Experience

Planner Bee

• Singapore
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • Apr 2022 - Present

  I manage the text and social media content produced for Planner Bee, most of which are targeted at helping people grow, manage and protect their finances. My job scope entails managing a team of writers, social media producers and copyeditors, planning and ensuring the content is optimised for SEO and cleared for clean and good copy. I manage the text and social media content produced for Planner Bee, most of which are targeted at helping people grow, manage and protect their finances. My job scope entails managing a team of writers, social media producers and copyeditors, planning and ensuring the content is optimised for SEO and cleared for clean and good copy.



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Journalist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Content creation for various publications across subject matters, including sports, arts and culture, and technology. Works include journalistic writing to sponsored articles, as well as social media content creation, curation and production. I also provide copy editing and proofreading services for a range of publications, as well as bilingual interviewing and writing services. My work can be seen in publications for organisations like the International Olympic Committee, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), Sport Singapore, Reuters, the South China Morning Post and the National Arts Council. Show less



International Olympic Committee – IOC

• Switzerland
• Spectator Sports
• 700 & Above Employee

• Reporter, Olympic Information Service, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Reported at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that helps to keep the accredited media informed and achieve optimal coverage of the Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Winter Games. Helmed coverage of sliding sports during the Olympic Winter Games, taking charge of the daily reports, flash quotes and reviews of luge, skeleton and bobsleigh. During the Paralympic Winter Games, I covered wheelchair curling and also contributed to other sports like para ice hockey. Show less



Global Esports Federation

• Singapore
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Community Communications and Social Media

  • Jun 2021 - Dec 2021

  Drive, manage and execute communications initiatives aimed at community engagement to build the company’s product. This includes content strategy that involves calendar planning, creating content, driving and monitoring the performance of social media content, with an aim to raise the GEF's notability and visibility. I also cultivate, manage and work with stakeholders and external agencies on social media strategy, steering direction in order to enhance the GEF's brand, reach and voice. Over six months, I contributed to growth that included Instagram following growing more than two times, Twitter following growing almost two times, and a more than 100-fold growth on YouTube subscription. Show less

• Reporter, Olympic Information Service, Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Jul 2021 - Sep 2021

  Reported at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that helps to keep the accredited media informed and achieve optimal coverage of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Helmed coverage of beach volleyball during the Olympic Games and swimming during the Paralympic Games, and also contributed to other sports like athletics, badminton, diving and table tennis. Reported at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that helps to keep the accredited media informed and achieve optimal coverage of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Helmed coverage of beach volleyball during the Olympic Games and swimming during the Paralympic Games, and also contributed to other sports like athletics, badminton, diving and table tennis.



South China Morning Post SCMP

• Hong Kong
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Production Editor, Social Media

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2021

  Shoulder vast editorial responsibilities, including contributing to strategy and operational duties that grow the paper's reach and engagement more than six-fold on Facebook, and more than nine-fold on Instagram. I also help to oversee creation of bespoke videos that have helped rake in more than 1 billion views over a single year.

• Production Editor, Social Media

  • Dec 2017 - Oct 2019

  Manage SCMP's voice and brand on social media networks, as well as contribute to developing a sound strategy to grow SCMP's reach and engagement. Also help to identify and create content suitable for various platforms, as well as explore new ones that can further expand the SCMP's audience.

• Reporter, Olympic Information Service, 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games

  • Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Reported at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that provided coverage of the event. Contributed coverage of a variety of sports that included biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, figure skating and ice hockey. Reported at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that provided coverage of the event. Contributed coverage of a variety of sports that included biathlon, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, nordic combined, figure skating and ice hockey.

• Reporter, Olympic Information Service, 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games

  • Feb 2018 - Feb 2018

  Reported at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that helps to keep the accredited media informed and achieve optimal coverage of the Olympic Games. Contributed coverage of a variety of sports that included speed skating, curling, short-track speed skating, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and ice hockey. Reported at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games as part of the IOC's Olympic Information Service, a professional sports reporting and information service that helps to keep the accredited media informed and achieve optimal coverage of the Olympic Games. Contributed coverage of a variety of sports that included speed skating, curling, short-track speed skating, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, figure skating and ice hockey.



The Straits Times

• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sports Correspondent

  • Jan 2014 - Nov 2017

  I covered a wide variety of sports, most of them Olympic sports, from tennis, table tennis, to sailing and badminton. Events that I've taken charge of the coverage for include several editions of the WTA Finals Singapore, the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, the 2015 South-east Asia Games and 2016 Rio Olympic Games. I interviewed international sports personalities, including one-on-ones with top players such as Stan Wawrinka, Marat Safin, Li Na, Simona Halep, Petra Kvitova, Ratchanok Intanon and administrators like Jacques Rogge, Sebastian Coe, among many others. I've also ventured into writing commentaries and analyses for the newspaper.Was seconded to The Straits Times'​ digital team to help with coverage of the 2015 General Election, as well as Mr Lee Kuan Yew's funeral in March 2015. Show less

• Sports Journalist

  • Oct 2010 - Jan 2014

  As a sports journalist for The Straits Times, I wrote daily local sports news stories as well as developed and produced feature stories. I reported on a variety of sports events both local and international, including the 2011 Netball World Championship, the 2011 SEA Games, and the 2012 London Olympic Games. Among my stories was also a world-first piece that broke the news that the WTA Finals were going to be staged in Singapore for five years, beginning from 2014.