RELATED
CAREER HISTORY
reallyenglish.com:
Project Lead
/ Project Manager (London, UK)
October 2007 -
Present
•
Lead, scope, develop, and manage database-driven Flash
e-learning courses for launch across the globe using Agile
project management methodologies.
• Project Lead /
Management: project
lead for interactive exam product for Everlight (major
Taiwanese electrics company); project lead for new TOEFL
testing product for Seibido (Japanese academic publisher);
led international tech and illustration team for million
dollar McGraw Hill online product; developed and launched
‘Let’s Talk’ online speaking course with avatars for
Cambridge University Press; developed and launched MyPage /
Social Networking portal for Fujitsu; developed and
launched online medical speaking course for Tokyo Women’s
Medical University.
• Production
Management: manage tech
developers, editors, writers, voice actors, translators,
and designers for all new products; organise usability and
functionality testing for all prototypes and final products
in close collaboration with tech teams in London, Tokyo and
Shanghai. Edit and maintain content (text, audio and video)
for all existing products. Create tech, design, content
docs and wireframes for Flash and backend developers and
designers in Japan and the UK.
• Interactive
Design: create fully
functional digital prototypes for Cambridge University
Press “Let’s Talk’ speaking product, using avatars and
voice recording technology. Create digital prototype using
blogging technology for new Pearson product.
• Operations and client
support: provide
support and maintenance for all live products for
operations teams in Shanghai and Tokyo. Manage all new and
prospective clients in Europe. Manage and coordinate all
product issues across the company using Redmine project
management software.
EC1FM:
Web
Producer (London, UK)
May 2007 - September 2007
•
Successfully designed, developed and implemented the
EC1FM.org.uk community radio station website in north
London, within extremely tight timescale and limited
budget.
• Built website using Flash and PHP, set up live audio
streaming.
BRITISH
COUNCIL JAPAN: Freelance Writer
(Tokyo, Japan)
September 2005 - December
2006
• Produced
monthly features of up to 1,000 words for the
British
Council Japan and
its Korean sister website: ‘Football
Culture‘.
• Wrote lifestyle and travel
articles with photographs that were published in:
Japanzine
Magazine / Tokyo Journal / Travelrag
website
INTER SCHOOL:
Course
Producer / Instructor (Tokyo, Japan)
September 2002 - May
2006
•
Gained position with one of the leading interpreting
institutions in Japan.
• Developed twice-yearly course programmes for professional
interpreters. Introduced web-based news sources into the
interpreter training curriculum.
• Evaluated, redesigned and co-ordinated Lower Intermediate
interpreter training program. Achieved a 150% increase in
student enrolment for that level within six months.
• Taught students from government ministries, 20th Century
Fox, Dentsu (Japan’s largest advertising agency), and other
international blue chip organisations.
• Edited and expanded on authentic material from BBC, CNN,
Newsweek, Time and The Economist.
• Wrote examination papers, edited audio material, produced
tutorials on academic writing and business presentations.
• Designed and co-ordinated Inter School’s Corporate
English Training Program.