Profilo professionale
Panoramica
Esperienza lavorativa
Istruzione
Competenze
Siti web
WORK PLACEMENT
VOLUNTEERING
LANGUAGES
Cronologia
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Ilaria Lorusso

Ilaria Lorusso

Bari

Profilo professionale

Multilingual professional with over fifteen years of experience in customer-facing roles, including hospitality, tourism, and events. Professional, adaptable, flexible, meticulous, with strong attention to detail. Sociable, empathetic, persuasive, dynamic, proactive, creative, personable, tenacious, determined, ambitious, and charismatic. Passionate of travels and events, always meeting new people, exploring new places and experiencing new cultures.

Excellent communication, public speaking, public relation and customer service skills, as well as organization, planning, and negotiation skills, with the ability to quickly build trusting relationships with clients. Strong work ethic both independently and within a team, capable of coordinating and managing tasks and a group of people according to priorities and deadlines.

Graduated in Event and Festival Management from Queen Margaret University, United Kingdom. Previous professional experience in music events and festivals as Stage Manager and Artists Liaison (Backstage Manager), as well as Event Coordinator for logistics and production. Extensive volunteering experience within the MICE sector. Broad professional background in hospitality. Additionally, strong interest and commitment to sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with good knowledge of sustainable solutions in the tourism and events industries.

Panoramica

19
19
years of professional experience

Esperienza lavorativa

Administration & Logistics

EPiKA Events
Edinburgh, Scotland -UK
09.2023 - 10.2024

Creating events on various digital platforms, admin and logistics, artists interaction and public relation, acquiring content for social media, managing daily operations, ensuring compliance with company procedures and applicable regulations, assigning tasks and responsibilities to team members, searching for additional staff in promotion and ticket sales, event’s videos content production.

Stage Manager / Artist Liaison / Event coordinator

EPiKA Events
Edinburgh, Scotland - UK
04.2023 - 10.2024

Coordination of the entire event, event production, backstage management, artists coordination and public relations, executing artistic performances in adherence to planned schedules, coordinating with the various departments involved, artists’logistical wants and needs during and after the event, liaise with security and other event staff, event’s videos content production, required event health and safety measures.

Sale Advisor

H&M
Edinburgh, Scotland - UK
12.2022 - 10.2024

General and regular clothing sale advisor tasks, customer service, cash handling, payments at the cashdesk, selling and upselling, product knowledge, etc.

Artist Liaison

Hidden Door Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland- UK
06.2023 - 06.2023

Stage Manager / Artist Liaison

NightVision Music Events
Edinburgh, Scotland - UK
09.2021 - 04.2023

Artists Liaison

TERMINAL V FESTIVAL
Edinburgh, Scotland -UK
04.2021 - 04.2023

Promoter & Meeting Point Coordinator

The Orange Free Tour
Edinburgh, Scotland -UK
05.2019 - 09.2019

Walking tours promotion and face to face in street marketing, selling and upselling, explaining to potential clients detailed information about various available tours, Spanish and English used spoken languages, meeting point coordination, reservations coordination and management, tracking sales and tourist’s feedback, social media business management.

Waitress

Browns Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland - UK
10.2017 - 07.2018

Restaurant Hostess

Steak Restaurant
Edinburgh, Scotland -UK
04.2016 - 10.2017

Customer reception and reservation management. Communication with the waitstaff to ensure impeccable and timely service. Monitoring guests’ needs to ensure their satisfaction throughout their visit. Managing assigned tasks independently, thanks to the skills developed. Carrying out tasks with attention to detail and ensuring accuracy in execution. Organizing work and optimizing time management to reduce inefficiencies. Quickly proposing solutions to unexpected issues and workplace challenges. Welcoming guests and managing reservations in the restaurant. Coordinating internal spaces to optimize customer flow and improve efficiency.

Waitress - Restaurant

Steak Restaurant
Edinburgh, Scotland - UK
04.2016 - 10.2017

Guest welcoming and general food and beverage management. Reservation management, communication with dining room staff to ensure impeccable and timely service, executing all tasks with precision and attention to details in order to ensure guest needs and satisfaction throughout their visit, providing rapid solutions to unexpected issues and complaints, coordinating internal spaces to optimize customer flow and improve efficiency by organizing in advance the planned work and optimizing time.

