Pedro Castro
Aspiring Business Developer
30 years old
Driving License
Lisbon (1750-240) Portugal
Professional Status
Nearing graduation
Available
About Me
I am a Board of Honour Graduate from Nova SBE, currently taking my Masters in International Management by CEMS MIM, specialising in Digital Business. After 3 years of different business experiences in Business Development and Account Management, I am currently looking for my first job after graduation, in September 2018, in either Project/Product Management, Business Development, or Digital Marketing roles.
Corporate, Alumni and Academic Relations Coordinator
CEMS Club Hong Kong
Since September 2017
Volunteer Work
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR China
- My current responsibilities involve providing fellow CEMS students in HKUST Business School with the corporate links and networking which will allow them to make the most of their CEMS experience, while leveraging and engaging the local CEMS Alumni network. Additionally, I am also responsible for representing the students' interests next to the program management in HKUST.
Business Developer
Landing.jobs
March 2017
to August 2017
Internship
Berlin
Germany
- I was responsible for developing a Market Intelligence and Viability Assessment report on the Berlin tech scene and its attractiveness to Landing.jobs as a tech recruitment marketplace, and succeeded in delivering a detailed summary and budgeting on the business strategy needed to bring the Landing Festival to its first international destination.
Vice President
Nova SBE Students' Union
January 2017
to July 2017
Volunteer Work
Lisbon
Portugal
- After a high-performing first semester as Marketing Communications Manager, I was invited by the Students' Union to take the role of Vice President, being responsible for Public Relations, Marketing and External Relations and Partnerships. That gave me the chance to review and improve the relationship between the Students' Union and +20 students' clubs, close 3 new partnerships and oversee and manage the planning and implementation of events such as Economia Viva, ENEEG Lisboa 2017, and Microsoft Entrepreneurship Week.
Marketing Communications Director
Nova SBE Students' Union
July 2016
to December 2016
Volunteer Work
Lisbon
Portugal
- As Marketing Communications Manager, I was responsible for managing the Students' Union social media channels and organic/paid campaigns, on Facebook and Instagram, with a total audience of +7000 people. I managed to improve the number of engagements through the introduction of new content, improved copywriting, and a Social Media Planning tool used by the whole team.
Tech Recruiter
Landing.jobs
February 2016
to August 2016
Internship
Lisbon
Portugal
- As Tech Recruiter, I was responsible for providing our employers with outstanding tech talent, matching tech professionals goals with companies ranging from Big 4 Consulting firms to early-stage start-ups. This involved reviewing over 700 applications, and several other interviews and meetings with both candidates and employers. In the end, I succeeded in surpassing the hiring goals, showing a steep learning curve.
- As a side project, I was also responsible for reviewing over 2200 registrations for the Landing.jobs Festival, so as to select the final 1500 top talents attending the event, both through code challenges and profile review.
Summer Intern
EF Education First
July 2015
to September 2015
Internship
Lisbon
Portugal
- I joined EF Education First over Summer 2015 to help out with supporting the nearly 50 customers starting a summer language course every week. While my functions were mostly regarding Customer Experience and Support and involved a great deal of problem-solving and firefighting, I also additionally engaged in some Sales activities, in which I managed to achieve 5x the proposed Sales goals.
President
AIESEC in Nova
June 2014
to March 2015
Volunteer Work
Lisbon
Portugal
- After my term as Social Projects Director, the members of the AIESEC local chapter in Nova University elected me to lead the Executive Board for the 2014.2015 term. By leading 7 Directors for different areas, and overseeing +50 students who were part of our team, I was able to steer them through a 20% growth in operational results (international exchange experiences provided) and a 40% growth in Net Worth. We were also able to inspire them to apply for higher roles, increasing retention and leading to a nearly doubling of internal applications for new positions.
Social Projects Director
AIESEC in Nova
June 2013
to May 2014
Volunteer Work
Lisbon
Portugal
- My role as Social Projects Director involved planning and managing our local chapter's AIESEC volunteering projects with international students, which were developed in schools, NGOs and Summer Camps. Together with the coordinator for each particular project, we managed to significantly improve the quality of the experiences provided, after a year of remarkable but unsustained growth. This allowed us to achieve a Net Promoter Score of 69, and a 0% dropout rate after trainee selection, which would ensure we were able to fulfill our promises and our customers' expectations.
Host School: HKUST Business School, Hong Kong SAR | August – December 2017
Relevant Subjects: Doing Business in Asia (A), Strategic Management in Asia (A), Effective Negotiations, Global Macroeconomics (A-), Project Management, Data Science & Business Insights.
Relevant Subjects: Doing Business in Asia (A), Strategic Management in Asia (A), Effective Negotiations, Global Macroeconomics (A-), Project Management, Data Science & Business Insights.
Relevant Subjects: Business Intelligence (19/20), E-Business (19/20), Technology Strategy (18/20), Advanced Marketing (17/20), Venture Capital (16/20)
Relevant Subjects: Entrepreneurship (17/20), Organizational Behavior (17/20), Public Economics (16/20), Calculus & Optimization (16/20)
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Venture Capital
Advanced
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Venture Development
Advanced
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Social Entrepreneurship
Good
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Open Innovation
Good
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Project Management
Advanced
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Event Management
Advanced
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Account Management
Advanced
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Business Strategy
Advanced
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Business Analysis
Advanced
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Public Relations
Advanced
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Digital Marketing
Advanced
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Social Media Marketing
Advanced
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Marketing Management
Advanced
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Business Development
Advanced
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Lead Generation
Advanced
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Sales Conversion
Advanced
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Teamwork
Advanced
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Team Leadership
Advanced
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Public Speaking
Advanced
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Problem Solving
Advanced
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Conflict Management
Good
