FRANCESCO FESTON
Interpreter/Marketing assistant
Zero Branco, TV| - |-
Work History
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Sales and marketing assistant
08-2015 - present
Total Juggling Srl
Export Office Assistant at Total Juggling srl
Permanent market monitoring (desk research)
Collecting information abroad
Elaborating adapted offers (pre-sales activities)
Selling; following up sales
Choosing service providers (logistics)
Producing messages integrating socio-cultural elements
Constituting and maintaining a multicultural network of contacts
Public relations officer, marketing assistant
Skills
02-2013 - 08-2015
Per Gola, restaurant and hospitality industry
Planning and strategy.
Overseeing branding and marketing communications initiatives though social media
networks
Writing for an online audience (updates, follow-ups).
Increasing brand awareness by formulating and executing a compelling brand promise that
responded to customer needs.
Freelance Interpreter and translator
01-2014
ICORA- ORTHOMEDICA, ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (PADUA)
Community interpreting ENIT during a round table between Italian and Libyan policymakers and entrepreneurs.
Topics: orthopaedics, business development, infrastructure.
Freelance Interpreter and translator
ANMIL
Simultaneous interpreting ENIT during the conference “La città come infrastruttura critica”;
guest speaker Commissioner Of ce of Emergency Management of New York City, Dr. Joseph F.
Bruno; (Palazzo dei gruppi parlamentari, Roma).
Topic: critical infrastructure, emergency management.
04 - 2014
ADAPT, UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA
Simultaneous interpreting ENES during an international conference on work-life balance.
Freelance Translator
Foreign languages and
multilingual writing skills
Italian: native language
English: effective operational
proficiency C1
Spanish: effective operational
proficiency C1
French: upper intermediate B2
German: intermediate B2
The ability to produce clearly
structured, well written
communications has proved
successful in a multilingual working
environment.
Communications and Marketing
03-2014
Freelance Interpreter and translator
References:
Elis Communication, Mrs. Elisa
Panarese:-Mr. Adolfo Valente:-Mr. Luciano Feston:-
2013 - present
Mr. Adolfo Valente, Lawyer
Good public speaking skills: during my
extended training and professional
experience I learnt to confidently
speak in front of large groups. I can get
people’s attention when I speak
phrasing and emphasising ideas well. I
have been developing this skill in my
experience as an interpreter.
Empathic listener. I am able to make
others feel valued and understood.
Advertising, PR, social media
Customer service and retention
Organisational / managerial skills
Since 16 years old I have cut my teeth
by helping my parents run the family-
Translator: IT EN, EN IT
Topics: photography
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Freelance Translator, English teacher
2013 - present
Elis Communication di Elisa Panarese, Padova
Remote interpreting ENIt.
Business, marketing translation.
Food and beverage manager
2006-06 - 2011-09
L'Oste e il Cuoco , Scorzè, Venezia
Coordinating all F&B and day-to-day operations within budgeted guidelines and high
standards
Responsible for ensuring the venue’s smooth function and preserving excellent levels of
customer service.
Education
Coursera Course Certificates, Marketing in a Digital World
2016 - 2016
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This course examines how digital tools, such as the Internet, smartphones, and 3D printing, are
revolutionizing the world of marketing by shifting the balance of power from firms to
consumers. This course is part of the iMBA offered by the University of Illinois
https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/SMQ875NJ8XBK
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you
master tough subjects
2015 - 2015
This course gives you easy access to the invaluable learning techniques used by experts and
deals with how the brain uses two very different learning modes and how it encapsulates
(“chunks”) information.
https://www.coursera.org/account/accomplishments/verify/XYY9UBEN7238
2011 - 2016
School of modern languages (SSLMIT), University of Bologna, Forlì
BA in interpreting and translation
Technology
OS: Mac & Windows
Microsoft Office
Email marketing. Social media tools
Facebook ads
Corporate performance management
software: Mexal
Basic HTML
Problem-solving skills
The ability to learn quickly and my
insatiable curiosity to know what is worth
knowing have been helping me get
difficult tasks done.
Simultaneous interpreting &
consecutive interpreting
University of California, San Diego
Master Degree in conference interpreting
owned business in the hospitality and
restaurant industry. This is where I
have learnt to make decisions
independently, to think analytically,
critically and creatively.
Actively involved in quality assurance
programs within the organisation
Deliverables; plans/projects;
relationships
2008 - 2011
University of Venice Ca' Foscari
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Mastery of interpreting techniques in
English, Spanish and Italian which I have
been practising and improving both
during my academic training and my
professional experience.