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Panama City, Florida, United States

Shanghai City, China

Shanghai City, China

Director of a Marketing Team of 6-8 staff for a start-up online supermarket, now Shanghai’s largest online import grocery store. Primary goal to drive new registrations and first orders. • Marketing – Creating and directing marketing strategic plans, resulting in a 45% customer growth from 2016-2017. • Operations – strategic review and revision of Events reporting, logistics, and execution process, introduced streamlining steps to save up to 50% on manpower. • Project Management – Lead the teams to complete following projects: corporate gifts, sourcing- design, sampling, and purchasing; marketing research project; packaging redesign; launching of B2B model).• Events- Directed team for over 200 events per year, reviewing at a strategic level to improve customer conversion and reduce waste. Events ranging from Coffee Morning, Wechat engagements, to large weekend market/fair, and expos.• HR – translating all HR documents from Chinese to English, the de facto Foreign HR, conducting most of the recruitment, hiring, visa processing, etc.

A leading member of the Marketing team.- Events- Managed the event calendar, staffing, packing, contracts, purchasing, logistics, and execution for all marketing related events (from smaller fairs to large partners appreciation dinner)- Project Management- Managed several marketing projects (gift sourcing- design, sampling, and purchasing; marketing survey), rethinking and restructuring them in concept and execution.- Business Development- Built the company relations with Relocation Companies and Kindergartens to drive school inquiries.

Shanghai City, China

In charge of creating direction of, executing, and monitoring the marketing plan of a non-profit which helps expatriate families with the transition to Shanghai. It is the oldest and largest community for expatriate families in Shanghai. Managed 4-6 staff.-Marketing- planned, discussed and personally created the promotion plan for four departments.-Communications- monitored and approved all external promotions and publications. Crafted, monitored, and delegated the “voice” of the company. -Project Management- initiated, managed, and successfully presented to the board a re-branding project. Supervised the compilation of all publications and a Shanghai orientation program. -Budgeting and Goals- responsible for creating, monitoring, and achieving annual budget and goals. Met all goals as projected. -Negotiation- negotiated contracts valued 75,000rmb (~$12,000), negotiated printing discounts of up to 15% due to printer error (in Mandarin), as well as negotiated subordinate employment contracts including creative solutions to save 10% on personnel cost.-Sales and Promotions- sold company sponsorships and advertisement contracts..-Creativity- involved in the ‘creative team’. Consistently sought out for opinion, critical feedback, and creative input (examples: HR staff handbook, HR compensation time policy, new website revisions, etc)

Shanghai, China

Responsible for managing fundraising and sales of sponsorships and advertisements for Shanghai’s largest expatriate community. -Sales- sold the majority of all company sponsorships and advertisement contracts. Increased clientele by 30%. Exceeded sales goals by 20%.-Negotiation- negotiated contracts up to 30,000rmb (~$5,000).-Promotions- responsible for designing all promotional packages -Communications- edited, wrote, laid-out, and proofed publications

Transportation Associate (Temp employment, post Grad School)Responsible for raising public awareness and advocating for consumer issues like public transportation (concentrating on high-speed rail) to influence political decisions. Facilitated the Florida branch of a nationwide effort.-Communications/ PR- Generated public interest on statewide transportation issues. Wrote opinion editorials published throughout Florida, as well as writing press statements/releases and organizing press conferences. -Advocacy- corresponded with local politicians to gauge stance on issues; garnered media visibility and public support on influential issues -Events- organized mass mediated events. -Canvassing- both door and street canvassing.-Miscellaneous responsibilities- Compiled grant funding information. Ran recruitment drive.

Responsible for successful concert flow for music department at University of Chicago.- Management- supervised concert logistics: setup, usher manpower.- Cash Flow- supervised concert donation collection, compilation, and final deposit.- Customer Service- Addressed and resolved patron issues and complaints. - Communications- Promoted upcoming concerts.

Responsible for teaching the international class at a private kindergarten. The only foreign teacher of the five English teachers in the department.- Teaching- Taught English to 2-6 year-old children. - Cultural Training- Provided western cultural advice and coordinated school’s western culture events. - Project Management- compiled resources and consulted with experts to create a pre-literacy curriculum for advanced English Class.

M.A, Humanities; Linguistic Anthropology

B.A, Anthropology

Activities and Societies: International Scholar Laureate: Honors College, Anthropology Delegation to China, Chucktown Trippintones.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Anthropology