Benito Perez III

• Supervise and assist in managing a semesterly budget of more than $120,000 and handle expenses for our chapter with over 120 active members. • Create financial reports to ensure transparency with members. • Work with the executive board to distribute funds for operations, events, and charitable activities.

• Led sales conversations with business owners to uncover needs and recommend the best-fit service package. • Used a consultative approach to explain options, compare solutions, and guide clients toward confident decisions. • Analyzed basic client processes to highlight where our services could improve efficiency or results. • Managed a daily pipeline of prospects, prioritizing leads based on needs, urgency, and potential impact. • Tailored outreach messages and sales scripts to make pitches clearer and more effective. • Built strong sales, communication, and advisory skills by turning client goals into practical next steps.

• Engaged in door-to-door sales, building customer relationships and generating leads. • Negotiated service packages and closed leads.

• Identified a market gap for modern, aesthetic, and useful tech accessories by analyzing TikTok Shop trends, Instagram ads, Alibaba data, KaloData metrics, and user sentiment across creator content and comment sections. • Defined the NovaKit value proposition and MVP, selecting visually compelling and relevant SKUs (3-in-1 chargers, multi-function fans, lifestyle tech) and building a minimalist, mobile-optimized product experience. • Designed and developed high quality landing pages, implemented competitive pricing and margin modeling, and evaluated suppliers for reliability, quality, and fulfillment speed. • Executed a go-to-market strategy by leveraging TikTok Shop’s organic discovery engine. Optimized product pages for conversion across in app and site traffic. • Monitored impressions, CTR, conversion steps, and SKU performance within TikTok Seller analytics and Shopify to verify demand and interest with minimal spend or content volume. • Achieved strong organic traction, validated better performing SKUs, and developed early-stage growth strategy. • Key takeaways: the hook is the product, small market gaps create meaningful opportunities, and real testing beats perfect planning.

Directly interacted with customers, developing strong customer service skills. Learned how to greet guests, manage reservations, and address customer inquiries or concerns.

Dual Enrollment Student Completed college-level coursework through the dual enrollment program, gaining early exposure to economics and general education subjects during high school.