Pablo Carrillo Navarro

Hi! I'm Pablo.

As a former founder, I know what it looks like when marketing doesn’t deliver.

That’s shaped how I work: close to sales, close to product, close to revenue.

I’ve led teams of up to 5 and managed budgets up to €2M, from seed-stage startups to 60-year-old institutions.

Chief Marketing Officer

honei

Sep 2025 – Present

GTM from scratch.

honei builds payments and customer intelligence for hospitality groups. +300 brands already operate with us. I lead marketing.

Host

CMO talks

Sep 2025 – Present

A podcast on marketing and growth.

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Marketing Director

ESIC University

Sep 2024 – Sep 2025

Legacy brand. Record year.

ESIC. 1965. 12 campuses. One of Europe’s most competitive higher education markets. I led marketing: €2M budget, 4 direct reports. +32% enrollment growth. Record number of new students in the institution’s history.

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

TALENT

Oct 2023 – Sep 2024 (1 year)

First CMO. 2x revenue.

I structured the marketing function: team of 4, €600k+ budget. 100% inbound model. Revenue doubled YoY.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Magistral

Feb 2020 – Jan 2024 (4 years)

La edtech Magistral.com obtiene 333.000 euros en su primera ronda de inversión

Magistral.com, la startup tecnológica que ofrece clases online de habilidades directivas, ha anunciado el cierre de una ronda de financiación que le reportará 333.000 euros. Se trata de su primera ronda que celebra la startup...
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Full Course: Mastering Negotiation with Difficult Clients and Suppliers

Full Course: Mastering Impactful Communication

Founder. 4 years. Didn't make it.

I founded an EdTech to teach leadership, storytelling and negotiation. Raised €750k, served +20,000 students and +200 companies. We shut down when we couldn’t reach profitability.

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Conversaciones con Profesores Magistrales:

Executive Producer

Entrevistas Magistrales x 1906

Feb 2022 – Jan 2024 (2 years)

Pablo Carrillo, Ignacio Rivera
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Rene de Jongs - Magistral
PABLO ENTREVISTA

60 conversations.

Guests from business, media and culture.

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Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Fourvenues

Mar 2018 – Feb 2020 (2 years)

5 people. No funding.

B2B SaaS for hospitality from scratch. I worked with the founders on product, sales, marketing and operations until we raised our first round. Today, Pacha Ibiza, Opium and Starlite run on Fourvenues.

Marketing Manager

Appear

Dec 2016 – Mar 2018 (1 year and 4 months)

Before it was Fourvenues.

My first job. Grew the app from 12,000 to 65,000 users. Top trending in Spain twice. The app later became Fourvenues.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management (Entrepreneurship)

EDEM: Escuela de Empresarios

Sep 2016 – Jun 2020

Our last day. My final words.

Business Administration at EDEM. Gave the graduation speech, chosen by my classmates.

Certifications and awards

Certificate in Advanced English (C1)

University of Cambridge

Oct 2015

Scolarship for academic year in Canada

Fundación Amancio Ortega

Sep 2014 – Jun 2015

Scholarship to study in Canada. 100 selected out of 4,700 candidates. Full academic year in Vancouver Island.

Languages

English

Native or bilingual proficiency

French

Full professional proficiency

Spanish

Native or bilingual proficiency

If there's a fit, let's talk.

Open to conversations. If you’re working on something interesting, write me.

I can help with:

Marketing Strategy

Brand & Content Strategy

GTM Strategy

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