Melissa Teo Email & Phone Number

• Write, research and edit articles adhering to stylistic guidelines for DigitalNow Asia’s websites on B2B technology (https://cioworldasia.com), B2B finance (https://digitalcfoasia.com) and B2C men's lifestyle news (https://attermen.com/)• Work closely with the editorial team to identify and capitalise on trends in audience interest• Research new ideas for weekly site content through site-to-site analysis and multimedia outlets• Curate press releases from external contributors to maintain website content on WordPress • Manage interview pitch requests to conduct dialogues with industry stakeholders • Support event operations from initial stages of development, through on-site and event wrap-up

Singapore

• Displayed self-directedness in learning linguistics concepts from scratch as a sociology major, to work effectively with linguistic major team members and Professor Francis Bond• Vetted over 2 years of data sets on NTU Multilingual Corpus to develop a richly annotated corpus available as open data source accessible by public • Researched cultural semantics and spelling of Victorian era vocabulary to tag a corpus of 6 Sherlock Holmes stories• Reviewed tokenization and Parts of Speech tags (POS) using Natural Language Processing (NLP) • Co-authored a paper submitted for 11th International Global Wordnet Conference 2021— Teaching Through Tagging: Interactive Lexical Semantics

• Translated Chinese TV drama scripts into English • Worked on upcoming drama scripts from the shows “Nanyang Transport Volunteers” 《南洋英雄泪》and “Contenders” 《狮城山海》• Projected competence in producing quality, accurate translations at an average rate of 2 pages per hour

• Vetted and edited Singaporean speech data transcripts using Subtitle Edit software• Demonstrated resourcefulness in researching and checking spelling of Singlish vocabulary to validate speech data• Speech data is targeted at teaching A.I programme to read and dictate text so as to help the visually impaired with accessing online information

Singapore

• Performed attentive service in processing delivery orders while serving up to 80 walk-in customers on a weekly basis • Successfully managed Point of Sale cash system while under pressure to support an efficiently operated shift

Singapore

• Member of 'Myth Masters' project team, a card game aimed at teaching children Mandarin idioms using a bilingual (English-Mandarin) approach, accompanied by references to characters in Chinese literary novels• Demonstrated project management skills in tasks including event logistics, on-site operations, marketing content development, and issue escalation• Established goals, track and communicate event results such as, but not limited to, attendee numbers, redemption numbers and feedback• Kept project website current with up-to-date marketing copy and upcoming event details

Bachelor Of Social Sciences (Hons With Merit), Sociology

Activities and Societies: Animal Lover Society Subcommittee (External Liaison Officer) - Conducted research about video gaming (Animal.

Spanish

• Studied Spanish language during a winter exchange programme

Diploma, Chinese Studies

Activities and Societies: Toastmasters Club • Studied in Nanjing University during a month-long exchange programme • Obtained Grade.

Education record

Activities and Societies: 2012-2014 Committee Member of Pixel Playhouse