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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Conducting design thinking research with senior PI on topics of future of work, change management, and innovation ecosystems.• Growing design thinking practice through products design lab and workshops supporting 10-year university accreditation requirement.• Developed industrial-affiliates program targeting companies with South-East market focus.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Launched a social venture concept for a material reuse center in Nashville for the former Chief Architect of Vanderbilt inspired by the Kanneda Building and Life Cycle Atlanta.• Organized an initial pilot using the Manuel House, one of Vanderbilt’s torn-down properties, and forged relationships with local non-profits to create a robust volunteer base. • Pitched in front of a 25 person panel consisting of vice chancellors, mayor’s cabinet, design leaders, local architects, CEO of LifeCycle Atlanta, CEO of BuildReUse.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Worked with the head of Innovation to create a strategy for upskilling all client-facing roles on critical project delivery skills, including curriculum, program development, and internal communication and roll-out plan.• Collaborated with senior leadership on the strategic objective of adopting the Team of Teams model to reconfigure the organizational structure and resourcing, with the goal of decreasing role redundancy and increasing employee engagement.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Pitched B2C e-commerce channel to capture $1.4T technical consumer goods market selling $4.8K in first 2 weeks.• Developed online content strategy targeting DIY-er and gardening markets resulting in 96K impressions and 300 unique consumer engagements in 4-week campaign.• Created digital experience for HeroWear’s permanent marketing display at DHL Innovation Center targeting key stakeholders in the logistics and manufacturing industry by identifying areas of interest.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Creating bi-weekly content (condensed research summaries, interactive surveys and promotional materials) for lab website for consumer research enthusiasts and general public.• Proctored 60+ research/lab sessions and 300+ participants on multiple study designs (vending machine study, AB product testing; general survey(s); shopping mall study).• Training in Qualtrics to run study in broader field of consumer psychology, decision making and time management currently in data-gathering phase.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Served in part-time position as extension of summer internship (Social Media Director) in order to create automated posting schedule, foster community engagement in alumni groups and recommend new hire.• Delivered final portfolio consisting of social media templates, posting schedule and three recommendations for hiring.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Directed all content across LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram to create a diverse multi-media stream catering to the target audience. • Created a go-to-market strategy for the Accelerator umbrella programs to align data and message across three distinct programs.• Completed 50+ hours of MBA-level coursework in marketing, operations, strategy, ethics, innovation, and business communication.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Collaborating with TFC leadership to discuss new social initiative to be launched (solving the North Nashville food desert, reconstruction of post-tornado East Nashville, elder care and job security).• Founded a social venture project, EquityTransit, a bus company that focuses on providing affordable, de-centralized transport for Vanderbilt Campus Dining workers and reutilizing rotting infrastructure. (Formerly Called: Transportation Nashville)• Assisted in development of a new Student-Athlete summit focusing on empowering 60 top student athletes currently approved by Vanderbilt Athletics and will be presented at the NCAA and SEC conferences.

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

• Implemented educational programming on topics of mental wellness, career development, and politics/race in Modern America in a residential college.• Responsible for a floor of 45 residents conducting wellness check-ins, maintenance requests, and creating a safe environment.• Mentored 4 new staff members answering on-job questions, developing community and prioritizing incoming requests.

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Implementing educational programming on topics of toxic masculinity, fiscal responsibility, and career development in a single gender traditional college hall.• Responsible for a floor of 40 residents conducting wellness check-ins, maintenance requests, and creating a safe environment.• Trained in facilities management, supporting surviors of sexual assault, grief counsling, and identification of suicidal ideation.

Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States

• Worked directly under CEO to oversee the onboarding process for large client located in San Diego during the COVID-19 crisis.• Communicated with a team of three across different time zones to real-time map out geofences for beta testing adapting to changing needs such as company shut down.• Helped adapt the rule set for future remote testers and provided detailed feedback on a training manual with visuals.

Nashville, Tn

• Provided 250+ hours of pro-bono consulting regarding revenue diversification and social venture development for Nashville International Center for Empowerment, an ECBO refugee resettlement agency in the Greater Nashville Area.• Developed a social venture project, New American Staffing LLC, a temp-to-hire agency that focuses on serving secondary migrants and refugees that have been in the U.S. longer than 5 years. • Managed project implementation (competitor analysis, pilot client acquisition, designing revenue models, researching legal issues).

Gangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea

• Organized a three-day convention in Seoul inviting notable Korea diaspora from 25+ different nations across academia, business and social work to speak on the issue of Korean business unification.• Received an invitation to represent the United States as a notable young teen Korean diaspora among a cohort of 200+ from 50+ nations in a display of unity in face of the crisis of North Korea.• Worked closely with the head manager of the public relations division serving as an English-Korean translator and meeting with VIP guest on their behalf.