Work Experience

Fatminds - Social Media Marketing Manager

San Francisco, CA | Apr 2011 – Present

  • Wrote relevant content for blog, while creating conversations with educational influencers on social media channels
  • Created, tracked, and managed the Adwords and Microsoft Adcenter campaigns to drive traffic to the site while keeping reasonable CPCs
  • Created email campaigns for users and general media outreach to the higher and continuing education space

Eventbee - Marketing and Social Media Consult

San Francisco, CA | Jan 2011 – Apr 2011

  • Proposed and mocked new website design to better represent product brand and maximize marketing material exposure
  • Revamped social media streams by tracking metrics and drove conversations which increased Twitter following by 60%
  • Wrote press releases, blog posts, designed marketing collateral, content pages, and created video content to highlight features

Punchd - Marketing and Sales

San Francisco, CA | Aug 2010 – Feb 2011

  • Mocked online venue-facing sign-up flows and gave feedback on app performance and user experience improvements
  • Managed and negotiated partnership opportunities and bridged other relations with external companies and investors
  • Lead and conducted all marketing efforts via social media channels and local guerilla methods and doubled following rate
  • Reached out to over 30 local businesses in Downtown San Francisco and demoed the application to attain new customers
  • Wrote marketing and sales plans while also indicating which market segments to target to get the most traction

Net Impact - Marketing and Communications Intern

San Francisco, CA | Jun 2010 – Dec 2010

  • Managed and produced weekly member newsletter communications with content across the organization
  • Consulted on actions to improve social media marketing based after tracking and analyzing metrics of social media channels
  • Assisted in writing and editing content for website and publications, while also creating and updating marketing materials
  • Managed library of current press releases, media hits, and current news to share internally and for metrics tracking

Hooked Media Group - Marketing and Project Management Intern

San Francisco, CA | Jan 2010 – May 2010

  • Wrote marketing plan for mobile application launch integrating conventional and adaptive methods.
  • Wrote and executed marketing proposal with metrics and bridged communications with game developers and users.
  • Conducted market and product research over 100 companies in the casual game and mobile applications industry.
  • Prepared marketing materials for gaming conventions, social media ad networks, and press releases.

Buildaroo.com - Marketing Intern

Berkeley, CA | May 2009 – Dec 2009

  • Conducted market and product research over 250 companies in the green construction industry.
  • Managed work assignments and deadlines for three interns to publish marketing material on several social media networks.
  • Cold-called up to 50 companies to compile contacts and scheduled interviews for upcoming conferences.
  • Networked and interviewed around 200 company representatives at four construction conferences.

Hong Kong Records - Inventory Operations Intern

Hong Kong, China | Jun 2007 – Aug 2007

  • Optimized inventory life cycle and reduced inventory on hand by 50% resulting in about $50 in savings.
  • Coordinated operations with vendors by managing unfulfilled orders and spoiled inventory.
  • Worked in customer service; attended to the sample listening booth, helped foreign customers and acted as a translator.

 

Extracurricular & Leadership

Chinese Student Association
Judicial Council

Berkeley, CA | Aug 2009 – May 2010

  • Consulted with Executive Officers to improve internal relations, event planning, and event efficiency.

President

Aug 2008 – May 2009

  • Planned meeting agendas and lead weekly officer meetings and facilitated weekly events.
  • Bridged communications with UC Berkeley ASUC and other campus organizations.

Culture Show Chair, Director

Aug 2007 – May 2008

  • Wrote a two hour play about the aftereffects of the Opium War in China in 1920 and collaborated with two other co-chairs.
  • Led a group of 15 actors and organized daily three hour rehearsals for two month before show date.
  • Gave a three minute introduction to the play and managed onstage props and backstage transitions on the day of the show.

Culture Show Intern

Jan 2007 – May 2007

  • Created and designed a series of backdrops and props while working with a group of three other interns.
  • Managed a backstage team of five people in transitioning backdrops during show time.

SF-ROCKS at SF State University - Researcher and Peer Mentor

San Francisco, CA | Sep 2003 – Aug 2006

  • Created hour long lesson plans and taught new SF-ROCKS students about basic geology and related sciences.
  • Conducted field and lab research with focuses on geologic changes and environmental health issues around Bay Area.
  • Wrote abstracts and complied posters in a group setting based on the field and lab research.
  • Presented our findings at the annual American Geophysical Union.

 

Skills

Microsoft Office
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Word
Programming
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Basic Ruby on Rails
Adobe Suite
  • Photoshop
  • Dreamweaver
  • Premier
  • Flash
  • InDesign
  • Illustrator
Social Media
  • Facebook Pages
  • Twitter
Ads and Analytics
  • Adwords
  • Microsoft Adcenter
  • Google Analytics
Languages
  • Fluent in Cantonese
  • Conversant in Mandarin
  • Beginner in Spanish

 

Education

University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA

B.S. Environmental Science Policy and Management, Society and Environment | May 2010

GPA: 3.5/4.0

Philip and Sala Burton High School | San Francisco, CA

Salutatorian | May 2006

GPA: 4.4/5.0

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