Simona Albanese

Simona Albanese has a diverse range of work experience spanning multiple industries. Simona began their career as a Conference Hostess at Studio Busca Servizi from 2003 to 2009. Simona then worked as a Marketing Assistant Internship at Shiseido from December 2010 to April 2011, where they gained experience in business analysis, graphic projects, and beauty consulting. Simona then joined Groupon Italia in May 2011 and held various roles, including SER Travel Deputy, Merchant Researcher, and Analyst. Simona provided regular sales analysis, conducted tourism and competitor benchmark analysis, and contributed to team optimization until April 2015.

Subsequently, Simona worked at Groupon from May 2015 to July 2017 as an EMEA Travel Analyst and project manager. Simona supported core processes for the European travel team's reorganization, created content and managed the EMEA Travel Newsletter, and handled central communication management through internal social media channels.

Simona then served as an Assistant Store Manager at WMF Group in Mallorca Fashion Outlet from November 2017 to March 2018. Following that, they worked at Logitravel Group as a Cruises Travel Agent starting in June 2018. In this role, they provided comprehensive communication and support to travelers, possessed in-depth knowledge of cruise lines and destinations, and handled selling extra services onboard.

Simona obtained experience as a Mystery Shopper at Lionbridge in April 2021 and as a Google Home Assistant Project Manager at RWS Group from February 2021 until the present. Currently, they are employed as a Travel Operations Executive at Essentialist, starting from August 2021.

Simona Albanese graduated from Università di Pavia with a Laurea in Marketing e e-business, specializing in Marketing analitico. Simona also attended Liceo Scientifico Mattei, where they obtained their Maturità scientifica tecnologica. Additionally, Simona completed a course in AUTOCAD Design at Scuola Specialistica.

In terms of certifications, Simona has obtained several qualifications. Simona has the Google Ads Display Certification from Google, obtained in March 2021, as well as the qualifications "Avviare un'attività online" and "Farsi conoscere online" from the Google Digital Academy (Skillshop), obtained in February 2021. Simona also holds a certification in Web Analytic: Google AdWords and Analytics from www.e-gri.com, acquired in June 2020. In terms of language proficiency, Simona has a DELE B1 - Certificación de idioma from the Instituto Cervantes, earned in May 2017. Finally, they hold a Certificate of Achievement Upper Intermediate – B2 from the Cork Language Centre in Ireland, obtained in August 2009.