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• Commissioning, editing and writing executive summaries and briefs on geopolitical issues relating to East Asia for Oxford Analytica’s flagship product, the Daily Brief.

• Completed projects on disinformation, as well as innovative pharmaceuticals and technology, for both public and private sector clients.
• Commissioned contributions from subject matter experts to support client-tailored projects.
• Researched, wrote, and edited reports of varying complexity on a range of topics.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Led the Asia-Pacific desk, including commissioning and delivering security alerts, travel and country risk reports, and political and security risk analysis.
• Hired, trained, and managed interns for the Asia-Pacific desk.
• Contributed to the design of the company’s training programme for interns.
• Analysis quoted in Nikkei Asia.

London, United Kingdom

• Coordinated with the London and Hong Kong teams to research and write political and security risk analysis, as well as custom-made threat assessments for the Asia-Pacific region.
• Delivered bespoke Asia-Pacific-focused monitoring services for major accounts.
• Used open source tools such as TweetDeck and human sources to gather information for the production of actionable intelligence.
• Used social media and company website, as well as delivered webinars, to market products and services.

London, United Kingdom

• Researched and wrote various types of corporate intelligence and compliance reports on companies and individuals for the purpose of due diligence and investigations.
• Report writing involved analysing compliance and media database results, litigation records, corporate filings and media sources, to assess a company or individual’s public profile, source of wealth and political.

Berlin Area, Germany

• Created an individual research project on China’s media expansion worldwide.
• Used media monitoring software to collect and analyse data for a society and media research group project on tracking mentions of Chinese politicians and core party slogans in Chinese media.
• Proofread and translated between English and German.

Shanghai City, China

• Shadowed copy editor and published an article on a current event in China.
• Assessed audience development strategy by reviewing main sources of online traffic to the news site, analysing company’s LinkedIn profile and creating reader (buyer) personas.
• Designed social media posts, as well as researched possible partnerships, interviewees for live-streaming series.

Thailand

• Taught English as a Foreign Language at a school in northern Thailand to students grades 7-­12
• Planned and implemented instruction in English conversation skills for teachers of various subject areas

Msc Double Degree In Global Media And Communications With Fudan University

Activities and Societies: Behavioural Economics Society, Meditation Circle Society, Salsa Society, Advertising Marketing & PR Society

Msc Double Degree In Global Media And Communications With Fudan University

Awarded prestigious J-School Double Degree Scholarship

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English

Activities and Societies: Model United Nations Society, Baseball And Softball Society, Latin Ballroom And Salsa Society

International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma

Activities and Societies: Varsity Baseball, Model United Nations, Concert Band, Jazz Band