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Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

• Redesigned a struggling Inbound High School program and developed a marketing strategy, including creating new marketing materials for the updated program and forging a new partnership, leading to a 200% increase in program participants the following year.• Developed and implemented a go-to market strategy for a new recurring 2-week program comprising intensive teacher training, cultural excursions, and off-site volunteer teaching.• Managed the company’s monthly newsletters to in-country teachers, including drafting, designing, and formatting the newsletters, and implementing MailChimp as the main CRM tool.• Created and maintained a social media marketing strategy and various campaigns, capitalizing on the programs’ KOLs/influencers to increase brand awareness and program interest.• Drafted, edited, formatted, and continually updated a 44-page program handbook, a comprehensive 18-page pre-departure packet, and other core materials for inbound teachers.• Designed and arranged multiple 6-day orientations for 200+ incoming teachers, and delivered informative presentations on topics such as cultural differences, visas and work permits, etc.• Managed the account and daily communication of the firm’s largest business partner, sending approximately 90% of total annual participants to the program.

Pasadena, California, United States

• Increased brand awareness by drafting engaging copy for marketing/advertising positions and establishing partnerships in APAC countries that were previously dormant (India and Myanmar).• Entrusted to develop and manage a go-to market strategy for FLS Housing Services, including creating marketing/promotional material and building strategic partnerships with educational institutions to offer homestay services to international students.• Redesigned and streamlined the admissions process to maximize efficiency and assisted in the creation of new marketing materials to better portray the company’s brand and programs. • Coordinated 2,000+ admission applications per year, communicating with students and recruiting agents to ensure the admission process was complete.• Acted as a liaison between students, FLS International, and the Department of Homeland Security as a Designated School Official and advised on immigration laws and regulations applicable to international students in the United States.• Responsible for issuing official travel documents to allow incoming students to apply for and obtain visas and legal entry into the United States to study English.

Glendora, California, United States

• Promoted to work in FLS International’s corporate office after being employed as an Activity Guide for a mere 8 months.• Acted as a cultural mentor and conversational English partner for international students from all over the world throughout the duration of their English course.• Managed students, group leaders, and fellow staff during excursions around California to assure punctuality, cooperation, and safety.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Quantic Asia SocietyCurriculum comprised nine concentrations, namely: Accounting, Data & Decisions.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Global Studies

Among other things, curriculum included a semester-long cultural immersion program in downtown Los Angeles as well as a self-designed.