Curriculum vitae - Sergio Cecchini
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General informations Sergio Cecchini Born in Rome the 11th of May 1973 Nationality: Italian Address: Via Orti Gianicolensi, 5 – 00152 - Rome (Italy) Mobile: +393384384722 E-mail: macondo_73@hotmail.com Web: www.sergiocecchini.it Status: married Civil Service (1996-1997) in a family planning center

Education 2007 – University degree in Communication Science with specialisation in Public and Institutional Communication – University of Rome “La Sapienza” (109/110) 2005 – London School of Journalism - Summer School 2003 – Master in Photo-journalism at Istituto Europeo di Design 1999 - Master in Public and Political Communication at Istituto Superiore di Comunicazione (Milan) 1992, Scientific High School Diploma Publications Sisa tsunami. Diario dal cuore del maremoto – Infinito Edizioni, 2005, Rome. Award “Corso Bovio journalistic award” by the National Journalistiic Association for the best thesys on journalism in 2008.

Actual job  Since May 2007 Company: Médecins Sans Frontières Italy Position: director Role: Director of Communication Staff reporting to the Director of Communication: 25 people (Fund-raising department, Press Office Department, Events Deparment, Web and Publications) Activities and Projects Responsible for Fund Raising-Marketing, Press Office, Events/sensitisation actions. Managing the MSF Italy communication and fundrasing departments Definition, managing of a five years plan of action Definition, managing of the Communication budget (4million euros) and reporting Reaorganising the communication and fundraising departments in order to acheive the objectives defined in the five years projection plan Defining and setting the communication strategies in order to inform and sensitize the Italian public about the values and actions of MSF Defining and setting the fundraising strategies to raise private funds in the Italian market (40million euros) Defining and implementing communication strategies for the operational projects managed by MSF Italy (Iraq, Colombia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Brazil and Italy) Ensuring that the communication campaigns developed by MSF Italy are coherent with the messages of the MSF international movement Increasing MSF visibility on the Italian media; defining public events in order to create awareness on specific topics such as malnutrition, AIDS, forgotten humanitarian crisis Setting an emergency communication plan in order to be ready to face humanitarian emergencies from a fundraising and a communication perspective.
Past experiences Since September 2005 until April 2007 Company: Médecins Sans Frontières – Operational Center Bruxelles Role: Emergency communication officer Activities and Projects Communication in emergencies : set up and implement communication strategies on the field of humanitarian emergencies: Kashmir earthquake, Haiti troubles, cholera outbreak in Angola, war in Lebanon, civil war in Ivory Coast; organising filed missions for journalists to get MSF messages on the international media agenda; producing communication packages such as photos, videos, audios and written features from emergency situations and distribute them to the MSF network. Dealing with international media : organising media briefings and press conferences targetng international and local media. Training for communication officers : organising training for communication officers and MSF head of missions.
Since September 2001 until August 2005 Company: Italian section of Médecins Sans Frontières Role: Press officer (since 2001 until 2003) - interim Head of the Press Office Department (since April 2003) Activities and Projects Press officer: Organizing media-briefing and press conferences Increasing MSF presence amongst most important Italian media Training MSF key persons to deal with media as spokespersons Head of the Press Office Department: Managing the MSF Italy Press Department (2 staff members) Defining and setting media strategies in order to inform and sensitize the Italian public about the values and actions of MSF Increasing MSF visibility on the Italian media
Field working experiences:  •  Kenya: ethnic violence – January 2008 •  Lebanon: war – August 2006 •  Ivory Coast: civil war – May/June 2006 •  Angola: cholera outbreak – April/May 2006 •  Haiti: urban violence – January 2006 •  Pakistan (Kashmir) – earthquake aftermath – October 2005 •  Indonesia – tsunami aftermath – January 2005 •  Chad (boreder with the Sudanese region of Darfur): refugees fleeing the war in Darfur – July 2004 •  Afghanistan: post conflict – September 2002 •  Angola: post conflict and nutritional crisis – Aprile 2002 •  Sarajevo - January 2000 •  Albania - December 1999 •  National Palestinian Authority - August 1999 •  Montenegro (Former-Jugoslavia) - May 1999
Past working experiences Since March 2001 until September 2001 Company: Italian section of Reporters Sans Frontières Role: Head of Communication Responsible for the external communication and fundraising activities Activities and Projects  Press office: writing press releases and dossier on freedom of the press in Italy; strategies to launch international camping through Italian media. Writing the weekly and monthly reports and newsletters. Public relations: establish and mantaining constant relationships with the most important journalists, associations and institutions to promote RSF activities. Internet: analisys, design and production of the Italian version of RSF International web site; contents production. Define with the RSF head-quarter in Paris the annual action plan.
Since April 2000 until March 2001 Company: Brava Italia Web Portal Role: Web master Managing the start-up process and the launch of the web portal www.bravaitalia.it and implementing different web services: e-commerce, web-magazine, multimedia area.
Since April 1999 until April 2000 Company: UNIMED – Mediterranean University Role: Web Master Project manager of different internet services and products
Since September 1997 until October 1998 Company: ALIAS Advertising company Role: Account Executive Responsible for Nissan and Rome Municipality advertising campaigns
Since January 1999 Freelance Photographer Photo-exhibition: January 1999 – “ A day in San Foca temporary detention center ” committed by Unicef Italy. June – September 1999 – “ Going at war. A photographic journey inside Former Jugoslavia ”. November 1999 – “ Occupied lifes ” – Reportage realized during one month working inside the National Palestinian Authority. October 2001 – “ Do you remember Genoa? ” – Reportage realized during the G8 held in Genoa on July 2001. June 2003 – “ 11 th September 2002 Afghanistan-New York ” – Collective exhibition with reportages realized in Afghanistan and in New York during the first anniversary of September 11 th . May 2005 – Darfur shadows ” – Reportage realized at the border between Chad and the Sudanese region of Darfur.
Languges and software knowledge Other languages SPEAKING WRITING READING English Excellent Very good Excellent French Excellent Excellent Excellent
•  Excellent knowledge of the MSOffice package (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint). •  Web publishing : DreamWeaver, HomeSite. •  Photo editor : Adobe Photo Shop 7, Iview. •  Publishing : QuarkXPress, Adobe InDesign.