Gianna Gaudini

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GIANNA GAUDINI

I am a strategic, passionate Event & Experiential Marketing Program Leader specializing in the development and delivery of cross-channel marketing campaigns and brand activations that create connection, build strong community, drive customer engagement and deliver measurable business impact. I have a 20+ year industry background with functional expertise across strategy, operations, creative, planning, production for global agencies and corporations. At Airtable, AWS and Vision Fund I built the team, event, community and virtual event content program. I previously led strategic marketing events & experiences at Google for almost a decade. I\'m a writer, blogger, and published author of \"The Art of Event Planning\"(giannagaudini.com/book), which is part of the California State hospitality program curriculum. I\'ve produced large conferences for 30K attendees but specializes in high profile, brand-building, thought-leadership events. I\'m passionate about planning inclusive events and have focused on using events as a medium to build community and career advancement for women and under-represented communities. I also hold certifications as an interior designer and as a sommelier. Career Highlights:* Author of The Art of Event Planning, an Amazon #1 New Release and Best Seller (giannagaudini.com/book).* COURSE CREATOR: Million Dollar Event Planning Career (giannagaudini.com/course)* Built and lead the first Global Events Program and team at the SoftBank Vision Fund.* Led strategic planning and execution for the inaugural annual SOZO CEO and Investor Summit for SoftBank Vision Fund.* Built and led the team that produced Google\'s largest external conference, Google Cloud Next 20••••19, growing the event from 12K - 30K attendees * Co-designed and produced Google’s inaugural flagship Global Performance Summit (formerly Adwords Performance Forum), winning the Gold Award for best Event Technology at a B2B event * Produced Google\'s largest internal Global event, Engage, for employees * Managed Google’s flagship Think Event series in both the US and Canadian markets, and won the Event Marketer Gold Award for best B2B event app * Produced Google’s SXSW film premiere for the documentary,\"Moon Shot\", featuring the teams competing for the Google Lunar X Prize * Led event strategy and production for Google’s Policy Events, including presence at the 2016 DNC and RNC, White House Correspondents’ Dinner Event, and debates.