CURRICULUM VITAE (last update 20/08/2011)

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Full name: Tommaso De Benetti
Address:
(finnish): Torivoudintie 12 A 5 00640 Helsinki
Phone:
(finnish): +358 404850167
E-mail: tommaso [ DOT ] debenetti [ AT ] gmail [ DOT ] com
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: 18/02/1983

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Marketing Manager at Recoil Games (Jun 2011-now): As external Marketing Manager for Recoil Games, I'm in charge of the promotion of Recoil's upcoming hit "Rochard". My duties include content strategy, copywriting, community management and, last but not least, planning and execution of viral campaigns.
• Communications Specialist at Microtask (Feb 2011-now): For Microtask I take care of blog copywriting, content management, social media presence, online ads and market research. I'm working on a daily basis with platforms such as Wordpress, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Sendible, Tweetdeck, MailChimp and Atlassian Confluence to stimulate awareness of Microtask's name and brand. In 2011 Microtask has been nominated as a Red Herring TOP 100 Europe winner.
• Editor in Chief at Players (Dec 2010-now): I contribute to, organize the team and take care of the editorial line of Players, a digital magazine aimed at discussing entertainment with an independent and mature attitude, engaging a sharp and vaguely geeky audience.
• Content Strategist, Copywriter and Owner at Writing Bold (Jul 2010-now): Writing Bold offers freelance copywriting and marketing services aimed at the technology industry. We work together with our clients to make their tech, applications or services sound sexy, carefully crafting words and strategies to make their business perceived exactly as they imagined.
• Communications Specialist at Lots (Jun 2008-Jan 2011): In Lots I've been taking care of the internal and external communications. I produced contents for customers, managed collaborative environments such as Confluence and Jira and designed the Intranet, making sure that data were collected and stored in the right place and that the process of retrieving critical information was efficient, fast and smooth. I also worked on some of Lots' projects as content producer.

EDUCATION

• 2010: Master in Social Sciences (Communication), University of Helsinki. Thesis: “Music Distribution: Analysis of Two Emerging Business Models”
• 2003 – 2006: BA in Communication, Università Degli Studi di Padova (Padua University of Studies). Thesis: “Online Worlds and Communities, Analysis and Evolution Perspectives”
• 1997 – 2003: IT Technician, Institute ITIS ZUCCANTE (Mestre, Venice) / ITI GALILEO GALILEI (Treviso).

SKILLS AND LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE

• Native language: Italian
• Other languages: English (Proficient), Finnish (Elementary, still studying it)

About me: I'm a communications specialist, a copywriter and a media content producer able to anticipate trends, make the most out of a given communication channel and efficiently organize people around me. I understand social media, branding, team dynamics and the importance of not being obvious.
I specialize in creative copywriting (blog and web content), newsletters, press releases, social media presence, video scripts, market research and SEO.

For more information and updates please check my LinkedIn page.