Ciao, I'm

Isabella
Giovannini

I make events happen. Five years of live sport, festivals, brand launches, and VIP rooms, from Bologna to Utah to Parma. I plan it, I run it, and I'm there when it goes live.

True story

In elementary school my teachers kept telling my mom I couldn't sit still or stop talking. That part of me never changed. It just evolved. Now it's my job.

Follow the path
Isabella Giovannini smiling in golden evening light

Bologna → Milan → Utah → Parma

The path so far

01

Bologna · 2017–2018

Behind the scenes

Logistics · Zero51 SRL

Where it started. Purchase orders, stock checks, delivery schedules. The unglamorous backbone of getting things there on time. It taught me what I still believe: good events are logistics first.

02

All over Italy · 2019–2022

No second takes

Giro d'Italia (RCS Sport) · Armani Summer Tour · GFVIP · Firenze Rocks

Front of house for live sport and big crowds. Client liaison across three editions of the Giro d'Italia, thousands of kilometers, every tour finished. Head hostess for Armani, GFVIP, and Firenze Rocks. Real people, real-time problems, no rehearsal.

03

Bologna · Utah · Milan · 2018–2024

Three degrees, tre città

Communication (Bologna) · MBA, Leadership (Southern Utah) · MA Event Management (IED Milan)

I studied the whole way through. A year in Utah stretched me most: new country, new way of leading a room. At IED my classmates kept picking me as project manager. These are the projects I'd show you first.

IED · Client project

La Prima Cena

An exclusive dinner concept for Deutsche Bank private banking, built like a menu from entrée to amari. Novel food, a sustainable future, and a blue butterfly as the thread.

▤ Download the full project (PDF, 4 MB)
IED · Finals

Chain of Events

My final project. A full event format with a main event, a club tour, and a complete comms plan. Budgeted at over €2M, down to the line items.

▤ Download the presentation (PDF, 5 MB)
IED · Film

Bubbly

We invented a product and shot the ad ourselves. Writing, acting, editing, all of it. A fake collab between BeLight and Bubbly.

"La vita è come una centrifuga di emozioni."
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Me, on camera

A CV in video form. The fastest way to get who I am without reading a single line.

Utah

The American year

An MBA in Organizational Leadership at Southern Utah University. Far from home, on purpose.

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Bologna · Portfolio

Words & ideas

Semiotics thesis on the color yellow in the series Dark, a Polimoda editorial interview, gender studies work. The thinking behind the doing.

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04

Bologna · Milan · 2015–2024

Whole festival, end to end

Pianofortissimo Festival · Wired Next Fest

At Pianofortissimo I grew from hostess to event project manager: press, talent selection with the creative director, venue negotiation. At Wired Next Fest I ran stage ops and influencer reception.

05

Parma · 2025–now

Where I am adesso

Event Specialist · Davines Group (Certified B Corp)

National and international events for partners, teams, spa professionals, hairdressers, and influencers. Suppliers, budgets, brand consistency. Two recent ones I'm proud of, below.

"Io credo nel grigio. Il grigio è il risultato di due antitesi che si amano."

Me, in an interview for Polimoda

What I do

The work behind every event

Event operations

  • Planning & production
  • On-site & run-of-show
  • Logistics & scheduling

Experiential & VIP

  • Brand activations
  • International events
  • VIP & influencer hospitality

Projects & partners

  • Vendor & budget tracking
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Client liaison

Content support

  • Interview & content support
  • Social during live events
  • Video editing
ExcelPowerPointTeams Planner Google WorkspaceSalesforceSage X3 Absorb LMSEasygeneratorAdobe / Canva Copilot / Claude / ChatGPT
Italian nativeEnglish C2, and a year of living it

Who I am

Curious, frank, and impossibile to bore

I'm the person who talks to everybody in the room and remembers what they said. Curious by default, determined when it matters, honest even when it's easier not to be. I know the effect I have on people. I just don't make a thing of it.

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