Management responsibilities include recruiting and training Foreign Consultants; Advising Foreign Consultants on best brainstorming, writing process, editing, and interviewing techniques; helping foreign consultants cooperate with Chinese consultants, students and families to fulfill application goals.Design responsibilities include introducing students to architecture and design fields; selecting the appropriate design schools and programs for students to apply for; mentoring students in the use of design tools and techniques; guiding students in the creation of original projects and a portfolio to showcase works.Special responsibilities included proposing design plans for new office space, designing marketing materials, and launching new company website (ximeiedu.cn).STUDENT SUCCESS CASES—Include Stanford University, Columbia University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University.

As Partner, utilized organization skills in the creation of company expansion plans and student recruitment; oversaw management and hiring of foreign consultants.Design responsibilities include contributing marketing and design skills in the creation of company branding materials; Organizing lectures and WeChat articles concerning a range of college application topics.STUDENT SUCCESS CASES—Include Harvey Mudd, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon University, NYU (First Chinese Student admitted to Theatre Program)

Primary goal was to aid Chinese high school students in their applications to top American Universities. Fulfilled goal by working with students to develop their academic interests, extracurricular activities, essays and application materials.General responsibilities included providing advice on the college application process, especially on requirements of design schools; helping students develop personal essays and college supplemental essays; mentoring students on extracurricular activities; meeting with and consulting students regularly.STUDENT SUCCESS CASES—Include Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell University, Rice University, Carnegie Mellon University.

Leadership roles include project management, administering tasks to and supervising intern work, addressing general client requests. General contributions included firm marketing, assisting in firm business operation, participating in the design and development of projects, the preparation of working drawings, revising construction drawings and construction documents, creating artistic renderings, and accompanying the project supervisor to site visits.23RD STREET APARTMENTS—51-unit apartment building on riverfront property— Worked with the Principal Architect to complete a project proposal for real estate developers. Created building and apartment unit plans and five artistic renderings for a 2-week deadline.CRUCIBLE STEEL—Renovation of a 100 year-old, 130,000 SF steel mill for office and retail space—Assisted in the design of exterior renovations, prepared working drawings, and completed seven artistic renderings and a brochure to market to prospective tenants.SUPERBOWL RESTAURANT—A renovation of a downtown Pittsburgh restaurant in proximity to new sports stadium—Worked with restaurant consultants to develop various conceptual schemes, and created artistic renderings for the client.THE GLASS LOFTS—low-income housing units, artist studio spaces and a café, which together form a gathering space for a diverse community—Assisted in drawing construction details and final construction revisions and in writing specification documentation. Accompanied the project manager to site visits.RESIDENTIAL EXTENSION AND RENOVATION—as the project manager for the one-story 500 SF residential addition and kitchen renovation, I supervised all phases of design and construction.CITY OF ASYLUM—housing units inserted in the alleyway of a Pittsburgh historic district that were intended for political exiles.NORTH SIDE CHRISTIAN HEALTH SERVICE—free clinic in Pittsburgh’s North Side, designed to uplift the health system-weary, under-served populations in the area.