I’m a creative professional with expertise in communication, public speaking, and team building skills, followed by charismatic and public relationship skills. Proficient at remaining calm under pressure and leveraging resourcefulness to drive results with a proven ability to foster collaboration and build cohesive teams. Speaking only Portuguese when I first arrived in the UK, I was extremely dedicated to pick up English. Through using my voice now, I have been able to find my passion for public speaking, I’m seeking opportunities to apply this skill and many other competencies towards my personal impact organisational growth.
Provided guidance and mentored around 14 secondary school boys who either were troubled, underprivileged or misunderstood which resulted in them having improved conduct and increased involvement in school. This was achieved through doing weekly sessions with them Throughout the time working with them I was also able to improve my active listening alongside awareness and communication skills
What Makes A Man Gillette X FBB Gui’s Story
Got to participate in a Gillette advert, where my story also was shared. Besides this being used to motivate young people, it was used to show to schools what was going on in their classrooms with disengaged youth
Football for the future FBB
Had the opportunity to act in an short film for Football Beyond Borders, based on the 2020 Euros. Which was a campaign used to speak up about young people's passion for football
In both shoots I got to:
My first time presenting was in 2020 when i was 13 years old. This was achieved through a company called Football Beyond Borders, which gave me the opportunity to speak at their annual showcase at Tottenham Hotspur's Stadium. This led onto me receiving many other opportunities, a big one being a Gillette sponsored advert. This was accomplished by:
Aurora Media
Had work experience at Aurora media, where I and two other people on work experience got to create a small video from scratch alongside industry professionals. A creative brief got set and we had to respond with a production plan and a creative approach. Next, we got equipment and and went out to film. This was followed up by us getting to see the first version the video edited, we discussed and added our final touches to the video, concluding it all.
Hearst
Spent four days at Hearst Magazines London Office, I got to receive more insight into the Magazine/Media world. Through out my time there I got to network, alongside meeting new people. To end it, I got the opportunity do a presentation in front of some of the different work teams they have at their office.
KEO Films
Got to experience two weeks at KEO Films Production, I spent time and shadowing/working with some of their different teams, including their development team, editorial team and Film crew. while there I was able to help in many projects, one of them being a runner at of the shooting days for a documentary called ‘Seeking Satoshi - The Mystery Bitcoin Creator’