Oliver Castro-McClung
Newton,MA
Summary
Seasoned sales & beverage industry pro, with years of outreach & writing experience, seeking an opportunity to utilize my multi-faceted background.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Real Estate Agent / Marketing Manager
Red Tree Real Estate
Brookline, MA
12.2020 - Current
- Managing internal database including 4 hours a day spent cold/warm calling potential rental & sales clients
- Closing over $4 million in sales my first full year as an agent
- Overhauling & rewriting website, overseeing & writing company magazine
- Creating sales focused daily social media content working in tandem with graphic design.
Bar Manager / Consultant / Spirits Educator
FOH & Spirits Instructor (Varied)
Boston, MA
12.2008 - Current
- Creating curriculum and teaching classes on various spirits to staff and managers throughout career, currently teaching 4 classes a term at Cambridge Center for Adult Education in spirit education
- Beverage consulting- creating & curating original cocktail, spirit, beer & wine program for Brighton Bodega & The Porch Southern
- Managing, training & staffing bar programs while implementing new cocktail menus & marketing strategy for multiple bars
- Years of high-volume craft cocktail bar experience: Upstairs on the Square, Felipe’s, Washington Square Tavern, Brighton Bodega, Vox Populi…
Director of Outreach & Marketing (Interim)
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
08.2007 - 11.2008
- Successfully identifying, engaging & cultivating target organizations for educational outreach & partnerships
- Creating & writing proposal for academic board & successfully initiating a new program that began Fall 2009
- Successfully marketed & managed first off-campus class offering for department which began 6/17/2008.
Marketing & Sales Manager
PUERTO CALUCHA ECO-STUDIES
, United States/Bolivia
10.2006 - 07.2007
- Developing, writing & implementing sales & marketing program to North American universities
- Establishing of corporate identity in US & development/writing of precise business & marketing plans
- Ensuring successful facilitation of academic program to professors & students abroad.
Staff Assistant III
HARVARD UNIVERSITY | DEVELOPMENT & EXT RELATIONS- HDS
Cambridge, MA
02.2006 - 10.2006
- Participating in weekly Major Gifts meetings to create specific fundraising strategies
- Assisting Stewardship Research Specialist & Major Gifts team with donor information & reports
- Completely updating school’s fundraising stewardship information in BSR Advance database system.
Residential Counselor
HOME BASE INC
Weston, WV
02.2002 - 08.2003
- Managing cases for client load, summarizing legal documents & writing psychological reports
- Counseling & providing support to juveniles in state custody & advocating for them in legal meetings
- Creating & implementing psycho-educational group process sessions.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English Writing & Philosophy
West Virginia Wesleyan College
01.2002
Skills
- General ease & proficiency with public speaking & cold calling
- Years of sales, outreach and program development (Real estate & Higher Education)
- Proficiency in negotiation & project management
- High level spirits, craft beer & craft cocktail knowledge
- Advanced creative, journalistic & business writing
- High level print media writing & proofreading skills
- High level copy & original content creation abilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications
- Casually conversational in Spanish
Affiliations
- Freelance Journalist with 20+ years of writing experience & multiple publications
- Singer/Songwriter and session blues harmonica player featured on 5 albums
- Home chef with a passion for Italian, Japanese & Southern cuisine
Timeline
Real Estate Agent / Marketing Manager
Red Tree Real Estate
12.2020 - Current
Bar Manager / Consultant / Spirits Educator
FOH & Spirits Instructor (Varied)
12.2008 - Current
Director of Outreach & Marketing (Interim)
Wentworth Institute of Technology
08.2007 - 11.2008
Marketing & Sales Manager
PUERTO CALUCHA ECO-STUDIES
10.2006 - 07.2007
Staff Assistant III
HARVARD UNIVERSITY | DEVELOPMENT & EXT RELATIONS- HDS
02.2006 - 10.2006
Residential Counselor
HOME BASE INC
02.2002 - 08.2003
Bachelor of Arts - English Writing & Philosophy
West Virginia Wesleyan College
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