Ylka Tapia

Ylka Tapia studied journalism at the University of La Laguna in Spain, and she is a specialist in Audiovisual Communication, New Media and Digital Marketing. She is the deputy manager of SAVE, the regional association for the animation, video game and VFX industry in the Canary Islands, as well as the Social Media Manager of The Tenerife International Film Music Festival (Fimucité) and Mapas, the professional performing arts market in Spain. As an executive and design producer, Ylka was involved in the independent film La Guía del Silencio (2011), and the television pilot of the TV Series Madavó (2009). In television, she worked for several national Spanish production companies like Boomerang TV, MediaPro and also on public and private TV channels like Telecinco, Cuatro and the Canary Islands Public Television & Radio (Rtvca) as a journalist, tv host and scriptwriter on tv shows. On magazines and newspapers, she has written for national and regional ones like El Mundo, IGN Spain and Marca Player, about different topics, especially technology and video games. Furthermore, she managed the digital edition of the regional newspaper Diario de Avisos from the corporation Canaria de Avisos, and founded the agency Tasiritec Media Marketing in the same company. Recently, Ylka has finished the Explore Animation MOOC from National Film and Television School (NFTS) and the Executive Producer of Animation TV Series and Films course by the internationally renowned producers Paco Rodríguez and Belli Ramírez. Besides, she works as a freelance Digital Marketing Consultant developing Social Media Strategies and teaching Digital Communication in public and private academic institutions.