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New York, NY, US

New York, United States

Beijing, China

• Media Strategy: Wrote and executed media and PR strategy, and led press relations, media planning, press release production and distribution.
• Leadership: Managing 4 high-performing staff in media, PR, and design
• Sustainability: Authored company’s first Sustainability Report, approved by CEO and translated in 4 languages

Beijing City, China

• Leadership: Led China Program of 13 staff to generate over $200 million in donated media annually with a budget of only $2 million by leveraging pro-bono support from advertising agencies, celebrities, and media to.
• Media Campaigns/Relations: Led planning, design and implementation of celebrity driven media campaigns. Quoted in The Guardian, CNN, New York Times, Al Jazeera, NPR, and SCMP.
• Program Design: Initiated new public awareness programs for sea turtles, pangolins, and plastic reduction with each raising funds for budgets of over $200k, including billboards, films, advertisements, press.
• Filmmaking: Initiated, led production and distribution of multiple documentary films broadcast in China.
• International Affairs: Bridge communications between US office leadership by developing China program strategy and aligning with organizational goals and budgets.
• Partnerships: Developed co-production partnerships with media companies in China that generated over $600,000 in revenue through co-branded campaigns and films.

Beijing, China

• Media Planning/Campaigns: Led the creative, planning, and execution of media campaign distribution across both digital and OOH platforms. Managed at least 5-6 major campaigns annually, major social media presence, and.
• Design: Directly executed the design and production of campaign materials including hiring production companies, and cultivating creative agencies to provide campaign creatives, designs, and storyboards.

Beijing, China

• Fundraising: Packaged the organization’s achievements in China to generate funding support from both domestic Chinese and international donors.
• Publicity: Produced all promotional materials including the Chinese website, magazine, brochures, newsletters, and book publishing while managing video production and photography.
• Web Content/Photography: Wrote content on China for the organization’s international website and for domestic media publication. Frequent travel in the field to find, photograph and write these stories.