Yawei Chen Email & Phone Number

Beijing, China

Haidian District, Beijing, China

Beijing

- Lead the counseling team for grade 6-9 university guidance and career exploration services including: developing and implementing an allencompassing 9th grade curriculum and individual counseling system; presenting and organizing seminars and workshops for parents, homeroom teachers, and grade leaders；- Counsel students regarding course planning, personal interests, standardized testing preparation, university application, career placements; support students in their transition to high school with information and guidance on IBDP, AP, A-Level subject selection; assist students with academic plans and college and career exploration spreadsheet； - Develop and coordinate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) workshop series for students including Self-management skills training and topics relevant to career exploration；- Fulfill other duties such as participating in on-campus college visits and fairs, supporting IGCSE and IELTS tests, organizing large schoolwide events, working with the Admissions Office to interview new applicants, and serving as the Foreign Teachers Liaison

- Delivered full and customized education development services including guiding students on college/graduate admissions to top ranked schools such as USC, BU, Georgia Tech, UW-Madison, Purdue, MSU, Denver, and SCAD (USA); Imperial College, UCL, and U of Edinburgh (UK); Monash and UWA (Australia), etc.- Provided over 1200 hours’ customized teaching in academic writing, TOEFL speaking, SAT vocabulary, public speaking, etc.- Presented informative lectures to students and parents both face-to-face and on popular platforms such as Himalaya and WeChat; increased thousands of views

- Initiate the establishment of and oversee the Peer Mentoring Program including drafting program materials, the recruitment and training of Peer Mentors, etc. - Create and implement short‐term projects such as OAA Graduate Peer Mentoring Program (pilot) and Undergraduate Peer Mentoring Program- Develop a strategic plan to sustain the applicable projects; update OAA staff on short term projects as well as maintain constant contact with designated point of contact- Assist with other tasks when needed such as student consultancy

- Maintained and organized donor databases and updated donor files in Tessitura; compiled biographical data for prospective individual and institutional donors- Assisted with Annual Online Auction by researching for possible auction item ideas; sending out auction requests and following up with donors; maintaining auction website with item updates; reviewing gift processing and sending donor acknowledgements- Facilitated departmental mailings by stuffing and addressing- Initiated corporate, foundation, and government researches and ran reports for Development staff by gathering analyzed data on a regular basis- Attended performances and special events to provide departmental support such as distributing gifts at the performance venue; serving the role of catering assistant during the after-party- Performed other duties including filing corporate and foundation documents; making phone calls to patrons for concert cancellation announcement

Greater Boston Area

- Offered customer service solutions to students at the front desk; facilitated new student orientation and surveys; collected and compiled student information into dedicated education database- Performed administrative duties including drafting and distributing internal and external correspondence, organizing and maintaining legal documents in the repository system and assisting with phone calls and payments- Maintained communication with staff and management to ensure smooth program functioning; supported mailings to the Customer Service Team for quote requests and payments; participated in staff meetings and provide support to all departments when needed

Chongqing City, China

- Led the communication efforts and strategies for the annual TEDx conference; increased awareness and local exposure via newspaper and other media outlets- Initiated creation of and managed social media accounts on WeChat, Weibo (China’s Twitter), etc. to promote events- Updated TED talk videos daily, crafted narratives on each topic, and responded to followers’ comments; increased followers by more than 3,500 within one month

Chongqing Suburb, China

- Performed administrative duties including copying, filing, and answering telephone inquiries about social security services - Oriented the guests to different windows according to their specific needs in public insurance- Organized the local public insurance accounts, maintained databases by imputing new information into system

Chongqing City, China

- Acted as liaison between each department when facilitating daily meetings for team members including executives and staff and simultaneously prepared meeting materials in advance- Wrote company announcement letters and crafted PowerPoint presentations as a performance summary that synthesized information coming from different departments- Assisted in setting up an insurance inquiry desk outside the company through answering customers’ questions and solicited their feedback

Master Of Science (Ms), Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics