Santiago Cruz
Entertainment Industry Professional
Glass Cross Productions
CEO
January 2014 – July 2015
Developed and implemented marketing strategies to promote the brand. Managed contract negotiations with clients, production budgets, requests for proposals (RFPs) and invoices. Organized employee’s roles and tasks, solicited permits and participated in the creative process of the audiovisual productions.
Experience
Colegio Nueva Granada
Technology Specialist
August 2014 – June 2015
Helped teachers and staff master different software and applications such as Google Apps, Microsoft Office, Skyward and other programs. Developed and created presentations, videos, audio recordings and posters used in classroom activities, meetings and school assemblies.
Caracol Television
Sound Designer
July 2012 – June 2014
Worked as a sound editor in the post-production department enhancing the audio/sound of the shows produced by the television network. Enhancing the audio included adding music, adding environmental effects, adding Foley effects and editing the dialogues. Was in charge of enhancing the sound from beginning to end of two shows of 110 episodes each: “Cinco Viudas Sueltas” and “Dulce Amor.” Contributed in other shows and reality shows that the television network produced.
Worked in the sound design of:
• “Cinco Viudas Sueltas,” a coproduction between Caracol Televisión and Sony Pictures.
• “Dulce Amor,” the Colombian version of the successful Argentinean show.
• Sound effects and music for Caracol's national and international advertising campaigns.
• Series: "Diario de un Sueño,"​ "Séptimo Día,"​ "Los Informantes"​ and "Capsulas Pelé."​
• "Desafío Africa"​ teasers.
• International band; "Foley" for: "El Secretario"​ and "La Selección."
"Dulce Amor"
"Cinco Viudas Sueltas"
Alianza Educativa
English Teacher
January 2008 – June 2009
During my junior and senior years of high school, I volunteered as an English teacher for 4th and 5th grade students at the Alianza Educativa, an educational organization created by private schools and the government of Bogota, Colombia, providing schools and education to students of poor areas of the city.
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Amigos Para Siempre Program
Volunteer
August 2011 – May 2012
In this program we accompanied every Saturday during a semester, children from poor neighborhoods. We did integration activities, took them to the movies, to amusement parks and malls.