Play Inventor / the LEGO Group
Oct 2023 - Present, London, United Kingdom
Digital play invention at the Creative Play Lab
Co-Founder / awe.curation
Jan 2019 – Present, London, United Kingdom
Arts, performances, and events to be experienced body-first.
Computational Designer / AKT II
Apr 2021 – Sep 2023, London, United Kingdom
+ Identify room for innovation in the current practice via literary reviews and MVP prototypes, spotting nuanced design trends.
+ Synthesise software requirements through user interviews; develop befitting applications from design to launch.
+ Expand the functionalities of existing digital toolkits using both front-end and back-end frameworks (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C#, NodeJS, Django, SQL, etc.)
+ User experience research for PrismArch, a cross-disciplinary immersive design platform MVP funded by the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/952002
XR Development Consultant / Arup
Apr 2019 – Mar 2021, London, United Kingdom
+ Initiated and produced end-to-end extended reality (XR) projects from conception to deployment, through sprints of user research, design, prototyping, and testing.
+ Coordinated with developers and visualisation specialists to ensure application performance for a wide range of platforms, including WebGL, iOS, Android, and HMDs.
+ Created effective communication strategies for client proposals and marketing materials, in both print and video formats.
www.arup.com/expertise/services/digital/visualisation
Marketing PR Manager / TOKYOSTAY Co., Ltd.
Sep 2015 – Dec 2016, Tokyo, Japan
+ Designed social media marketing strategies to increase brand awareness and enhance exposure for company services.
+ Successfully maintained client relationships with a growth-oriented approach.
+ Planned and organised external events and marketing campaigns to nurture a tightly-knit brand community.
Digital Marketing Strategist / Adrian Roche KK
Oct 2015 – Sep 2016, Tokyo, Japan
+ Maintained key accounts and executed bespoke marketing strategies.
+ Boosted traffic to client social media profiles with high conversion rates.
+ Designed, developed and localised client web presence and brand identity for the Japanese market.
Production Assistant / Hallmark Channel
Jul 2012 – Dec 2013, California, USA
+ Assisted the production team with the organisation and preparation for multi-million-budget films.
+ Collaborated with professionals in the day-to-day planning on set.
+ Ensured the filming process ran smoothly regardless of unforeseen challenges.
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MArch Design for Performance and Interaction / The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Sept 2017 – Dec 2018, London, UK
Distinction
Advanced Graphic Design Portfolio / Central Saint Martins
Jan 2017 – Apr 2017, London, UK
BA Theater Arts and Cinema Dual Major, Asian Studies Major / McDaniel College
Aug 2009 – May 2013, Maryland, US
GPA: 3.73; Magna Cum Laude
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Publications
2021 Elaborated report of cross-discipline principles-rules-constraints, and interfaces definition for cross-disciplinary and multi-simulation perspectives in VR, D1.2, PrismArch, EU Horizon 2020.
2018 Conversational AI: the Imitation Machine, Towards Data Science, Medium.
Awards
2012 Certificate of Merit for Directing, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
2011 Semi-Finalist, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship
Exhibitions
2019 Drivers of Change: New forms of practice from The Bartlett School of Architecture, Phase2 Exhibitions, Arup, London, UK
2018 Fifteen, a Bartlett Exhibition, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London, UK
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