“Language has been the main catalyst of why I’ve done so well in my career. I never studied business, I never studied marketing, I never studied finance or law, nothing. But now I’m a vice-president at a Bloomberg brand. Where did that come from? From studying languages. It puts you in the room,” he said.
“I was young and I was able to start doing a bit of everything, from translating to working on the advertising materials to looking at Google Analytics, because it was all stuff that I find easy to do. I did a lot of that and then, I don’t know exactly how it came about, but I started helping the salespeople sell digital stuff, and I just started getting put in charge of more and more,” he added.
“Every conversation is different as well. With media sales, you’re walking into a meeting and you don’t know exactly what you’re going to be selling. If you’re selling cars, you’re going to be selling cars, but in media you’re selling your brand and what you can do with that brand,” he added. “Chile is a fantastic country. You have a very modern city in Santiago which each year is getting more and more cosmopolitan. It’s great for cycling, there’s so many nice hills around the city, great for running, there’s lots of parks, and lovely tennis courts. My weekends usually involve one of those three activities,” he said.