Ciao, I'm

Isabella
Giovannini

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

True story

When I was little, 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

Bologna → USA → Milan → 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.

Giro d'Italia 2022 team Armani Summer Tour, posted on the EA7 Sportour account Meditation session at the Armani beach activation

03

Bologna · USA, Utah · Milan · 2018–2024

Three universities, tre città

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

I studied the whole way through. A Bachelor in Communication at Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna. Then the USA: an MBA year in Organizational Leadership at Southern Utah University, new country, new way of leading a room. That year made one thing clear, my place is where things happen live. So I came back to specialize in Event Management at IED Milan. There I also studied how events are designed, and it shows: I build events to work on a phone screen too, every moment planned to be worth filming.

Bologna · UniBo

Words & ideas

From my Bachelor in Communication at Alma Mater Studiorum (UniBo): a semiotics thesis on the color yellow in the series Dark, a Polimoda editorial interview, gender studies work. The thinking behind the doing.

USA, Utah

The American year

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

Isabella in Utah Isabella in Utah Isabella in Utah Isabella in Utah Isabella in Utah Isabella at the Grand Canyon Isabella in New York
IED · Assignment

Me, in one minute

An IED assignment: introduce yourself in one minute. So here I am, a CV you can press play on. Shot and edited by me.

IED · Film

Bubbly

For an IED project 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."
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.

IED · Finals

Chain of Events

My final project, for Ploom, a JTI brand. I led the whole team as project manager and the creative concept was mine from the start: a main event, a club tour, and a full comms plan, budgeted at over €2M, down to the line items.

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.

Pianofortissimo Festival stage setup Isabella at Wired Next Fest Isabella backstage at Wired Next Fest with a colleague

05

Parma · 2025–now

Where I am adesso

Event Specialist · Davines Group (Certified B Corp)

National and international events for partners, internal teams, spa professionals, hairdressers, and influencers. Suppliers, budgets, brand consistency. Events I'm proud of are below. I shot and edited the recap myself, planning the coverage live and cutting it in post.

Davines event Davines Visionary Forum, with a colleague Isabella at a Davines event
"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

  • Social-first event design
  • Interview & content support
  • Social during live events
  • Video editing
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Italian nativeEnglish C2, and a year of living it

Who I am

Curious, bold, 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 connect with people quickly, and I use it to make every guest feel seen.

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