Kristina Cappuccilli graduated from Manhattanville College in May 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Communications.
During her time as a college student, she interned at notable companies throughout Manhattan, including Bad Boy Entertainment and Cosmopolitan Magazine. The internships proved to be just as challenging and rewarding as she’d hoped, giving her loads of experience and teaching her that hard work actually does pay off.
After applying to editorial position after editorial position throughout the summer following graduation, she decided that getting a foot in the door was better than not having a job at all. For about a year, she worked as part of an administrative support team at an executive search firm in Manhattan. This first job served as a lesson in existing in the corporate world and also facilitated her ability to move out of her parents' house and into an apartment in Astoria.
As of October 2012, she waved goodbye to Job #1 as she took her first steps into the media world and welcomed Job #2. At MKTG INC, an experiential marketing company in the Meatpacking District, she started out at the bottom rung as receptionist. After seven months of answering phones and dipping her hands in any creative hat she could find, she was promoted to Assistant Event Manager, where she contributes to the execution of over 5,000 events per year in NYC alone. In addition to her role at MKTG INC, she serves as Blogger and Community Manager at Swoon, an online dating application available on all Android phones. She is responsible for creating the “voice” of Swoon, as well as generating daily editorial content featured on all social media channels.
Follow her on Twitter at @kriscappawhat.