Oriol Cervantes Sánchez

Curriculum Vitae

cervantesoriol#gmail.com
(+34) 647167575
Barcelona

Hey there! This is Oriol. I am a 32 years old guy who spends most of his free time sipping tea, listening to lo-fi music and feeling guilty about not paying enough attention to his piano. Welcome to my online résumé.

I am a highly multidisciplinar individual, who truly enjoys learning as much as possible from multiple fields. I am always led by curiosity and frequently find myself fantasizing about acquiring a new skill. I wonder, ask and observe a lot. I lean naturally towards anything that's related with communication, a field on which I always end up investing most of my time and focus. I am also a very organized, rather mental person— traits that probably feed from my background in science. While I embrace the huge importance of flexibility and improvisation, I have always subscribed to what they say about rules: in order to bend them beautifully, one must know them well first.

I have worked within the tourism sector for the past decade, where I have performed multiple tasks mostly relating to human interaction and the sharing of information and knowledge. From customer service positions to leading fortnight-long safari routes in Kenya and Tanzania, I have mostly talked to people. Thanks to this customer focused context, I have perfected all sort of abilities related with public speech, conflict solving, information presentation, empathy and attention to detail.

In 2019, and due to my sense of structure and coordination, my former employer relied on me the task of creating a department of communication in the wine-tours company I have been working on for the past five years. It is thanks to this new endeavor that I have dedicated the last couple of years to improve my comprehension of the visual and textual sides of communicating.

At the moment, I am taking the last months of a master's degree in graphic design, where I have been introduced to multiple new disciplines. My most recent challenge involves learning to code HTML, CSS and Javascript. This is the reason why you are reading this online résumé: this is a class exercise.

Professional

from Jan 2019 to today

Communication Manager

Castlexperience Wine Tours

I take charge of all tasks relating to community managing, copywriting and graphic design for both physical and digital formats, photography making, editing and managing, and every other external communication relating aspect. I also manage internal communication flows within the organization by designing and conducting hiring and training programs. Under this umbrella position, product design and the creation of manuals and guides for the employees is also undertaken from scratch. Overall, my top priority is ensuring the general consistency and coherence of the communicational side in all challenges and tasks assumed by the company.

from Nov 2016 to Dec 2018

Operations Director Assistant

Castlexperience Wine Tours

I assume the responsability of coordinating the daily tours of this wine tourism focused company. The challenge involves tasks like coordinating shifts, calendar designing and organizing, the coordination of transportation and other external services, fast problem solving, etc. Overall, I take charge of the successful unfolding of complex logistics under the direct supervision of the Operations Director.

from Mar 2015 to Sep 2018

Tour Leading & Guiding

Diverse

During 3 years, I guide different kinds of cultural, historical and gastronomical focused tours in different highlights of Barcelona's city and surroundings, in different languages and for all sorts of public. Main employers are La Pedrera and Castlexperience Wine Tours. During 2016's summer time, I spend 4 months in Kenya and Tanzania leading highly immersive safari routes in the Serengeti ecoregion.

from Mar 2012 to Mar 2015

Customer Service

Diverse

Different customer service roles and tasks are undertaken for different employers in Barcelona main tourism highlights, like Park Güell, La Pedrera or Hertz Car Rental at Barcelona's airport.

Academia

2020–2021

Graphic Design

Master's Degree at Eina | Barcelona

Year long master's program at one of Barcelona's most renowned design schools. The main areas of traditional graphic design are covered, like editorial design, typography, identity and branding. Web deisgn, with special focus on the acquisition of technical, code-related skills, is also covered.

2014

Ecotourism

Postgraduate Degree at UAB | Barcelona

Pioner 6 months program focused on both the design and creation of ecotourism-related products and business, as well as on the profession of guiding and leading ecotouristic tours. Special stress is made on the concept of sustainability, its applications and its complexities.

2011–2019

Tourism

Bachelor Degree at UOC | Barcelona

Full university degree at one of Spain's most noted online universities. Mention in Sustainability Theory is granted by taking aimed subjects on the topic. During the course of the degree, I get involved in a 3 months long internship at a specialized travel agency.

2006–2011

Biology

Bachelor Degree at UAB | Barcelona

Full university degree in Biology Sciences. I make particular stress on neuroscience-related topics through concrete subject picking.

Skills

Sustainability

Thanks to my academical background and personal interests, I have thoroughly studied many concepts regarding sustainable growth theories and practices. I have developed a highly critical mindset towards the discipline and can provide deep insights on the matter, reorienting common misconceptions and providing tools to better understand the different kinds of impacts in a given economical activity.

Structure

I excel at endowing a given system or process with consistency, coherence and structure. Thanks to my background in both science and design, but also to my natural predisposition, I am good at planning, organizing, optimizing and assess the unfolding of processes within organizations, either as a part of a team or individually.

Visual & Textual

Adobe Photoshop +++ / Adobe InDesign +++ / Digital Photography +++ / Adobe Illustrator ++ / Typography ++ / Copywriting ++ / Editorial Design ++ / Web Design ++ / Figma ++ / HTML5 ++ / CSS3 ++ / SEO ++ / Javascript + / Branding and Identity + / Adobe Premiere + / Adobe After Effects + / Motion Graphics + / Video Edition +

Oral

Native in Catalan and Spanish. Proficient in English (CPE granted in 2011). Basic knowledge of French and Mandarin. I am very used to speak to an audience and have a good understanding of how to structure an effective speech or presentation.

Random

I can command boats. I am also particularly good at denying that I eat too much pasta.