Arctic Penguin

Education
+  Ewha Womens University
(B.A in Journalism, B.A. in Film & Television)
+  Harvard University
(Master of Liberal Arts in Journalism)
+ Michigan State University
Ph.D candidate in Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media

Journalism

2009-  Editor of Play As Life
08-09  Writer for Suite101
2005-  Contributing Reporter for Science (AAAS)
2008   Correspondent for HarvardScience
03-07  Staff writer for International Herald Tribune- Joongang Daily
2002    Publisher & Editor-in-chief for magazine Yvette
2000    Editor-in-chief/ Photographer for in-flight magazine
The World’s Seoul
98-01   Reporter for university English newspaper Ewha Voice

New Media

09-  Research Assistant for NSF-funded project “Collaboration in Social Network Sites” at MSU
07-09  Research Assistant/Intern at the Berkman Center
2002   Co-Director and screenplay writer for “Who,” a movie that was made exclusively for cell phones (1st place, 1st SK Mobile Film Festival)
2002   Media assistant for presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang
2001   Founding member of Ewhaian.com, a social network website and information portal for Ewha Univ.
2001   Founder of Wohn Media
1999   Founder of Ewha Voice website

Design / Publishing

2005   Publisher, designer for book “Globetrotting Honeymoon”
2002   Print designer for International Robot Soccer Federation
2002   Editor of medical newsletter iEye
2002   Adviser for KBS International PR team’s English newsletter
2000   Editor of several tour guides commissioned by the Korean government

Creative
2009    Assistant Stage Director for Verdi’s Otello, Lowell House Opera
07-08   Pianist/Videographer for Harvard Law School Drama Society’s Parody 2008
2000    Producer/Director for adapted musical Jekyll & Hyde in Korea
1999     Lyricist for ‘Grinder’, ‘Black Sun’, ‘Machine Messiah’, ‘Virgin Flight’,  ‘I’ve Got Nothing’
1998     Lyricist for ‘1999′ in album “Crom’s Techno Works” by Shin Hae Chul

Translating & Copywriting
98-07   Freelance translator for Pantransnet
2002     Translator for English Web team of Chosun Ilbo
99-00   Copywriter for Westin Chosun Hotel, Sejong Hotel, Galleria Department Store

+Major projects include Samsung Electronics Annual Report, Seoul Metropolitan City Government, Korea Tourism Organization brochures, NC Soft’s Lineage 2, LG Insurance Annual Report, Ritz Carlton Hotel Las Vegas

Skills
Language:  Native English, Native Korean, Basic French
Computer: Print layout (Quark Xpress, Corel Draw), image and video editing (Adobe Photoshop / Premiere), MS Office, Atlas, SPSS
Photography:  Canon 400D