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MARIA EUGENIA MESÉN JIMÉNEZ

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Summary

Professional Experience with more than 17 years of working with upper Executive Management in multinational companies, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Government Affairs, and the diplomatic corps; background in Communications Degree with a strong emphasis on good verbal and written communication; ability to build alliances, problem-solving, customer service, and detail-oriented with excellent interpersonal skills, structured, high level of integrity, experience in social responsibility programs, excellent networking.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Public Relations Communication Specialist

Biomerics
07.2022 - 08.2024

Mainly contact with stakeholders, local government, relationship with Chambers of Commerce, representation on boards of directors, working very closely with marketing department from Corporate and other similar dependencies, supporting as master of ceremony at internal activities with personnel and corporate visits. Supporting the CEO and General Manager, SLT

Leading Internal communication with Newsletters, flyers, and campaigns, 950 employees, 13 divisions (USA, Caribbean, Europe, and headquarters in UT).

Executive Director

Holland House Costa Rica (Dutch Chamber of Commer)
10.2018 - 06.2022

-Primary objective: Establish a strategy and direct an ongoing interaction/communication with members to support their needs, creating spaces to interact by expanding their business network (products/services).

-Attendance at meetings with associated companies, not associated, local governments to provide information about the Chamber, European Union Delegation Costa Rica.

-Mapping State and International organizations to work together to provide more visibility for the Chamber locally and internationally.

-Design and implement events where the Chamber benefits from income, opening spaces for talks and presentations with high-level speakers. Organization in general of Events, Commercial Missions, package design, budgets, coordination and sale of areas, elaboration of respective profiles, and others..


Executive Director (Costa Rica Office)

IPADE Business School
02.2016 - 05.2022

Responsible for planning, organizing, executing, and supervising the Senior Management Programs for graduates, looking for new prospects, mostly senior executives, and CEOs (Costa Rican business sector) by the Annual Strategic Work Plan. Parallel's coordinate the office's administrative and accounting operations, and business travels to Mexico City for meetings and activities.

Achievements: Opening the first Program in Costa Rica (ADEA). Senior Management for companies in the Agrifood chain (March 2018), make it known, extension in the network of contacts, and databases for prospects, increase and reestablishment the communication with each generation of Graduates AD2.

Executive Director

Chamber of Industry and Commerce
04.2014 - 02.2016

Coordinate the Chamber's strategic and operational plans, strengthen bilateral relations between Costa Rica and Mexico provide commercial information to interested parties, increase and strengthen investment in both ways, and represent the interests of the members to be the voice. Business travels to Mexico to coordinate and formalize strategic alliances with other chambers and organizations. Achievements: compliance with agreed goals to increase the annual membership in corporate income, with annual events, and an increase in the media presence of CICOMEX.

Education

Master's Degree in Project Management -

University Latina of Costa Rica -Laureate International University
01.2017

Diploma in Direct Marketing - Marketing

European University of Madrid
Madrid, Spain
01.2005

Bachelor’s in public Relations -

University Interamericana of Costa Rica – Laureate International University
Costa Rica
01.2004

Skills

  • Willing to work in teamwork
  • Ready to take on new challenges
  • Adaptable to changes
  • Social networks
  • Moderator
  • Scrips preparations
  • Mediator
  • Newsletters
  • Verbal Communication
  • Community Engagement
  • Editing and proofreading
  • Crisis Management
  • Cross-cultural communication
  • Internal Communications
  • Marketing Communications
  • Strategic Communication
  • Email Marketing
  • Advertising and marketing
  • Photography
  • Event Coordination
  • Copyediting
  • Event execution
  • Customer Service
  • Time Management
  • Attention to Detail
  • Excellent Communication

Otherstudies

  • 2017- AD-2: IPADE program designed to perfect the skills of the person who heads the organization, seeks to: enrich the diagnostic capabilities, determine policies and action plans, expand the command capacity and facilitate a better perspective of synthesis of the company
  • August 2018.-(GRI) Global Reporting Initiative -Certified training Program-Hispanic Americas onGRI Sustainability Reporting Process.
  • Oct-2021- Workshop -Sustainability Report for companies GRI (Global Reporting Initiative).

Personal Information

ID Number: 107780103

Tel

(506) 8865-9015

References

Upon request

Languages

Spanish
Native language
English
Upper intermediate
B2

Timeline

Public Relations Communication Specialist

Biomerics
07.2022 - 08.2024

Executive Director

Holland House Costa Rica (Dutch Chamber of Commer)
10.2018 - 06.2022

Executive Director (Costa Rica Office)

IPADE Business School
02.2016 - 05.2022

Executive Director

Chamber of Industry and Commerce
04.2014 - 02.2016

Master's Degree in Project Management -

University Latina of Costa Rica -Laureate International University

Diploma in Direct Marketing - Marketing

European University of Madrid

Bachelor’s in public Relations -

University Interamericana of Costa Rica – Laureate International University
MARIA EUGENIA MESÉN JIMÉNEZ