Giulia Damato

Background

About Giulia Damato

Electronic engineer, researcher, public prosecutor, interpreter. These are all careers that I seriously considered at some point and, during challenging times, even at the same time!My choice then landed on becoming an interpreter and throughout my university years I was very much ticked by the thought of bridging cultures, gaps and connecting people and I could not wait to start. Then, an unexpected experience in an online magazine, working with diverse people and discovering the world of digital made me realise that maybe working in a booth wasn't perhaps what I was looking for.Fast forward to my master's graduation, I leave the country and move to our western neighbours (guess where I am from without checking out my profile) in Paris to start a position as a digital campaigns manager and I discover a whole new universe to me: html5, AS2 vs AS3 (yes, I am getting old), webanalytics.At first I thought there had been a misunderstanding during the interview: how could I possibly navigate through this? After all, I was only a freshly graduated interpreter. The first couple of weeks go by and I start understanding the basics and want to know and learn more and that's where the magic happened and where the love affair with digital and project management started and which motivated me to grow to two further positions to the one I am now in.One might ask "but how could you thrive into such a different world?" I also asked myself the same question, more than once actually, and every time I got the same answer: I prefer connecting people in a way to goes beyond a discussion. Speech gets me closer to another person, but understanding people's needs, meeting them and finding solutions is actually what I love doing, bonus points if this happens around web design, digital campaigns, SEO, strategy and saas platforms to play with. Even better if there is a bit of everything, once a boss told me I am a Swiss army knife and I think this is actually a very fitting way ti describe my personality.Why am I on LinkedIn besides keeping in touch with former and current colleagues, clients and partners? I like reading point of views and analyses on industry trends by people from different backgrounds and I would love to connect to share experiences, new challenging job opportunities and to help people out.