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People + Operations + Communications

🌀Senior Communications Manager

Jun 2023 - Jan 2024
London, UK

  • Part of the Internal Communications and Events team
  • Created the strategy, plan and deliver organisation-wide events of over 300 people
  • Internal communications, speaker outreach, and on the day hosting and support
🌀Private Secretary & Head of Private Office to Chief Product and Technology Officer

Mar 2022 - Jun 2023
  • Provided high-quality advice and support to the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO)
  • Initiated the establishment of the operations team within the new directorate and oversaw Private Office management
  • Collaborated on strategic initiatives with the CPTO
  • Drove progress on key priorities for the senior management team

✍︎I learned a lot in this role and one of the biggest things I learned about myself is that I care deeply about how things affect people and power dynamics rule everything
🌀Community Manager

Oct 2021 - Mar 2022
  • Contributed to the Digital Identity programme
  • Conducted outreach activities to enhance community understanding
  • Facilitated workshops for service mapping

Community + Events + Curation + People + Operations

🌀Owner & Founder

Dec 2020 - Dec 2022
London, UK

Featured in
HuffPost, Hackney Gazette, gal-dem


DCMO (previously Don’t Call Me Oriental) at its peak was a platform for East and Southeast Asian creatives. Through exhibitions, pop-ups and meet-ups, we built a community of Asian creatives and eventually, friends.

✍︎This was my passion project and started out of covid


B+A (Samsung)

Community + Events + Communications

Solve for Tomorrow - Samsung's initiative to empower young people in developing tech-for-good ideas.

  • Engaged with youth organizations through community outreach initiatives
  • Provided assistance at events and workshops

✍︎The most rewarding part of doing events is getting to see people you invited turn up to your events and enjoy it


Facilitation

🌀Workshop Facilitator (Cantonese/English)

Jul 2021
London, UK


A history board project for London's Chinatown to showcase the rich history of Chinese and East and Southeast Asian communities.

  • Facilitated workshops in English and Cantonese languages to engage with the mostly Cantonese speaking community
  • Researched the historical background of East and Southeast Asian communities in London

✍︎Incredibly meaningful project that opened my eyes to the history of Asian migration to the UK and London specifically


Facilitation + Community + Presenting + Operations

🌀Quest Producer

Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
UK
From January - March 2021 we ran a pilot series of monthly Creative Quests for those who want to step into the creative unknown, expand their perceptions of the world and reinvigorate their spare time. Inspired by our Quest theme: we explore, ask questions, play, channel our inner artists, embrace being beginners and of course, we create.

  • Supported the creation of programmes and activities
  • Facilitated sessions
  • Managed programme logistics and communications

✍︎An amazing project and now business that brings play, wonder and curiosity back into our lives. We all need this.


Curation + Events + Presenting + Communications

🌀Speaker Acquisition and Content Curator

Jan - Jul 2020
London, UK


Tech Circus produces educational events to train & network the community of Design, UX & Product in London, Manchester, Amsterdam & New York.

  • Researched industry trends to develop event topics
  • Crafted compelling copy for event listings
  • Conducted outreach and curated speakers for panels
  • Hosted both in-person and online events

✍︎This is where I realised I love presenting/hosting




🌀Front of House

Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
London, UK
Front of house service for a Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.

✍︎Despite being difficult being on your feet all day, this was one of my favourite jobs having lightweight interactions with customers all day


Design + Facilitation

🌀Digital Enablement Consultant (UX/UI)

May - Jul 2019
Singapore
  • Designed screens and interactions for client projects focusing on enterprise solutions and concept innovation
  • Created design systems for UI utilizing Sketch and Figma
  • Collaborated with UX team, business analysts, and team members to define scopes and requirements for client-tailored products

✍︎Interesting environment as my first time in consulting


Design + Facilitation

🌀UX/UI Designer

Apr - May 2019
London, UK
Feebris is an AI-powered mobile platform for community-based diagnosis & monitoring.

  • Designed user-friendly screens for app and web platforms
  • Performed usability tests and research to enhance designs
  • Collaborated with developers, clinicians, and stakeholders to ensure feasibility

✍︎I felt very strongly about UX for the medical field at this time and really felt like I was making a difference


Design + Communications

🌀Communications Assistant

Mar - Apr 2018
London, UK
Newsletter design, sourcing and assisting at pop-ups.


Communications + Design

🌀Marketing Assistant

Aug - Sep 2017
Hong Kong
Marketing copy and content creation for website and social, including poster design and photography.

✍︎A very cool place to work for - Trybe is a movement gym and do all sorts of things like gymnastics, powerlifting, and circus arts, which were all things I was (and am) interested in


Communications + Events

🌀Communications Assistant

Jun - Jul 2016
Hong Kong
Social media engagement and strategy for food and beverage services. Assisting with setting up and running of brand events.

✍︎My least favourite but most memorable part of this job was cold calling journalists in both English and Cantonese for many hours a day during a period of time


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