Receptionist/Hostess/Promoter/Waitress/Bartender

Hotel*****/Ristoranti/Sale Ricevimento/Matrimoni/Eventi
Edinburgh/Bari/Cattolica/Milano Marittima, UK /ITALY
04.2006 - 04.2016

Additional work experience in the tourism, hospitality, and catering sectors in Italy and Scotland, including roles as Restaurant Hostess, Hotel Receptionist, Waitress, and Bartender in restaurants, hotels, and reception venues. Four summer seasons during adolescence in Milano Marittima and Cattolica in four-star hotels.

Istruzione

BA (Hons) - Events and Festival Management

Queen Margaret University
Edimburgo - Scotland - UK
12.2024

National Certificate level 6 - Travel and Tourism

Edinburgh College
Edinburgh - Scotland -UK
06.2017

Vocational diploma - Technical of Tourist Services

I.P.S.S.A.R. Ettore Majorana
Bari
06.2010

ACCOMPAGNATORE TURISTICO - Tour/Travel Coordinator - Tourism

ISCOM
Modena - Italy
11-2025

Competenze

Interpersonal and Transferable Skills:
Persuasive, creative, proactive, and professional
Well-groomed appearance, friendly, approachable, and sociable
Effective leadership and staff management
Customer service – strong customer needs orientation
Excellent communication and listening skills
Patient, calm in fast-paced and high-pressure environments
Flexible, adaptable, detail-oriented, critical thinking
Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder relationship development
Multitasking, time management, ability to prioritize
Teamwork and ability to work independently
Adaptability, initiative, improvisationProblem-solving and decision-making skills
Results-oriented, focused on improvement and continuous learning
Social media management, promotion, and marketing
Event planning and organization
Organizational techniques, planning, scheduling, deadline management
Logistics management and event production
Sustainable solutions, green events
Video making and production
Creation of video content for events
Sales and upselling skills
Microsoft Office Suite and IT skills
Most common digital platforms and social media
Administration, bookings, emails
Language skills

WORK PLACEMENT

Social Enterprice Academy- British Council

Impact Story Telling - Vision Project - In collaboration with COP26
Create a video showcasing a sustainable idea at events to combat climate change.
Create a storytelling video
Implement the sustainable idea
Create and edit video content

VOLUNTEERING

  • Cordinatore di Eventi: 2020-2024 - UK

DigiTechtive - Social Enterprise - VR Fitness (virtual reality)

  • Personale eventi: 2018-2020 - UK

Future X , MICE business event creation (conferenze)

  • Personale eventi: 2019 - UK

Startup Summit, MICE - Conferenza

  • Personale eventi: 2019 - UK

Data Talent , MICE - Conferenza

  • Personale eventi/Artists Liaison: 2019 - UK

Terminal V Festival - Festival musicale

  • Personale eventi: 2018 - Olanda

Revolution Foundation - ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event)

LANGUAGES

Italiano
Madrelingua
Fluent English
Esperto
Fluent Spanish
Avanzato
Italiano
Madrelingua
C2

Cronologia

Administration & Logistics

EPiKA Events
09.2023 - 10.2024

Artist Liaison

Hidden Door Festival
06.2023 - 06.2023

Stage Manager / Artist Liaison / Event coordinator

EPiKA Events
04.2023 - 10.2024

Sale Advisor

H&M
12.2022 - 10.2024

Stage Manager / Artist Liaison

NightVision Music Events
09.2021 - 04.2023

Artists Liaison

TERMINAL V FESTIVAL
04.2021 - 04.2023

Promoter & Meeting Point Coordinator

The Orange Free Tour
05.2019 - 09.2019

Waitress

Browns Edinburgh
10.2017 - 07.2018

Restaurant Hostess

Steak Restaurant
04.2016 - 10.2017

Waitress - Restaurant

Steak Restaurant
04.2016 - 10.2017

Receptionist/Hostess/Promoter/Waitress/Bartender

Hotel*****/Ristoranti/Sale Ricevimento/Matrimoni/Eventi
04.2006 - 04.2016

BA (Hons) - Events and Festival Management

Queen Margaret University

National Certificate level 6 - Travel and Tourism

Edinburgh College

Vocational diploma - Technical of Tourist Services

I.P.S.S.A.R. Ettore Majorana

ACCOMPAGNATORE TURISTICO - Tour/Travel Coordinator - Tourism

ISCOM
Ilaria Lorusso