PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: Tommaso De Benetti
Address:
(italian): Via Giacomo Leopardi 13h Int.11 31022 Preganziol (TV)
(finnish): Hietaniemenkatu 14A609 00100 Helsinki
Phone:
(italian): +39 3397520451
(finnish): +358 449445305
E-mail: (ONLY for job offers or academic reasons): tommaso.debenetti[ A_T ]gmail.com
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 18/02/1983
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Communication Specialist at Lots (www.lots.fi) - current job
- Marketing Assistant for AlmaMedia.fi - Mascus division
- Tutor in the course Creating a Multicultural Web Magazine at the University of Helsinki (29.10.2007- 10.12.2007)
- Database and network administrator + graphic advisor at Falcon - Commerciale Falco srl in Preganziol (Treviso) (November 2006-August 2007).
- Freelancer for Binari Sonori (Milan) providing translations as well as software and booklets localisation.
- Freelancer for national videogame magazines (Videogiochi, Evolution, PiùGiochiPS2) as well as magazines about fantasy culture (Kaos).
- Telemarketing operator for Telecom Italia (June 2005-May 2006)
- Minor works to pay my studies.
EDUCATION
1997 - 2003: Istitute ITIS ZUCCANTE (Mestre) / ITI GALILEO GALILEI (Treviso). Main subjects / professional skills covered: IT - Course of studies: Abacus & Standard.
In 2001 I attended the “Creation of web sites for electronic commerce” course, organised by the Zuccante Istitute in collaboration with the Prometeo company of Mirano (Venice). Diploma: Perito Informatico (IT Expert)
08/2004 - 02/2005: University Of Turku / University Of Helsinki (Finland). Main subjects / professional skills covered: Communication – Argonaut Program
During my time abroad I’ve taken and passed the following exams (held in English and Finnish):
- “Course in Finnish Language and Culture” organized by the Center Of International Mobility and Language Center of the University of Turku.
- “Elementary Course of Finnish for Exchange Students” ((University of Helsinki)
- “Introduction To Information Society” ((University of Helsinki)
- “Paper Reality and Digital Reality from a Designer’s Perspective” (University of Helsinki)
2003 - October 2006: Università Degli Studi di Padova (Padua University of Studies). Main subjects / professional skills covered: Communication – Course of studies: Mass Communication. Final mark: 100/110. Thesis: “Online World and Communities, Analysis and Evolution Perspectives”.
2007 - 2008 (still going): University of Helsinki. Main subjects / professional skills covered: Master in Communication
SKILLS AND LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
Native language: Italian
Other languages:
- English: Reading > Excellent, Writing > Proficient, Spoken > Proficient. Toefl ibt Score (Test Of English as a Foreign Language): 101 / 120. Ielts Score (International English Language Test Score): 7.5 / 9.
- Finnish: Reading > Basic, Writing > Basic, Spoken > Basic.
- Spanish: Reading > Good, Writing > Basic, Spoken > Basic.
Personal peeks: I have initiative, personality and a strong sense of responsibility. Given the choice I prefer to have the situation under control and I’m not scared by having to lead a group. That said, I’m very flexible and can adjust to the work assigned with ease. I don’t have any difficulty when working in a team given I’m quite sociable and constructive. I have good intuition and empathic abilities, which enable me to relate with others with due diplomacy. Finally, I’m capable of adopting different communicative approaches, according to the situation, as well as being skilled with words.
Team leader skills: I have previous experience in coordinating editorial staff and art groups.
Technical skills:
- Good knowledge of all the best known OS (Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX), and software applications, in particular the Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, etc.), iLife suite, iWork suite, photo editing / graphic programs (Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Photopaint, Adobe Illustrator) and video editing programs (Adobe Premiere, Ulead VideoStudio).
- Excellent knowledge of the net and related applications: mail clients (Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird), browsers (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari), web design (Macromedia Dreamweaver, RapidWeaver), client FTP (WS_FTP, RBrowser and others).
- Able to create and/or manage a web site.
- Fairly gifted in graphic arts.
Artistic skills:
- I contributed as a freelancer to several online publications dedicated to videogames (http://www.gamerepublic.it - Official PlayPress Website - as well as the above mentioned ones).
- Founder, webmaster, designer and contributor of Gehenna Inc. (http://www.gehennainc.com), a web site dedicated to the production and distribution of artistic materials of various nature (short films, books, drawings…). Under the Gehenna Inc. brand I wrote, directed and edited the short The Light At The End Of The World, winner of “Premio Speciale della Giuria al 22° Concorso Internazionale di Multimedialità 2005-2006 di Pordenone” (Special Prize of Jury). The movie has been scheduled in several other festivals. A second short movie called Piange la Bella Anguana is finished and ready to be released on DVD. From 2007, Gehenna Inc. is even distributing and promoting music of underground artists (http://www.last.fm/label/GehennaIncMuzak/).
- I’ve been an active member of the Metal Gear Solid - Philanthropy (http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net) project 'till early 2007.
- Founder, webmaster, designer and contributor of Ring – Critica e Cultura del Videogioco (http://www.project-ring.com), first Italian site dedicated to ‘games studies’ (now concluded) of which 16 issues are available in PDF format. From the ashes of Ring a new project is born: RingCast, a podcast about videogame culture. Right now, I'm the main speaker and realizer of the show (iTunes link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=252815042). - I’m one of the author of the book "Nuove Storie per Antiche Leggende" or "Uusia Tarinoita vanhoista taruista", published in Italian and Finnish in October 2007 by Tamara Montagna Edition. My contribution is a short novel about folklore.
- Founder, webmaster and designer of http://www.metalhearts.com (online from 2000 to 2004), web site following the underground music scene and related art forms (visual arts, narrative, essays…). Under the Metal Hearts brand I published dozens of music reviews and interview with Italian and foreign bands. I also produced several artworks.
- Under the Rose&Poison brand I contributed, along with other two authors, to the writing of the Urla Dal Silenzio game-set for the Italian role playing game Sine Requie. The same game-set was then introduced during the Lucca Comics & Games 2005 festival.
- Long time member of Loggia Irrealisti, a club dedicated to role playing games, simulation games, live role playing games and experimental theatre.
- Videogame enthusiast, passionate about cinema, literature, comics, animation and music.
Driving license
B
