A magazine journalist, editor, and PR based near Milan, Italy, with 8+ years of editorial and press experience, writing profiles and features on art, architecture, design, technology, and the creative industries. Has racked up over 1,500,000+ site visits and views with 100,000+ social media shares across 1,800+ articles as an editor at designboom. Wrote over 150 long-form commissioned and pitched profiles and features for over 40 digital and print magazines between 2020 and 2022. Secured podcast (Monocle) and blog features for clients as a freelance press officer. Appointed as the only journalist for the first English-language digital and print magazine of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan. Co-founder of the international community, What’s Up, Monza!.
CAREER
Editor at designboom
2022 – present
View all my articles here
Has accumulated 1,500,000+ site visits across 1,800+ articles (examples: Lightyear 0 car story here has 396,000+ views + MIT plane story here has 250,000+ views + motorcycle story here has 139,000+ views + tiny home story here has 136,000+ views + more on this page);
Each article performs with a minimum of 12,000+ views, and around five or more stories (on average) ranks in the Top 10 Most Read Articles every month for at least five consecutive weeks;
Represent the magazine on international press trips as the key editorial contact and maintains long-term relationships with designers, architects, studios, agencies, and brands to secure exclusive stories and pitches as well as early access to unveiling;
Grow and manage a high-value network of professionals, working directly with press offices of brands, institutions, and creative studios to land editorial and paid collaborations;
Sources art, design and technology projects and news that can potentially go viral and write features on them for the website and produce short-form video content for the magazine’s TikTok channel, as part of the brand’s worldwide reach and audience engagement;
Monitor multimedia trends to refine content formats, headlines, and visual storytelling, strengthening the magazine’s global visibility and branding.
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Co-founder and Events Manager of What’s Up, Monza!
2025 – present
Build and scale an international community to 800+ members in under 10 months through planned interactive events, social media content, and consistent group engagement;
Has planned, hosted, and promoted 45+ events in 9 months, maintaining an average of 20–25 attendees per event through targeted outreach and tailored activities;
Partner with local bar and restaurant owners to align venues with community activities, negotiating collaborations and securing locations across the city;
Create and publish multichannel content (social posts, reels, event descriptions, announcements) to keep the community informed, active, and growing;
Manage online community presence, responding to questions, moderating discussions, and maintaining a positive and inclusive group;
Monitor social and community engagement trends, testing new content formats and ideas to continuously improve reach and participation.
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Freelance PR and Editorial Consultant
2022 – 2024
Featured NR Magazine and its Editor-in-Chief Jade Removille on Monocle’s The Stack podcast and MagCulture after pitching a single email each;
Publications reached out personally to commission stories upon seeing (cold) portfolio email pitch (to name a few: Lampoon Magazine here, Upstate Diary here, Belmont Magazine here, French Fries Magazine here);
Maintained relations with the Editors-in-Chief that they consistently commission (branded) stories for print and digital publications (to name a few: Canada Goose for Blanc Magazine here, one of the Bvlgari articles for Lampoon Magazine here);
Approved story pitches after a single email or, at most, a couple of hours after the pitch was sent (full portfolio here);
Advised the brand R+D.Lab in Milan to create a journal page on its website and wrote three branded stories (read them here).
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Freelance Journalist
2020 – 2024
2022: Commissioned to profile Bradford Shellhammer – former eBay Vice-President of Buyer Experience and now Chief Product Officer of Reverb (Etsy) – for print issue no. 15 of Upstate Diary. Wrote a profile on Durk Dehner, the Tom of Finland Foundation President, for print issue no. 26 of Lampoon Magazine. Commissioned to write four branded-content features on Canada Goose for print issue no. 18 of Blanc Magazine. Long-form features and profiles have been published in 15 print magazines, sold worldwide, within 10 months.
2021: Long-form and commissioned features were published in over 20 print and digital magazines read and sold worldwide within 1 year. Commissioned by Lampoon Magazine to write 12 articles for Bvlgari CSR. Worked with W Rome Hotel (Marriott International, Inc.) to write all the profiles for the pilot issue of its print magazine. Edited and produced all fashion editorials for the two print issues of French Fries Magazine as the Developmental Editor. Represented STIR Magazine for Milan Design Week and interviewed Gabriele Salvatori, CEO of Salvatori.
2020: Made the Senior Editor of Belmont Magazine, editing all the articles and managing the editorial team, including working with the EIC for pitches and giving feedback to the journalists. Assumed both the roles of Deputy Editor and Graphic Designer at Galaxy4Peace, creating graphics for every social media post and managing the editorial team from pitches to publishing the articles.
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Staff Journalist
WorldBound Magazine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2018 – 2020
Wrote over 15 features and 6 cover stories for 6 digital and print issues. Scouted and interviewed students, alumni, academic staff, and higher education experts for the six issues. The only journalist in this first English magazine at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. Helped the social media team write captions for the posts. Planned the layouts and the best time slot to post.
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EDUCATION
BSc in International Relations, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | 2017 – 2020
Research paper discussed the ethics and politics of the Philippines’ War on Drugs initiative and received the highest mark.
AA in Broadcast Journalism, De La Salle University – Dasmariñas | 2014 – 2016
Radio and Television Executive Scriptwriter and Producer of the university’s radio station, 95.9 Green FM, for News and Public Affairs.
Matthew Burgos 