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Experience

Designer
China Daily (2010-present)
• Design National, International and Opinion sections for the largest English-language newspaper in China (circulation: 200,000)
• Edit headline and story copy to ensure accuracy

English Teacher
Luoling Foreign Language Experimental School (2009-2010)
• Developed and executed lesson plans presented to over 400 students each week
• Created classroom management plans to ensure proper instruction
• Engaged students to practice oral English through the use of new technologies

Intern
Creative Circle Media Consulting (2009)
• Collaborated on print, web redesigns for various media industry clients
• Worked with client needs to create better nameplates, branding
• Developed classified, advertising sections for improved reader usability

Media Analysis Intern
Prime Research (2008-2009)
• Read, analyzed, coded various articles to provide accurate data to clients
• Researched websites for Online Media Analysis Project
• Organized data obtained from research

Features Design Intern
The New York Times (2008)
• Designed News (General News, Foreign, Metro), Features (Home, Travel, Beijing Olympics) sections for one of the largest papers in the United States (circulation: 1 million+)
• Created pages, graphics for daily & advance pages
• Edited photos for print editions

Managing Design Editor (2006-2007), Managing Online Editor (2008)
The Michigan Daily (2005-2009)
• Managed Design and Online staffs, trained and recruited new designers and web producers, recorded payroll for the largest student-run paper at the University of Michigan (circulation: 17,000)
• Redesigned the web and print editions for better usability
• Created interactive web content
• Designed pages, graphics for all sections
• New Student Edition editor (2006), News and Sports reporter

Summer Intern
Autoweek Magazine (2007)
• Designed pages, created graphics, edited photos for Autoweek print, online editions (circulation: 300,000)
• Contacted various Public Relations departments to obtain product information, visuals
• Organized Autoweek archives, performed basic office duties

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• B.A., Political Science and Communication Studies, May 2009
• Activities and Organizations: Alternative Spring Break ; The Detroit Partnership ; Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Chapter ; Michigan Association of Communication Studies ; WOLV-TV

The Center for Teaching and Learning Chinese
• TEFL Certificate (2009)

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies
• College Fellowship (2009)

Technical Skills

• Operating systems: Mac OS X, Windows Vista
• Software: Adobe CS4 (Acrobat 7.0 Professional, Flash, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver), CCI Layout Champ, Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office, Quark XPress 6.0
• Coding: HTML, PHP, CSS, C++, Actionscript, Content Management Systems (WordPress, Drupal)
• Languages: Mandarin Chinese (中文), Spanish (Español)

Awards and Honors

• Winner, Society for News Design’s “The Intern” contest (2007, 2008)
• 1st place, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for Portfolio of Information Graphics (2007, 2008)
• Peterson-Fineberg Scholarship (2008)
• Mary Lou Butcher Equality in Journalism Award (2008)
• Roy O’Hara Sports Writing Scholarship (2007)
• 1st place, Future Business Leaders of America State Competition in Business Communication (2008)
• 3rd place, Sports Feature Design, University of Missouri Student Society for News Design (SSND) Awards (2008)
• Honorable Mention, Sports News Design, University of Missouri SSND Awards (2008)
• HM, Front Page Design, Michigan State University SSND Awards (2008)
• Certificate of Merit, Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Awards for Feature Page, Page One Design (2007)

Professional memberships

• Society for News Design
• Online News Association

References

Available upon request