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Experience

2011 - Ongoing

Communications Strategist & Program Designer

Independent Consultancy - Global

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Notable clients from the following sectors include:

Arts:   Asia Society, LIFT Festival,  Serpentine Galleries, Santa Cruz MAH

Nonprofits: Refuge Point, SocialTIC 

Social Enterprises: Endeavor, LGT Impact

Initiatives: OF/BY/FOR ALL, Dream Office of Imaginary Friends

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  • Facilitating collaboration: Designed spaces, practices, and processes for stakeholders to have constructive conversations and collaborate on complex challenges in new ways

  • Shifting perspectives: Led facilitated sessions of all sizes involving a diverse array of internal and external stakeholders with different perspectives on complex issues

  • Network building: Helped diverse groups identify and pursue opportunities to strengthen their collaborative connections

  • User research & synthesis: Planned and conducted stakeholder research to develop in-depth big picture insights into organizational systems

  • Mentoring: Guided and coached teams and stakeholders on design and communication strategy methods to increase collaboration and productivity

2017 - 2018

Content Strategist & Service Designer

Bloomberg Philanthropies - City of Austin

  • Developed and facilitated the City’s first lived experience advisory group comprised of individuals experiencing homelessness meeting bi-monthly with service providers, growing it from 10 to 16 members since October 2017

  • Designed life skills programs and a feedback loop to service providers that resulted in an increase in civic engagement

  • Led and facilitated a team of researchers and a graphic designer to produce the City’s Solve For Homelessness website

  • Conducted content audit of Austin’s main shelter and mapped out best practices and designed content strategy for 10 service providers working with the homeless

2012

Associate Director 

Endeavor

  • Launched first Asia office and educated clients and partners on Endeavor’s unique approach to entrepreneurship

  • Selected, coached, and managed high-impact entrepreneurs and high-profile mentors into the international network

  • Led and oversaw communications strategy and structures, including team management and coaching, cultivating media partnerships, and organizing entrepreneurship events with Bain, McKinsey, and Fortune 500 CEOs

2008 - 2010

Associate Features Editor & Journalist  

Berita Satu Media Holdings

  • Managed cross-functional teams of designers, editors, and reporters to produce a 12-page Features section for a national English-language newspaper with a daily print run of 40,000

  • Solo roving reporter covering all beats, including Features, News, Business, and Sports

Skills

Communications

  • Storytelling

  • Content Strategy

  • Team Leadership

  • Resource Management

  • Partnership Development

  • Community Development

  • Spanish

  • French

Design

  • Service Design

  • Curriculum Design

  • Prototyping

  • Concept Development

  • Usability Testing  

  • Qualitative Research

  • Project Design & Management

Tools

  • Microsoft Office Suite

  • Trello, Asana, Slack

  • Sketch & Invision

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Mailchimp

  • CMS platforms: Squarespace, Wordpress, Wix

  • Google Analytics

Education

University of Washington, Seattle

School of Oriental & African Studies, London

  • MA History of Art

  • Majored in History of Art 

  • My thesis was on the scenography of conflict-themed theatre

Executive & Development Programs

INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship

INSEAD, Singapore campus   

 

World Bank - Annenberg Institute on Reform Communications

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

 

Seth Godin’s AltMBA

Online program

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Chef's Training Program

Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, New York City

 

Creative Facilitation

PYE Global, Seattle

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