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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Affiliations
Interests
Timeline
Daniela Mazzolini

Daniela Mazzolini

London

Summary

Passionate about Diversity and Inclusion, mental health, and social welfare, I am a multilingual events professional eager to pursue a fulfilling career in the third sector. I am excited to utilize my end-to-end event management skills for the greater good.

I have diverse experience in organizing online and in person +50 people events, planning budgets, booking venues, liaising with suppliers and clients, managing logistics, and presenting post-event reports.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Associate, Community and Events

Gemini
London
10.2021 - 04.2023
  • Plan and manage budgets for each event; lead planning meetings with all stakeholders, assign tasks and direct the staff team to ensure running to schedule.
  • Manage RSVPs, maintain guest lists, and coordinate logistics such as venues and supplier contracts
  • Effectively communicate upcoming events
  • Support the organisation of seminars, client events, and corporate entertaining opportunities
  • Manage event material
  • Assist Marketing and Communications teams in logistics and execution of external conferences and business development-focused events

Key Event:

  • Gemini Boat Race Fundraise: a gala event in partnership with the Fulham Reach Boat Club to further develop the sport by engaging young people with limited access to rowing through The Gemini Boat Race Bursary Scheme. The £75,000 Bursary provided rowing instruction and education to students from underprivileged background with limited access to the sport.

The event had a turnout of 150 people and was a great success.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss were present at the event together with other personalities.

Customer Care Manager

Taptap Send
London
04.2020 - 09.2021
  • Managing the daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly performance of 15 agents of the customer care team coming from different backgrounds
  • Ensuring adherence to SLA expectations
  • Ensuring customer satisfaction using CSAT and NPS
  • Answering escalated queries related to sensitive topics using Zendesk
  • Collaborating with the D&I team to promote inclusivity across the whole company
  • Recruiting, mentoring and developing customer service representatives

Community Operations Manager

Bumble
London
02.2018 - 03.2020
  • Manage a team of 30 freelance Customer Service Assistants for the Italian, Albanian, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Japanese, Greek, Turkish, Romanian, Polish and Hungarian speaking markets for both Badoo and Bumble Apps
  • Respond to escalated customer queries regarding a variety of sensitive issues
  • Manage social media platforms to increase engagement like Forums, Live steaming, Twitter and Facebook
  • Create and translate help sections and FAQs

Customer Care Agent

ASOS
London
08.2016 - 04.2018
  • Handling customer queries across different platforms including: Email, Social Media and Live Chat
  • Delivered fast, friendly and knowledgeable service for routine questions and service complaints
  • Trained new employees on processes to promote productivity team-wide.

PR & Events Organiser

Montenapoleone VIP Lounge
Milan
12.2015 - 05.2016
  • Working alongside project planners to develop plans for events and to attend event Steering group meetings
  • Identifying and booking locations for events, liaise with location management for booking, catering and logistical arrangements
  • Oversaw event logistics, venue scheduling and accommodations.
  • Sustained general knowledge of local area, providing transportation and accommodation information.

Key event:

  • Cocktail party to present CONVIVIO 2016: the most fashionable charity event of the year for fighting AIDS, it has been funded in 1992 by Gianni Versace and Giorgio Armani. The funds raised every year through Convivio are donated to Italy’s ANLAIDS organization.

Franca Sozzani, editor chief of Vogue, gathered her team and sponsors

to present them the goals of CONVIVIO 2016.

The event had a turnout of 50 participants from Milanese elite.

PR & Events Officer

EXPO MILAN 2015
Milan
05.2015 - 10.2015
  • Arrangement of Int'l Dignitaries & Int'l Corporate VIP visits at MonacoPavilion.
  • Supporting Social Media relations (i.e.Instagram, Facebook, Periscope).
  • Identifying and booking locations for events, liaise with location management for booking, catering and logistical arrangements.
  • Wrote and edited content to create consistent and positive company image in Italian and Spanish
  • Produced creative collateral to successfully share communication strategies and achieve public relations goals

Key Events:

Monaco National Day:

I organised a gala event on the Principality of Monaco National day at the Jazz cafe in Milan. My team was managing a budget of around 200,000 Euros. I was mainly in charge of organising transportation and accommodation for VIP guests, liaising with the catering and hiring extra staff for the event. The event had a turnout of 200 people and was a great success.

Main personalities includes the Prince Albert of Monaco, Michelle Obama and Anthony Bourdin.

The event goal was to raise funds for the Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco, a global non-profit organisation committed to progressing Planetary Health for present and future generations.

Education

Short Course - Event Management

The Event School, London
08.2021

Social Media Marketing And Business Development -

Confindustria Italia, Bologna
2014

Bachelor’s degree - Asian Studies

University of Bologna
06.2012

Skills

  • Event Organisation
  • Project Management
  • Time management
  • Strong IT literacy
  • Leadership
  • Relationship Management
  • Zendesk/Salesforce/DotDigital
  • D&I expertise

Languages

Italian
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Spanish
Proficient
C2
French
Advanced
C1
Chinese (Mandarin)
Intermediate
B1

Affiliations

  • Co-Founder, Women in tech Association, London (April 2022-present)
  • Volunteer Columnist at 'Bossy-Beyond Stereotypes', a non profit organization that fights against social inequalities (January 2023-present)
  • Chair of the LGBTQIA+ ERG at Gemini, (April 2022-April 2023)

Interests

  • Yoga & Meditation
  • Chinese culture
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Animal welfare
  • Mental Health
  • Videogames

Timeline

Senior Associate, Community and Events - Gemini
10.2021 - 04.2023
Customer Care Manager - Taptap Send
04.2020 - 09.2021
Community Operations Manager - Bumble
02.2018 - 03.2020
Customer Care Agent - ASOS
08.2016 - 04.2018
PR & Events Organiser - Montenapoleone VIP Lounge
12.2015 - 05.2016
PR & Events Officer - EXPO MILAN 2015
05.2015 - 10.2015
The Event School - Short Course, Event Management
Confindustria Italia - Social Media Marketing And Business Development,
University of Bologna - Bachelor’s degree, Asian Studies
Daniela Mazzolini