Experience

People's Action Party

• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Communications Manager

  • Jun 2019 - Present



Council For Estate Agencies of Singapore (CEA)

• Singapore
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Manager (Corporate Communications and Public Outreach)

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2019

  • Handled media relations, ensuring positive media coverage of the initiatives under the organisation. • Project leader for the company’s newsletter CEAnergy. Worked with external vendor to produce the e-newsletter and wrote stories for the newsletter. • Created content for company’s website and refined Ask Jamie system on CEA’s website. • Translated information from English to Chinese and vice versa when required. • Worked with vendors to come up with advertising campaign to educate members of public on information on engaging property agents. • Involved in consumer outreach such as giving consumer educational talks to members of the public and participating in exhibitions and roadshows to share information on what consumers should look out for when engaging a property agent for property transactions. Show less



SPH Media

• Singapore
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Correspondent

  • Jul 2006 - Sep 2013

  • Team leader of the general news team. • Contributes an average of 500 stories of diverse topics per year of which many were headline stories. • Files series such as “Disappearing Hawker Food” and “Know your Neighbourhood”. • Reports on major events such as general election, Singapore Budget and National Day rallies. • Contributed feature and travel stories for a weekly infotainment magazine-U Weekly. - Establishes a good network of contacts with individuals and relevant personnel and maintains close relationships with newsmakers. Show less



Surbana Jurong Group

• Singapore
• Architecture and Planning
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate, Corporate Planning and Branding

  • Apr 2004 - Jun 2006

  • Developed company’s communication materials such as press releases, advertisements, fact sheets and brochures. • Translated corporate information from English to Mandarin, from information on corporate website, marketing materials such as brochures, project fact sheet amongst others. • Liaised with media personnel to facilitate interview requests. • Facilitated corporate planning sessions. • Performed corporate and marketing communication functions including media monitoring and analysis. • Hosted visits for guests from overseas. • Served as Secretary for Surbana Land Pte Ltd, one of the subsidiaries for Surbana Corporation and ISO 14000 Committee. Show less



Mediacorp Pte Ltd

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• Broadcast Journalist

  • Jun 1999 - Apr 2004

  • Compiled, wrote and edited news items for the Chinese news bulletin daily. • Involved in covering important news such as 911 terrorists attacks and SARS epidemic. • Anchor editor for Chinese noon news bulletin. • Produced two 12-episode programmes relating to healthcare • Compiled, wrote and edited news items for the Chinese news bulletin daily. • Involved in covering important news such as 911 terrorists attacks and SARS epidemic. • Anchor editor for Chinese noon news bulletin. • Produced two 12-episode programmes relating to healthcare