Leidys (Gigi) Marquez
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Dr David Patton
It was a pleasure to work with Gigi to create an innovative project that brought 2 personal development programmes to my students in Higher education. Gigi was full of positive energy, a 'let's make this happen' attitude and ensured the project was a success! Gigi really lives out the vision at Mindvalley. I will always be grateful for the opportunity of working together to pioneer this work in the UK.
Wah Hoo, Chun
Leidys has a knack for building relationships and garnering support for her work because of her excellent communication skills and caring nature. She is a great resource in communications and relationship management. She always show up with a high energy and is a great team player. Her enthusiasm makes her a great leader, both caring and passionate.
Dr David Patton
It was a pleasure to work with Gigi to create an innovative project that brought 2 personal development programmes to my students in Higher education. Gigi was full of positive energy, a 'let's make this happen' attitude and ensured the project was a success! Gigi really lives out the vision at Mindvalley. I will always be grateful for the opportunity of working together to pioneer this work in the UK.
Wah Hoo, Chun
Leidys has a knack for building relationships and garnering support for her work because of her excellent communication skills and caring nature. She is a great resource in communications and relationship management. She always show up with a high energy and is a great team player. Her enthusiasm makes her a great leader, both caring and passionate.
Dr David Patton
It was a pleasure to work with Gigi to create an innovative project that brought 2 personal development programmes to my students in Higher education. Gigi was full of positive energy, a 'let's make this happen' attitude and ensured the project was a success! Gigi really lives out the vision at Mindvalley. I will always be grateful for the opportunity of working together to pioneer this work in the UK.
Wah Hoo, Chun
Leidys has a knack for building relationships and garnering support for her work because of her excellent communication skills and caring nature. She is a great resource in communications and relationship management. She always show up with a high energy and is a great team player. Her enthusiasm makes her a great leader, both caring and passionate.
Dr David Patton
It was a pleasure to work with Gigi to create an innovative project that brought 2 personal development programmes to my students in Higher education. Gigi was full of positive energy, a 'let's make this happen' attitude and ensured the project was a success! Gigi really lives out the vision at Mindvalley. I will always be grateful for the opportunity of working together to pioneer this work in the UK.
Wah Hoo, Chun
Leidys has a knack for building relationships and garnering support for her work because of her excellent communication skills and caring nature. She is a great resource in communications and relationship management. She always show up with a high energy and is a great team player. Her enthusiasm makes her a great leader, both caring and passionate.
Credentials
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English Writing skills
UC Berkeley Extension -
Marketing Principles
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) -
Organizational Structure
Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA)
Experience
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Mindvalley
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Malaysia
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E-Learning Providers
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300 - 400 Employee
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Aug 2021 - Present
My role includes event planning, strategy, relationship management, as well as communications. I lead Mindvalley Youth Programs and support the logistics for all of Mindvalley's signature events: A-Fest, Mindvalley University, Mindvalley Live, and Mindvalley Meetups, among others. All Mindvalley events are a mix of community building and education, and each of them brings together entrepreneurs, visionaries, teachers, authors, and people who are by nature driven to change the world.Key Achievements:🟢 Successfully planned and deployed a learning curriculum for more than 200 in-person young learners, for a full month at Mindvalley University 2022🟢 Coordinated all internal and external stakeholders (including volunteers, facilitators, international authors, etc) to ensure the content and operations run smoothly throughout the project's timeline🟢 Supported the logistics of events in Europe, as well as UAE and Asia under Mindvalley's brand Show less
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Feb 2020 - Aug 2021
As Senior Global Partnerships Manager, I was responsible for establishing new corporate partnerships and renewing existing accounts to meet annual revenue goals as well as:• Being in charge of accomplishing sales goals and budgets set by team management• Lead for the deployment of programs and responsible for ensuring their quality and sustainability through monitoring and evaluation strategiesKey Achievements:🟢 Established new Business relationships with SMEs and large corporations globally including companies like PWC, Deloitte, AbbVie, Swedbank, Google, Government of Malaysia, Facebook, and Hubspot among others🟢 Coordinated and deployed educational programs in over 60 countries globally, accumulating more than 50K youth learners all over the world🟢 Achieved a 5,000% growth in B2C users, and over 400% growth in B2B, additionally, a 450% growth in the number of partners globally in Mindvalley's Youth Programs Show less
