SANTIAGO MEJIA
15/181 Missenden rd
NSW, Sydney 2042
Mobile Telephone: 0430309919
E-mail Address: Santiago.mejia96@yahoo.com.au
Business graduated (Managerial engineer) with three years of professional experience in marketing and sales. An excellent team player and goal orientated professional with a positive attitude and high self motivation on pursuing new challenges.
Key skills and personal attributes
· Good communication and interpersonal skills
· Self motivated and willing to acquire and implement new knowledge
· Fast learner
· Ability to interact with different people and cultures
· Adaptability to challenging and changing environments
· Strong team and customer orientation skills
· Work well under pressure
· Enthusiastic, creative and willing to assume increased responsibility
· High level of commitment towards individual and company goals
Selected achievements:
· Travelled alone to Australia from Colombia, achieving my Master’s Degree
· Learnt a high standard of English within a relatively short time and obtained sufficient work to sustain myself while studying full time:
CAFE BOCELLI
Adelaide, Australia
Pizza maker and waiter
Administration and marketing assistant
MJD enterprises
August 2008 – August 2009
Responsibilities:
- Coordinating and assisting the market research regarding the business units
- Assisting in the creation of the customer loyalty program
- Assisting in the Development, maintenance and update of all marketing materials
- Maintaining and writing information for the company website
- Coordinating internal functions and new developments
- E-mail management
- Liaising with customers
- Assisting in the development of the marketing plan
Customer service officer
UNILIFE (University of South Australia)
April 2008 – June 2008
Responsibilities:
· Providing information to new and existing students
· Promoting the student association among students
· Maintaining student memberships
· Receiving and handling students feedback and complains
· Ordering for office supplies
· Preparation of documents and administration support
· Invoicing
· Developing social events
· Managing the second hand books shop
Marketing Coordinator
EIA University (Colombia)
April 2005 – June 2006
Responsibilities:
· Developing personalized training and consultancy programs in marketing for small and medium companies
· Assisting with and / or attending presentations, functions and seminars
· Coordination the development of promotional material
· Organisation of seminars, events and presentation for the different clients.
· Interacting with consultants from different areas in order to assist the development of integrated solutions
· Administrating the customer databases
· Helping with the implementation of marketing plans and budgets.
Marketing coordinator
Integral Internet Solutions S.A. (Colombia)
January 2004 – April 2005
Responsibilities:
· Developing and implementing the marketing plan
· Designing positioning strategies for the different product lines
· Coordinating the printing and distribution of brochures, training banners, signage, price lists, technical manuals, technical handbooks, promotional and training CDs and corporate identity manuals and guidelines
· Coordinating the development of loyalty programs
· Assisting the completion of monthly reports
· Developing and maintain the competitor and customer databases
· Coordinating the development of training programs, seminars and promotional events
· Maintaining and writing information for the company’s website
· Developing and Following up the marketing budget
· Supporting the completion of market and competition research.
· Diving
· Entrepreneurship
· Movies
· Traveling
Qualifications & Education
University of South Australia
2007-2009, Master in marketing. (GPA 5.30)
Adelaide, Australia
Centre of English Language (CELUSA)
April-07 – Jul-07, Academic English
Adelaide, Australia
Escuela de Ingenieria de Antioquia (EIA) www.eia.edu.co
1997– 2003 Bachelor of Business (Managerial Engineering)
Medellin, Colombia
Typing Speed – 40 WPM
Office Package – Excellent
Internet – Excellent
Available upon request
