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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

- Successfully managing financial market research projects, including negotiating agreement of changes to delivery dates with client success and sales teams. - Developing project plans and schedules, effectively allocating project tasks to a team of research analysts and leveraging their capacity and capabilities to maximise productivity and achieve project objectives.- Managing the project changes, and communicating any impact on delivery timeframes to relevant stakeholders.- Field enquiries and manage regular meetings with the research team and key stakeholders toactively track project progress, identify potential risks, and implement mitigation measures.- Accurately managing the documenting of all project data, correspondence, staffing and workdistribution and information into the company's project management platform. - Preparing reports and providing regular project progress updates and team status reports to the leadership team , ensuring transparent communication and effective decision making.- Creating resourcing plans (both short and long term) including monthly, quarterly and bi-annualdeliverables to support decision making regarding research programs, assignment of work to team members, profitability of programs and forecasting of workloads.

Taiwan

- Managed high-value (Up to USD 10M) projects for an industry-leading automotive ADAS technology company, supplying products to automakers worldwide. - Successfully delivered 6 advanced product development and manufacturing projects for high-profile customers such as Tesla, GM, Rivian, and Koenigsegg. Projects include ultrasonic sensing systems, camera systems, and an advanced liftgate opening feature development. - Led cross-functional project teams of 5 - 20, with team members from diverse cultural backgrounds including Asia, Europe, and North America. - Developed and implemented project management plan, schedule, budget, and other key project management activities. - Monitored and controlled project progress and performed risk and change management to ensure all responsible projects were delivered as specified and planned. - Provided regular project status updates to internal and external stakeholders up to C-Level. Liaising resources and making recommendations to the executive team. - Successfully helped the company in obtaining 5 multi-million dollar projects by organising and supporting business development efforts, with in-person international client visits. - Developed and maintained positive and effective working relationships with key partners such as suppliers, customers, team members, and executives. - Provided guidance and support to team members.

Taipei City, Taiwan

- Conducted market research projects for clients from various industries, including food & beverage, FMCG, automotive, technology, government, and retail. - Communicated and liaised with clients and other agency teams to develop a deep understanding of clients' business and communication challenges. - Presented research reports to other agency departments such as client management, creative, design, and social media, as well as clients’ marketing teams. - Conducted market research work as part of the agency's winning pitch for Scottish Leader Scotch. - Conducted agency's annual flagship market and consumer research project: Taiwan's Connected Youth (600 surveys & 15 interviews)

Taipei City, Taiwan

- Honed my project management skills by coordinating the development of numerous promotional materials and digital projects for all car lines for Mazda. - Led the development and production of the 2018 Mazda Brand Calendar for VIPs. - Supported various Mazda events such as new car and showroom launches and motor shows. Such as the 2017 Taipei International Auto Show, which was attended by over 240,000 visitors. - Production of the weekly cross-functional team meeting minutes.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

- Promoted the club to new students using various digital platforms and posters, recruited new members. Number of new members increased by over 80% within my term. - Improved and constantly updated the club website and other social media platforms with the latest news, match reports, photos and videos to maximise exposure. - Organised the annual Alumni event, which involved arranging the venue, invitations to past members and the detailed schedule of the event. Enhanced my event management ability.

London, United Kingdom

- Conducted numerous product and market research into competitors in various industries such as food, travel and cosmetics. Presented the findings to the rest of the agency, improving my investigative, presentation and public speaking skills. - Participated in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for various campaigns, such as the Papa John’s printed full sized cover advert on the London Evening Standard. - Researched and presented various materials in the company board meetings, such as methods to improve the company website.- Regularly updated photos and texts on the client’s website. - Developed further understandings on the advertising process and how agencies function.

Chesterfield, England, United Kingdom

- Worked in a school specialised for adults with special needs. - Supervised the clay modelling class by maintaining safety, conducted risk assessment before every lesson. - Adapted communication style for different students.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

- Bucket collection, approaching members of the public, building rapport and encouraging donations.- General office duties.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Architecture

Activities and Societies: University Lacrosse Team, Architecture Society, Social Tennis Society.

A Level A*Ab, Product Design, Biology, And Maths

Activities and Societies: Rugby Team, Tennis Team, Debating Society, Academic Forum