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MAKNA - Majlis Kanser Nasional
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Malaysia
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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International Division and Communications Team Head
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Jul 2017 - Feb 2020
• In this position I created, grew, and supervised two main departments within the organization: Communications and International Division Key Achievements: 🟢 Started and maintained the relationship and partnerships developed between MAKNA and United Nations (UN), Union International Cancer Control, The Economist, and other international organizations 🟢 Coordinated the logistics of a team of 180 stakeholders, for the first nationwide NGO Fair and Forum, attended by 5,000 people in two days at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, in Malaysia. 🟢 Served as a representative in the Advisory Group of UICC for the organization of World Cancer Day, being selected as such for two years in a row (being the youngest and the only member appointed consecutively in over 10 years) 🟢 Coordinated the team's strategies for global expansion and the international network outreach Show less
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NGOhub
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Malaysia
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sep 2016 - Jun 2017
During my time in this position, I became responsible for all media briefings to support NGO Academy's cycle of events and started the NGOHub Newsletter, along with Social Media strategies across all platforms• I also became lead for all events of the NGO Academy series: Responsible for all logistic planning pre, during, and post–eventsKey Achievements:🟢 As a result: hosted and led over 10 NGO forums, roundtables, and other events; where 100+ social organizations were trained in diverse skills to boost their social impact🟢 Co-created and actively participated in the national social-media-driven initiative CACSA (Citizens Against Child Sexual Abuse), which resulted in the creation of new laws to better protect the integrity of children in Malaysia Show less
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Apr 2016 - Sep 2016
As a project manager I built strong relationships with peer organizations and volunteered to coordinate their events, I also worked with regional organizations to achieve collective goals for the SEA Social SectorKey Achievements:🟢 Started and maintained relationships and projects with corporate partners such as Facebook Singapore, PwC Asia Pacific, among others; which resulted in a cycle of workshops and knowledge sharing with more than 100 NGOs benefitted🟢 Coordinated charity campaigns such as:- "Delivering Happyness" Asia Pacific campaign in collaboration with Grab which brought toys to over 10K children all over SEA (Grab is the leading transportation app in Asia - Video available here: shorturl.at/cIR03 ).- The Community Library Project alongside Big Bad Wolf Books, to bring reading materials to children in orphanages all over Malaysia, resulting in more than 150 community libraries being set up Show less
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Vanguardia - Galvis Ramírez y Cía S.A.
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Colombia
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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100 - 200 Employee
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Editorial and Publications Team Lead
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Dec 2013 - Apr 2015
This role put me in charge of Solo Para Mujeres publication from the initial idea pitch to board members, to the final page design process, and printout. I was also: • In charge of building strong and stable relationships between advertisers and our editorial house • Responsible for the quality of the delivered product from the writing to the final details, while keeping the project running within timeline standards • I had the chance to interview and maintain close relationships with Colombian celebrities featured on our pages • I was the leading Opinion Column writer for the publication • And had to regularly pitch and report on the performance review of the publication to the Board of Directors of Galvis Ramirez, as well as set the expectations for each year in terms of advertising investment and profit Key Achievements: 🟢 Directed all the content creation for a major publication while managing our editorial and design teams, and led the redesign and relaunch of the magazine resulting in a 4X revenue in sales Show less
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Campbell Language Institute
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Colombia
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Communications and PR Lead
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Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
Key achievements: 🟢 Built and managed a strong network of internal and external relations, and closed commercial deals that doubled the institution's number of students 🟢 Handled all channels of internal and external communications resulting in more effective strategies that helped the institution become more profitable 🟢 Established and maintained relationships and communications flow with clients, and created reports for Board Members, and institutional funders, which translated in open communication and a higher transparency in operations Show less
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Education
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Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga
Bachelor's degree, Social Communication – major in Journalism -
College of Marin
English Grammar and Literature