Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Identified, evaluated, selected and onboarded vendors and suppliers for Mississauga Festival of Trees; in charge of recording, monitoring and reconciling vendor payments. • Conducted prospect research and built organization profiles to expand sponsor and partner base in Ontario; communicated in an individualized way with key stakeholders. Took initiative of coordinating projects including scheduling meetings with the major partners and clients, jotting down meeting notes, sending over key takeaways. • Maintained relationships with existing partners and planned and executed special events with them. Formed new partnerships with local universities, colleges, community centers and corporates with creative engagement, and designed interactive programs for students and citizens to increase engagement with the organization.
• Conducted primary and secondary research to benchmark global best practices and identify innovative fundraising initiatives across the industry, post COVID-19; fed into Sinai Health Foundation’s post-covid innovation strategy. • Created and implemented a new fundraising project during the pandemic for Sinai Health Foundation (Sinai Love Locks), including a detailed timeline and budget, worked closely with artists, suppliers, and logistic companies to match the core values of the foundation side as well as the hospital side. Generated upwards of $50k in funds through the project • Assisted with Sinai X Deloitte Live and supported work on the Tiary Jewelry project (Mt. Sinai x Tiary Jewelry Collection), including support of development and marketing strategies
• Launched a new district program covering untapped university towns (5 top ranking universities in East China Region) catering to a market of 100,000 students. Recruited and managed more than 20 instructors and administrative staff, successfully building a diverse teaching and supporting team. • Designed and implemented the curriculum and teaching plans for multiple classes at the new district school, with a 109% return rate; collaborated with district universities to ensure that the New Oriental program fully complemented the university programs • Conducted B2B sales pitches for University Partners, ran on-campus sales activations and targeted social media(Wechat and Weibo)marketing campaigns for university students and parents; successfully filled the program ahead of schedule and achieved positive word-of-mouth publicity, with an average 90% classroom capacity (class size 30-50) • Hired on-campus student representatives as part of the sales strategy that helped to bring in 2500+ new students as customers
• Taught 1,000+ students through thousands of teaching hours over three years, achieved the highest attendance rate and the best student review results (10/10; 9.9/10; 10/10, respectively) in the East China region and ranked top among the teaching group • Selected out of 196 instructors for teaching excellence to be sent to London, UK for further training in the youth education • Dedicated time outside of the classroom time to prep students on a Pro Bono basis to complement their classroom learning, mentored some of the best students at New Oriental with one that achieved the highest test scores ever for the entire enterprise • Worked closely with both students and parents to enhance the overall educational experience, leading to excellent customer review
• In charge of student onboarding and formulation of teaching plans, carefully assessed and categorized students based on individual needs and helped to improve efficacy of the teaching team • Managed the ongoing question and answer dimension of the program and interacted with students and student parents on a regular basis, was rated among the top 3 in my team of 15 assistant instructors • Helped the broader teaching team to plan and coordinate the overall teaching plans tailored to individual student needs, successfully optimized for both the instructor’s availability and the students’ multifaceted demands