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Professional Summary
Enthusiastic, creative journalist, ESL instructor, communicative and operations administrator. Proficient in MS Office Suite and G Suite. Previous work experience as a Business English and English conversation instructor along with working with a range of people in the financial, health legal, political and social care sectors. Education Seneca College, September 2021 - April 2022 Corporate Communications - PR, Toronto, Canada French Course, February - November 2021. Clic on ligne - French Course, Ottawa, Canada. Freelance Journalism, March-January 2022 College of Media and Publishing, Colchester, England. Masters of International Studies University of Birmingham, 2007-2008 Bachelor of Arts with Honours - Media and Communication Birmingham City University, 2003-2006 Certification Advanced Google Analytics (2022) Google Analytics Academy Google Analytics for Beginners (2022) Google Analytics Academy Hootsuite Platform Certification (2021) Hootsuite Building your Visibility Online as a Remote Leader (2021) Becoming a Public Relations Specialist Pathway, Learning Hubspot, Shane Snow on Storytelling (2021) WordPress 5 Essential Training (2021) Mailchimp (2021) 120-hour Advanced TEFL course, April 2020 Premier TEFL, Ireland Digital Skills: Digital Marketing November 2020 Accenture Memberships CPRS 2021 CIPR 2021 Personality Ambivert and ENFJ Current Roles Korea.Net - Korean Culture and Information Service (March 2022- Present) Honorary Reporter, Ottawa CPRS Toronto - Blogger (February 2022- Present) Volunteer blogger, Toronto Freelance - Public Relations (December 2021- Present) Freelance work, Toronto Pagoda Online (June 2020-present) Online ESL Instructor Writing, Medium (2021) (here) Cambly (Reservation link) (December 2020-present) Online ESL Instructor and Content Creator July 2021-Kids Ed Sept 2021 - Adult Ed Jan 2022 - Adult Ed February 2022 - Adult Ed Work experience: News contribution, BlogTo (March, 2022) 1 Photography, SputnikNews (March, 2022) 1 Photography, BLOGTO (October, 2021) (here) TutorGroup - Ping An Hao Xue 平安好学 (March 2020 - February 2022) Online ESL Instructor (Gained Excellence in Teaching Award) Randstad, Toronto (July-August 2021) Data Entry & Migration. English Instructor in South Korea/Canada (2011-2020) (Canada) Toronto CBV Collection Service, Toronto (Apr 2020- June 2021) Service Representative Korea: PagodaOne (adults) (2018-2020) Student review Canada (Vancouver) IEI (ESL instructor adults)(2018) Whisung Education (ESL instructor kids) (2018) FSS Editor of CISM (2018) Korea: Joongbu University (2017-2018) CBISK (kindergarten) (2016-2017) Joongbu University (2014-2015) Hanseo University (higher education) (2012-2014) Beondong Elementary (primary) (2011-2012) Created lesson plans focused on improving English proficiency. Conducted new student interviews and counseling with students to assess progress and development. Conducted 1:1 and group classes and peer training. Photography- Journalism & more experiences: Photography, 680 News, Toronto, Canada (2020) (here) Photography, Tamil-Guardian (2020) (here) Photography, 时尚美街圈 (Fashion Street Circle) (2020) (here) Photography, The McGill International Review (2020) (here) Photography, Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2020) (here) Photography, Thailand News, Thailand (2020) (here) Photography, Times of India, India (2020) (here) Photography, Sputnik News, Russia (2020) (here) Photography, TravelBook, Japan (2020) (here) Photography, BuzzOrange, Taiwan (2020) (here) Photography, IntiPortal, (2019), Korea (here) Photography, Insight Korea, Korea (2019) (here) (2) Photography, Sputnik, Brazil (2019) (here) Human Rights Activism (2019) published Photography, Ulifestyle, Hong Kong (2019) (here) Photography, SlateFR, France (2019) (here) Photography, GoCity, China (2018) (here) Human Rights Activism (2018) published Journalist (2018) The Source newspaper, Vancouver A local reporter for the BC newspaper Researched and wrote newspaper articles related to the arts, cultural or current issues. Core skills: writing, editing, communication and multimedia, social media. Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Voice Actor, MediaZen, South Korea (2017) Photography, FODORSTRAVEL, USA (2017) Voice Actor, Flitto, South Korea (2017) Photography (2017) UPI (here) Human Rights Activism (2017) published - 2 Virgin Trains and London Midland (Birmingham, UK) Customer Service Agent (2015-2016) Photography (2016) NK News (here) Human Rights Activism (2015) published Photography (2015) BuzzFeed (here) Photography (2015) Gaijin Pot (here) Photography (2015) Outlas (here) Photography (2015) Architecture Reviewed (here) Photography (2015) The Birmingham Mail (here) Blasting News (Online) (2015) Article 1, 2, 3 Office Assistant and Receptionist roles (2015-2016) Working for Randstad UK, Office Angels and Tate in Birmingham, England. Groove Korea (Magazine) (2014) Article 1, 2 Clients included: Hidden Hearing (receptionist), Corporate rewards Ltd (Events Assistant), Delcam (receptionist), Lonsdale House (receptionist), PWC (receptionist) Received incoming calls/correspondence/packages Logged phone messages into computer system Greeted visitors and directed them as needed Foreign Report (Online) (2012) Article 1 ORG Zine (Online) (2011) Article 1 Receptionist (2010-2011) Receptionist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and administrative role at Turning Point (a service for drug and alcohol issues and mental health issues. Greeted clients and visitors. Updated details and performed searches on internal database systems/ using PALS. Offered guidance to clients Office Assistant (2010) (Office Angels) CAFCASS data input for CAFCASS Children’s and Families Court Advisory and Support Service Processing C100 documentation and processing safeguarding checks on parents and relatives. The Employment Tribunal preparing records for pending cases Communications Assistant to ANEC - Brussels (2010) General office management including answering the telephone, faxing, filing letters and documents. Administrative support and assistance to the ANEC Manager in the ICT and DFA (Design-For-All) sectors. Communications activities included drafting and editing the ANEC Newsletter, ANEC Annual Report, Interim Activity Report to the European Commission. Receptionist (January-March 2009) Communications Assistant (March-April 2009) CBSO, Birmingham. Short term cover receptionist and communication assistant. Press and Political Officer to a Member of the European Parliament (2009) EU Parliament, Brussels/Strasbourg and Birmingham Promoting the agenda and platform of Nikki Sinclaire MEP at local, national and European level. Achieved interviews with local newspapers, national newspapers and European based magazine, ‘The Parliament’, ‘The Spectator’ and ‘The EU Observer’. Responded to media requests for information, comment and interviews with Nikki Sinclaire. Provided advice to fellow staff on matters of design/layout and content of promotional material. Monitored press coverage and networking with media professionals and people. This included holding meetings with members of the public and lobby groups in Brussels.- Additional roles included: being available to the MEP nearly 24 hours a day, arranging her diary, meeting business associates, maintaining her website, attending her personal private events such as football matches, shopping and travelling with her. Receptionist (May-July 2009) NHS WHITTALL STREET CLINIC Receptionist/ gained experience of the NHS PALS system. Office Assistant (April -July 2007) Newspaper co-ordinator (July-August 2006) Birmingham Independent, Birmingham,. Role: Handling incoming calls, recording information, greeting clients and visitors and processing advertising payments. CSV Action Desk (June-November 2007) (Volunteer on the BBC Helpdesk) Birmingham, UK. Handling phone calls, preparing radio scripts. Journalist (2006-2007) The Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem. Core skills: Journalism, Photography and research skills. Providing news copy for the international newspapers together with photographs. Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Blogging BBC Birmingham Article 1, 2, 3 2007 (RETAIL/Other) Sainsbury's Cashier April 2004-August 2006 Student Mentor UCE (now Birmingham City University) Nov 2004- July 2005 |
