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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Translate market, competitive and industry data into compelling storytelling presentations with meaningful conclusions and recommendations• Aggregating and analyzing marketing data from multiple sources and distilling findings into useful insights• Digest, compare, segment and cross-tabulate complicated data and synthesize it in a way that extracts insights to drive action towards client metrics and goals• Audience analysis and insight: Demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioral research to develop detailed audience personas for clients. Includes cross-tabulating data from multiple sources to build a convincing story• Competitive audits: Conduct analyses of multiple competitors to identify positioning, gaps, opportunities, and rankings• Local market insights: develop comprehensive, hyper-local opportunity scorecards for clients based on competitive, demographic and consumer spending data analysis/insights• Social conversation analysis and insight: handle social media conversation audit requests for social engagements or social pitches

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Conduct online and in-person qualitative research related to Consumer Packaged Goods to gain insight into consumers’ shopping journeys, perception of brand equities and packaging designs, and general shopping behavior• Completed course in Fundamentals of Moderating Focus Groups from RIVA Market Research & Training Institute • Moderate in-depth-interviews, analyze qualitative data, and create reports for clients• Act as liaison between research team, clients, and project management and logistics teams• Facilitate onboarding and training of interns on the qualitative research team

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Seoul, South Korea

• Prepared and executed the 6-week-long orientation program for the incoming cohort of 70 Fulbright Korea scholars• Developed and led more than 10 workshops on cultural preparedness and practical/theoretical pedagogy training• Managed daily extra-curricular activities, guest speaker presentations, and formal ceremonies• Coordinated Korean Language classes with the Korea University Language Center• Facilitated COVID-19 related quarantine and testing protocols • Served as a direct liaison between the incoming cohort, the Korean American Educational Commission, and the Korea University administration

Geumwang, South Korea

• One of 62 cultural ambassadors selected by the U.S. Department of State to teach English at a secondary school in South Korea• Taught 18 independently led full-immersion ESL classes per week to all three grades of over 300 students • Created year-long curriculum with the goal of practicing speaking skills and facilitating cultural exchange between South Korea and the U.S.• Continuously explored and evaluated pedagogical methods to ensure cultural sensitivity and relevance in my lessons• Led a weekly 100 minute-long after-school English conversation class for 10 students aimed at improving speaking skills

South Korea

• Working closely with authors on their submitted work to help them best meet their goals and vision for their writing

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Compiled reading list for new ethnographic methods course• Created a network of potential field-sites in the Hudson Valley for students to conduct ethnographic fieldwork in, ranging from houses of worships, inter-faith organizations, and schools

Schlitz, Germany

• Conducted independent ethnographic fieldwork, participant observation, field notes, interviews in community and home for adults with disabilities (Summer 2016)• Provided live-in care for two individuals in all aspects of daily life• Presented original research at the 2017 Northeastern Anthropological Association Conference• Published in Journal of Undergraduate Ethnography, Vol. 8, No. 2 (2018)

Poughkeepsie New York

• Funded by the Catherine E. Montgomery Field Work Fund• Conducted ethnographic research at youth empowerment organization addressing question of sustainability• Created ethnographic report documenting the practices, philosophies, and principles that make up the innerworkings and spirit of the organization for the purposes of sustainability• Developed Summer STEM Program for local elementary students• Trained high school mentors working at the organization to carry out the Summer STEM Program

Poughkeepsie, Ny

• Led three half-hour sessions per week for introductory German students with the goal of practicing speaking skills• Created grammar drills for sessions to improve students’ fluency in constructing sentences with newly learned grammatical structures• Communicated student progress with German professors