Joanne Soo
Communications graduate from Monash University Malaysia. Currently working as Operations Manager at YouthSays Sdn Bhd,
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Groups: | Youth Entrepreneur: Malaysia |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Youth Entrepreneur |
| Position: | Managing Editor |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | Overview: YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR is Malaysia’s first and leading magazine featuring successful Malaysian youth entrepreneurs aged 30 and below.
Circulation: Estimated 20,000 readership per issue Job Scope: - Created YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR brand & conceptualized the content & concept of magazine, in line with the National Youth Entrepreneur Convention. |
| Employer: | The Voice |
| Position: | Editor |
| Time period: | December 2005 - Present |
| Description: | Overview: THE VOICE newsletter encapsulates the latest updates happening in the youth community. It is the perfect read for anyone interested in the latest pertinent happening pertaining to trends within the various youth communities.
Circulation: Estimated 30,000 readership per issue Job Scope: - Planning & conceptualizing the content & concept of newsletter - Head the editorial team in execution |
| Employer: | YouthMalaysia.com, www.youthmalaysia.com |
| Position: | Administrator & Column Editor |
| Description: | Overview: As a brand of The Youth Intelligence, YouthMalaysia.com is Malaysia’s leading online youth community, reaching out to over 50,000 young Malaysians.
Job Scope: - Manage community by releasing weekly articles on current issues, contributed by volunteer writers - Branded the platform to be Malaysia’s leading youth community |
| Employer: | YouthSays.com, www.youthsays.com |
| Position: | Administrator |
| Description: | Overview:
YouthSays.com is Malaysia’s Largest Online Youth Opinion Community, with a panel of over 80,000 active young members actively voicing out. Via YouthSays.com, corporate bodies, brands, government agencies and even the media will be able to gauge trends amongst Malaysian youths. Job Scope: - Worked with team of few developers & designers to conceptualize, develop the YouthSays brand. |
| Employer: | YOUTH09: Malaysia’s Largest Youth Lifestyle Festival |
| Position: | Communications Officer |
| Time period: | December 2008 - November 2009 |
| Description: | - Headed the PR & Media team
- Headed the Registration team, handling the signups of 36,720 youths - Managed partners of the event, such as Utusan group, Animax, Macro Kiosk, Media Prima, Nuffnang |
| Employer: | The 2nd National Youth Entrepreneur Convention 2009 |
| Position: | Program Manager |
| Time period: | December 2008 - November 2009 |
| Description: | - Managed the entire proceedings of the Convention
- Supervised the various teams under the Committee - Handled sponsorship from clients such as HSBC and Dutch Lady - Sealed partnerships with China Press, Malaysian Today & AIESEC - Convinced the Ministry of Youth & Sports to support the Convention & Minister deliver Keynote Address - Invited 143 speakers & decided content of Convention |
| Employer: | YOUTH’08: Malaysia’s Largest Youth Lifestyle Showcase: We Are The Trendsetters |
| Position: | Communications Officer & Event Manager |
| Time period: | December 2007 - November 2008 |
| Description: | - Headed events team, handling registration of 20,000 youths
- Assisted Project Director in servicing clients such as TM & Tune Money |
| Employer: | The 1st National Youth Entrepreneur Convention 2008 |
| Position: | Program Manager |
| Time period: | December 2007 - November 2008 |
| Description: | - Managed the entire proceedings of the Convention
- Supervised the various teams under the Committee - Invited 13 speakers & decided content of Convention |
| Employer: | YouthEcho.com |
| Position: | Managing Editor |
| Time period: | December 2007 - November 2008 |
| Description: | Overview: YouthEcho is Malaysia’s largest online youth press powered by 150+ young writers.
Job Scope: - Manage 8 editors who share amongst themselves the management of 150 writers, over 15 different channels/columns. - Chair virtual meetings with writers & brainstorming for ideas to skew publication towards youths |
| Employer: | Gegar U! Colours Of Our Nation |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | December 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | - Assisted Project Director in operational side to event
- Headed Events team & trained interns |
| Employer: | The Youth Intelligence Sdn Bhd |
| Position: | Communications Officer |
| Time period: | November 2006 - December 2008 |
| Description: | Job scope:
- Churned basic reports for client campaigns with market research segment of TYI - Managed the various online youth brands under TYI, namely YouthMalaysia.com, YouthSays.com, AsiaPartTime.com & YouthEcho.com. - Managed the various event projects under TYI, namely Gegar U!, YOUTH'08, YOUTH'09, The National Youth Entrepreneur Convention 2008 & 2009. |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | 2006: STUDENT COUNCIL: MONASH UNIVERSITY STUDENT ASSOCIATION (MUSA) 2006
Position: Editor Job Scope: - Head editorial team in publishing a monthly 30-pages-or-more magazine, MonGa - Published the University’s official semester orientation guides - Held voting rights in council meetings pertaining to student affairs - Headed décor department for Monash Ball 2006 2006: MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA COMMUNICATIONS STUDENT ALLIANCE (COSTA) Position: Editor Job Scope: - Head editorial team in publishing bi-annual School of Communications Student Newsletter, Siren 2004: MONASH UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION YEAR (MUFY) COUNCIL - Represented the March Intake students in all meetings - Organized the MUFY Talent Quest 2004 |
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Amirul Faisyal
Search geek who loves search marketing, social media, and entrepreneurship culture.
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Melvin Chan
Co-Founder and Managing Director of TalentEDge Solutions Sdn Bhd.
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Muhammad Hafiz
Malaysian, 17, currently studying Accounting at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Batu Muda, and as a Student Ambassador for Student Competitions (Sweden).