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Hong Kong Sar

Hong Kong Sar

Hong Kong

• Develop creative project proposals and strategies with senior management for a multi-layered campaign valued at HKD40 million and ensure ideas in line with client's business objectives and overarching campaign idea and theme.• Communicate with retained client regularly and advise on preparation of campaign and corresponding events by interpreting procedures, yet provide clear, concise and timely communications of detailed requirements.

Hong Kong

• Prepare and present campaign pitches with Creative and Strategy teams to both existing and new clients, ensuring that the pitches address the business objectives and create best customers engagement across different touchpoints.• Build up and maintain relationship with clients and make sure campaign on track in terms of deliverables, timing and budget. Support campaign activations from pre-event, onsite event support and post event analysis.• Define scope of work and specifications with retained client for the requested services and ensure that projects in APAC region are proceeding according to client’s expectation.

Hong Kong

• Be responsible for project scoping, budgeting, planning and accurate delivery (time and money) of local or international programs/projects for the 4 business lines hosted under BG Lifestyle Entertainment: Traditional Audio, Home Cinema System, Optical Video and Home Communication.• Monitor HKD17millions annual design budget for multi business lines and participate in validating day-to-day design requests to ensure budget optimization with Operation and Creative Directors. • Function as a liaison among Design team with different competences, Business teams and vendors. Actively facilitate discussions and participate in preparing materials with designers for RFQ (Request for Quotation) and make sure projects being answered properly with agreed BOM cost and iGM.• Be accountable for the delivery of the programs/projects through the activation of its agreed activities, dependencies, and resourcing. Manage project life cycles during creation and execution of design projects. Orchestrate on-time and quality delivery across competencies in Product & Services – Product and Packaging Design, Interactive Design, Visual Trend Analysis, Color, Material & Finishing.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

• Functioned as a liaison between clients, publications and in-house team to translate job requirements and identified clients’ creative and budgetary needs for each project. Applied understanding of customers’ needs to establish solid customer relationships and facilitate problem solving.• Compiled studio schedules and roadmaps for projects and managed studio workflow and timings with understanding briefs and objectives. Oversaw the operations of the studio to ensure all resources and processes were optimized and maximized. Supported photographer/director in all aspects of pre-production and production of photography shootsKey Achievements:AIDS Concern x Prestige Magazine x O M Studio – charity photo exhibition (2009)• Articulated budget planning, event rundowns with stakeholders from AIDS Concern and Prestige Magazine throughout the preparation phase. Worked closely with exhibits photographer, PR managers from both magazine and marketing agency to ensure exhibits were delivered as agreed• Contacted agents of local artistes like Joey Yung, Daniel Wu, Simon Yam, Louis Koo, Alan Tam etc. Orchestrated stylists, assistants and artistes before and during on-the-spot shootings.Dragon Garden Charity Project x The Cat Street Gallery x Kay Tse (2010)• Liaised with agent of local artistes - Kay Tse, together with stylists, hair and makeup artists for all pre-production activities. Worked with external locations scouts, Lighting Techs. to ensure timely completion of projects.• Played a key role in core team in managing all props and sets which were prepared and delivered in desired quality as agreed with lead photographer.• Facilitated the pre- and post-event promotion and press coverage with Garden owner Lee family and The Cat Street Gallery.

Hong Kong

• Provided budget estimations, schedules to studio clients. Participated in pre-production meetings, production tracking and QC screening with Director and clients• Monitored processes and project activities along the workflow. Worked closely with external artists and internal team to make sure daily deliverables meeting quality level as agreed.

Shanghai City, China

New studio startup in WuXi• Contributed in new studio setup in WuXi along with the company CEO and core team in Shang-hai. Planned and managed new studio renovation, infrastructure and pipeline development, design and implementation of production tracking system.• Participated in crew hiring and trainings with local animation colleges, and co-worked with department leads to prepare the training plans, timeframes, objectives and materials.• Designed ways of working within/across departments and managed the establishment of approval processes of different deliverables from departments with creative leads. Full length CG animation feature film & TV series• Provided budget estimations, project schedules, risk and cost estimation in scenarios with different assumptions for a new CG feature film to company CEO. Facilitated discussions among different departments and oversaw the departments schedules and deliverables.• Was responsible for overall quality performance through application of agreed processes. Regularly reviewed ways of working for continuous improvement with liaising with different key stakeholders.• Monitored processes and project activities along the workflow with reports provided by production supervisors for multiple productions. Key Achievements:• Production Tracking System design and development with software development company in Silicon Valley –“Pic2” (founded by Richard Chuang – co-founder of PDI DreamWorks Animation Studio)• Infrastructure development including pipeline setup, automated tools list, approval process and folder structure

Hong Kong

Filmography1. TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) – 20072. Astro Boy – 20093. Gatchaman movie trailer - 2007• Conducted weekly analysis of risk, schedule, progress tracking and cost forecast for different departments. Supervised all production activities and regularly reviewed the team structure and delegated duties to individual team members according to the overall deliveries planning.• Provided manpower and operation plans to both HK & US teams from time to time and was responsible in liaising with other departments along the pipeline to set priorities in deliverables upon change requests by film Director.• Worked closely with R&D department and implemented different needs and ideas into Production Tracking System “PTS” development from time to timeKey Achievements:• Astro Boy - Building up a structured and effective communication framework and channels with US crew (formed with ex-DreamWorks and SONY talents) • TMNT - Active contribution in monitoring and execution for massive change requests by movie distributors – 50 percent of movie redo in 6-month. Revising schedule and delivery priorities, re-allocation of resources, prompt implementation of changes to the existing pipeline system

Bsc, Physics With Business Administration

Msc, Multimedia & Entertainment Technology

Higher Diploma, Multimedia Design And Technology