pazzatoni Inc., M.T.O. Holistic Center, in.LIVE InteractiveItalia 1 Gruppo Mediaset, Siemens Medical Division, iPSOLA, Sportingbet, Dadyline 1BET2BET.com, Ferrovie dello Stato Spa, Inmagine Inc., Hotel da Porto.

EXTRA – POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Having spent time with members of Italian political parties, I got to understand the need to have a new connectivity and relationship model in place between candidates and voters within the urban communities, by supporting and developing initiatives able to engage the potential voters benefiting the candidate political campaign. Pursuing and helping communicating a strong message able to gain trust and openess by the community, applying marketing concepts and foundations talking with voters about economic improvements and new opportunities available, I managed promotional corners where to distribute flyers, gadgets, and informative packages about the candidate plan and efforts to bring stability and solid leaders that could handle and solve major issues.

Using an informal approach with the everyday citizens about important subjects such as the political future of our country, reaching out to them, by listening to their requests, their inquiries, and ideas on how to improve community services, with the objective to obtain their trust and vote, during the election period in various cities around the region, also participating to conventions, dinners and meetings.

Political Campaigns that I have worked on:

2009 Elections to Member of the European Parliament - Amalia Sartori - PDL - Result: Winner

2010 Elections to Regional Concilman - Costantino Toniolo - PDL - Result: Winner

EXTRA – MARTIAL ARTS TEACHING AND SEMINARS ORGANIZATION

The Bujinkan (武神館) is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi. The combat system taught by this organization consists of nine separate ryūha, or schools, which are collectively referred to as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu. The Bujinkan is most commonly associated with ninjutsu. However, Masaaki Hatsumi uses the term Budo (meaning martial way) as the ryūha are descended from both historical samurai schools that teach samurai martial tactics and ninjutsu schools that teach ninja tactics.

Bujinkan Dojo Italia, was dedicated to the preservation and practice of Japanese martial arts knowledge passed on to us by Dr. Masaaki Hatsumi of Noda (Japan), 34th Grandmaster of Togakure Ryu Ninjutsu and founder of the Bujinkan Dojo.The school opened in 2009 at first in Vicenza, soon expanding in the cities of Padova, Verona, Treviso and Brescia, now located in the province of Vicenza, Bujikan Dojo Italia has rented a warehouse transforming it in a traditional japanese dojo where to pursue Dr. Hatsumi’s teachings. contro over the quality of our lives.

I am a fully certified instructor, awarded in September 2012 to Bujinkan Yondan 四段 (4th Dan) rank by our 15th Dans (Shihans) teachers: Alex Meehan of the Bujinkan Meehan Dojo and Glenn Mc’Nevin of the Bujinkan Mc’Nevin Dojo both from Dublin (Ireland),

EXTRA – COLLABORATION FOR A UNIVERSITY THESIS (SOCIAL POLITICS BACHELOR DEGREE NANCY HATTON)

For the first time in the year 1997, a student has presented an interactive thesis, about internet marketing and social poltics. I have collaborated researching information and I have designed a special web site to be showed during the graduation discussion.

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