Jihad Karam Parra
business administration
Cali
Summary
I am a very committed person with exceptional leadership, organizational skills and communication abilities leading to high-performing cross-functional teams. I can lead projects, company operations and business growth. My strengths come in the form of my persuasive, logical, analytical and communication skills. All of those combined make me a person fully oriented in knowing the ins and outs of the customer psychology, and I can perfectly reflect that in sales or in any other areas that require me to analyze people and situations to bring forth a positive outcome for myself, my employer and the customers.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
Work History
OBEEC
Cali
08.2016 - 06.2018
- Company Overview: Student and Business Brigades Organization of Colombia. Work in coexistence, project creation, family emergency plan, and school risk management.
- Managed several projects.
- Designed web page, logo and in-project designs.
- Developed the budget for all of the projects.
- Lead the activities with the families that attended the events.
- Create, innovate and ideate with different programs like Coda, Canva and Wix to help bring the projects to life.
- Student and Business Brigades Organization of Colombia. Work in coexistence, project creation, family emergency plan, and school risk management.
Sales agent
Avalúos Express/AK grupo inmobiliario
Santiago de Cali
06.2019 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: Unpaid work experience
- Performed a showing of the estates that were currently on sale or rent managed by the company.
- Executed the appraisal of several warehouses and one urban house.
- Unpaid work experience
KAM
Manchola publicity agency
Cali
06.2022
- Communicated with the different clients of the agency and arranged meetings for them.
- Evaluated the different projects and how they were developing according to the client needs.
- Managed the reports of the meetings with the clients along with their marketing and publicity needs.
- Aided the creative team with the ideation and creation of digital and traditional advertising as well as the strategic approaches for the publicity of different projects.
Administrative apprentice
Baxter RTS
Bogotá
08.2022 - 08.2023
- Organized the legal documentation for the different clients of the company.
- Developed an automatized program for one of the processes of data management using Power automate.
- Communicated with the different administrators of the service sites to manage the installed capacity of every region.
- Filled and made several of the legal documents including SARLAFT, conflicts of interests among others.
Sales agent
AK GRUPO INMOBILIARIO
Santiago de Cali
03.2024 - 04.2025
- Manage the emails and schedule of my boss.
- Answer messages from his clients and solve any potential issues with them.
- Provided after-sales support as required, enhancing overall customer experience.
- Maintained detailed records of sales activities for accurate forecasting.
- Established robust client relationships through effective communication and negotiation skills.
- Conducted market research to identify new business opportunities.
Education
International Baccalaureate - Design Technology (High Level), English (High Level), Computer Science (High), Spanish Language and Literature (Standard), Mathematics (Standard), Philosophy (Standard)
Colegio Colombo Británico
Santiago de Cali, Departamento del Valle del Cauca 08.2004 - 06.2018
Business Administration - with a Complementary Option in Marketing
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Santiago de Cali, Departamento del Valle del Cauca 08.2018 - 11.2023
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- JAVA (Basic)
- Google Ads
- Google Analytics
Sales and marketing
Tenacity and resilience
Effective networking
Effective closing techniques
Listening capacity
Assertiveness
Direct marketing knowledge
Influential communicator
Interests
Sales
entrepreneurship
investing
marketing
Physical exercise/GYM
Languages
English
Native
Spanish
Native
German
Elementary (A2)
Software
Coda
Microsoft Office
JAVA
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Sales agent
AK GRUPO INMOBILIARIO
03.2024 - 04.2025
Administrative apprentice
Baxter RTS
08.2022 - 08.2023
KAM
Manchola publicity agency
06.2022
Sales agent
Avalúos Express/AK grupo inmobiliario
06.2019 - 07.2019
Business Administration - with a Complementary Option in Marketing
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
08.2018 - 11.2023
OBEEC
08.2016 - 06.2018
International Baccalaureate - Design Technology (High Level), English (High Level), Computer Science (High), Spanish Language and Literature (Standard), Mathematics (Standard), Philosophy (Standard)
Colegio Colombo Británico
08.2004 - 06.2018