Italian language, literature, and culture graduate teacher in Salford and Manchester area

Simone's CV

PROFILE
Italian native speaker, recently graduated in Italian Literature. Interested in history and poetry, I am seeking the opportunity to improve my language skills and make my knowledge available to all the people interested in Italian language, grammar, history, and culture.

EDUCATION
2010 – 2016 University of Catania – Bachelor’s degree in Italian literature
Core modules: History, Literatures, philosophy and linguistic.
Completed a dissertation on Italian literature titled Leonardo Sciascia, To each his own: genesis of an atypical novel
Final mark: 100/110 (2:1)

Sept 2013 – Feb 2014 Erasmus Student at Nicolaus Copernicus University of Torun, Poland
Subjects: Multimedia & Social Communication, Freedom of speech


2003 – 2009 Scuola Media Superiore: Liceo “Enrico Boggio Lera”, Catania, Italy
High school leaving qualification in scientific and technological studies.
Main modules: Math, Chemistry, Biology, Natural sciences, IT

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

2011 – present Personal Part-time Assistant
Driver and personal assistant of a psychologist, helping in different situations.
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 ESN Local section Local Representative
Represent the local section of Catania in all the meetings with the other sections in Italy and Europe, dealing with students and volunteers from 37 different countries
June 2015 University Lab “Zammù Days”, University of Catania, Italy
Contributed as a participant to this lab about my experience in managing and working on a radio station.
May 2014 – Jan 2015 ESN Vice president
Managed the association in various aspects such as partnerships, balance sheet, communication, and organisation.


Mar 2014 – Jan 2016 ESN Active Member
ESN ASE Catania, local section of the Erasmus Student Network
Volunteer for an international organization for students abroad. Provide assistance to incoming students in my university and helping them in their integration and studies


SKILLS
Teamwork Thanks to my Erasmus in Poland, I am competent in the mediation of different positions and points of view, especially in multicultural working groups. I learned how much the communication is important inside a team as a tool to improve the productivity and the wellness of a framework.
Languages Fluent in English, achieved 6.0 in IELTS Certificate. Studying in an international environment, I practice my English in very different situations, increasing my capacity as a communicator. Keen on Italian Literature, throughout my academic experience, I developed expertise of Italian grammar.

Organisational I had the opportunity to improve my organisational skills dealing with the needs of the students that I helped during my volunteering in ESN. My passion for meeting new cultures helped me to organise trips and cultural events. The experience maturated with my job of personal assistant made me very motivated and diligent and it developed my skills in terms of problem solving.
Responsibility As a former vice president of an association of volunteers and as a personal assistant, I am used to dealing with important documents, deadlines, payments, and bureaucracy. For this reason, I am a hard-working and goal oriented person.
Research Studying literature and history at the university was the best way to understand the importance of a good research. In my experience, I had to work and study with old correspondence, books, or rare documents.
IT Skills Expert user of different Operative system, MS Office suite, social media.
Basic skills with photo, video and audio editing with software suites like Adobe, and Steinberg Cubase. Familiar with C++ and HTML Language



FURTHER INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
I did a lot of different sports, I practiced swimming for more than 14 years and sometimes water polo and football. Nowadays I practice judo. I am interested in foreign languages and travels. I play guitar and I love music and arts. Especially I love movies and TV series. Another passion I cultivate is for all that concerns to flight, from the model building in my childhood to the real flight and personal studies about it.


References available upon request