Valentina Colombo

Valentina Colombo has a diverse work experience in community management and strategy consulting. Valentina is currently with alphalist as the Head of Community Partnerships since March 2023. Previously, they worked as a Community Strategy Consultant for their own company, Valentina Colombo, starting in April 2013. Valentina also served as the Community Lead at Kickstart AI from September 2022 to January 2024. Valentina has held positions such as Community Partnerships Manager at CTO Craft from July 2020 to December 2022, Head of Community at Startup CFO from June 2021 to June 2022, and Community Manager for the Rise Program at Techleapnl from October 2020 to June 2021. Prior to that, they worked as the Head of Events at Sketch from June 2019 to September 2020, and as the Head of Community (Maternity cover) from October 2019 to March 2020. Valentina has also worked at Codemotion as an Event Project Manager from September 2017 to August 2019, and as a Community Relations Manager from September 2017 to May 2019. Valentina started their professional journey as a Marketing Operations Assistant at Startupbootcamp from October 2014 to April 2015, and as a Marketing Communications Intern at Rockstart from October 2013 to April 2014.

Valentina Colombo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern Languages and Literatures from Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, which they completed from 2007 to 2011. Valentina also obtained a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Language, Hispanic Literature, and Spanish as a Foreign Language from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, which they completed from 2014 to 2015. Valentina Colombo has additional certifications in Digital Marketing from Anglia Ruskin University in 2013, Marketing for Museums and Exhibition Spaces from Instituto Superior de Arte · I|Art in 2013, and Spanish as a Foreign Language (Mastery Level) from Instituto Cervantes in 2012.