Jorge Mendez

Publisher (General Director) of magazine Advertising Age America Central & the Caribbean , International publishing company

San Jose, Costa Rica

Bilingual (Spanish/English). Graduaded in Social Communications and also Psycology, with masters degree in Business Administration and also in Latin American Studies.
Lots of experience in advertising, team managment, currently directing a Magazine that circulates in all the Central American and Caribbean countries.
Interested in social wellbeing aimed, development and poverty reduction jobs.

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Area of Expertise:
  • Private Sector, Social Enterprise, Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
  • Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
Professional Experience:

I have a lot of experience in activities related to the design and implementation of communication campaigns and advertising, areas in which I’ve had important positions in local and external companies.

I´m right now working as the publisher of magazine Advertising Age America Central and the Caribbean, which is a regional versión of an eighty years old North American magazine about advertising and marketing global industries.I am responsible to designing and executing strategies for the commercialization of the magazine, as well as to determining the editorial content of each monthly issue. I direct a staff consisting of sales persons, journalists and country managers in all of the Central America countries (from Guatemala to Panama) and the Dominican Republic. I started directing this magazine from the very first issue, and we are now preparing issue number 31th.

The desire of applying my knowledge and experience in activities with higher social content and promoting human development, caused me to increase my academic preparation with a Psychology major, which has allowed me to become involved in the latest years in interesting projects in training and formation of people and groups of very varied socioeconomic conditions, along as in projects within the private and the public domain in education, associated with vocational training, Human Rights learning and the reduction of violence within the classroom.

This participation in the design, organization and execution of training activities has allowed me to prove that the university preparation and professional experience that I’ve collected in the areas of Social Communication, Administration and Teaching, mean a great strength for the design and execution of projects aimed at the organization and assistance of people and groups and the increase of their personal and social wellbeing.

Education:

Bachelor in Social Communications (Universidad de Costa Rica), 1991
Licenced in Psycology (Universidad Católica de Costa Rica), 2005
Master of Business Administration with empahsis in marketin (National University, San Diego, California, USA)
Master of Latin American Studies with emphasis in Culture and Development (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica), 2009
Now studying the PHD program in Latin American Studies (Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica).

Available for:

  • Consulting assignments
  • Job opportunities
  • Being headhunted – make me an offer

Years of Experience:

15-20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

English, Spanish

Nationality:

Costa Rica

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