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Graduation

CV & ACHIEVEMENTS

Academic Background | Job Experiences | Notable Roles

NOTABLE EXPERIENCES

Ranging from Publishing, Editor Roles, Management, and Public Speaking

PUBLICATIONS EXECUTIVE
GERAKBUDAYA
March 2023 - current

 

  • Gerakbudaya is an independent publishing house in Malaysia, Petaling Jaya dedicated to publish books that provoke critical thinking. Mainly focusing on social sciences, political discourse, voices of the minority, and others.

  • Editing Related tasks

    • Reviewing manuscript submissions to ensure compatibility with the company’s publishing standards Editing manuscripts to ensure quality work before taking it for print

    • Notable publications: My Dear Papa 2nd Edition - Nurul Hana Anwar Iran and the Malay World - Dr Abdolreza Alami, ASIAWE The Principal Girl REDUX - Sharifah Osman & Tuttu Dutta Mat Indera - Dr Muhamin Sulam Understanding Terrorism: Concepts, Theories, and Causes - Dr Yaser Esmailzadeh, ASIAWE

  • Management

    • Delegated Tasks to team members and ironing out a schedule for weekly meetings

    • Arranged and coordinated events such as book launches, book discussions, and book talks.

    • Notable Events Planned: Nurul Hana Anwar’s book launch: My Dear Papa, 2nd Edition. Dr Joe Samad’s book launch: Unequal Partners Datin Fazar Arif & Mazlianie book launch: The Malaysia Agreement 1963 Marketing & Copywriting Social Media marketing posts for events and other promotional material. Call for manuscript posts

CREATIVE WRITER 
KURECHII


 

Year 2022

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  • Kurechii is an indie game development company situated in Malaysia. I worked on game development for one of their games: Postknight 2, as well as managed many other editorial needs.

  • ​Management

    • Responded to Reviews in Google Play and addressed Player Concerns by actively involving myself in the development phases. Reported bug finds and other concerns to the technical department to ensure Players would have a smooth gaming experience.

  • ​Marketing & Copywriting Social Media

    • marketing posts for events and other promotional material. Personification of character voice 'Hazel' for Instagram description writing. Took on a manager role in Kurechii's official Discord by posting promotional material. Other management actions include interacting with the player base during events, competitions, and many more

FICTION EDITOR
UNM PARTICLE LITERARY MAGAZINE

May 2020 - August 2021

  • Particle Magazine is UNM's School of English literary magazine. I was responsible for editing literary pieces such as short stories and poetry that were submitted by the students of UNM.

  • Pieces selected by the head editor were given to me to edit, ensuring quality work for publication.

EVENTS TEAM
UNM GAMING SOCIETY (GSOC)

May 2020 - August 2021

  • Planned and organised events as the gaming society.

  • Worked as a team to manage and conduct the pre-planning stages of organising an event, as well as an on-site member to ensure smooth sailing events.

  • Involved with daily gaming room organisation and communication with customers.

  • Involced in the daily fund-raising and activities of the society.

PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
UNM GAMING SOCIETY (GSOC)

May 2019 - August 2020

  • Communicated with other society presidents for event collaborations. The middle man of communication between GSOC's committee and other society's committee.

  • Handled all social media event promotions.

  • Responded and replied to comments and messages sent to GSOC via social media.

  • Involved in daily customer interactions, answering their queries as well as to assist them in the gaming room.

VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT IN BOARD GAME ACTIVITIES
UNM JAPANESE CULTURAL SOCIETY'S (JSOC) BUNKASAI EVENT

March 2020

  • Participated as the committee member of GSOC collaborating with JSOC.

  • Taught the rules and gameplay of board games to visiting customers

  • Promoted the board game activity during the event by attracting attention to the GSOC room

  • Entertained customers by being involved in their gameplay activities

PANEL SPEAKER IN 'WOMEN IN MEDIA'
UNM FEMINIST SOCIETY'S PANEL TALK

December 2020

  • Represented GSOC in the 'gaming category', spoke about the representation of women in games.

  • Made comparisons between previous representations with modern day representations.

  • Prepared a well researched showcase in the form of a PowerPoint presentation. Creative slides and manner of speaking to keep audiences engaged and well focused.

  • Engaged with the panel audience and answered questions with well prepared answers.

JUDGE FOR WRITING COMPETITION 
UNM GAMING SOCIETY AND FEMINIST SOCIETY'S WRITING COMPETITION [FINAL PENTASY]

December 2020

  • Quality checker and judge for the submissions received during this competition. Judging Criteria were done as followed: 
    - Quality of work 
    - Adherence to event theme 
    - length and pacing of the story 

  • Responsible for selecting submissions for final winners.

GHOST WRITER

[KINTSUGI] 


UNM FEMINIST SOCIETY & UNM WRITER'S SOCIETY PUBLISHED ZINE 

March 2020

  • Published a piece of flash fiction with UNM's Writer's Society whilst cooperating with the committee members organising the publication process. 

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA

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FOUNDATION IN ARTS AND EDUCATION

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April 2017 - May 2018

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA

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BACHELORS OF ARTS WITH HONOURS: ENGLISH WITH CREATIVE WRITING

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AWARDED A DEGREE IN THE SECOND UPPER CLASS

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September 2019 - August 2021

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

0 - poor, 10 - excellent

ENGLISH

Primary, Secondary, and University level qualification

  • Written: 10

  • Spoken: 10 

BAHASA MALAYSIA

Primary and Secondary School level qualification

  • Written: 7

  • Spoken: 9

MANDARIN

Primary and Secondary School level qualification

  • Written: 6

  • Spoken: 8

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