Experience

TTG Asia Media

• Singapore
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Editor, TTGmice TTGassociations

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  • Reporting and writing articles on business news, travel industry trends, hotel openings and market reports, as well as conducting interviews with people of prominence in the travel trade• Pitching new ideas and topics to keep online stories fresh in TTGmice• Assisting my group editor in managing all titles we hold, taking over several sections of TTGmice• Representing the company at trade events

• Sub-editor

  • Jul 2015 - Jan 2020

  • Crafting catchy headlines and standfirsts, rewriting, rephrasing and the meticulous checking of grammar, tenses, spelling and sentence structure• Proofreading and editing to ensure articles are error-free• Generation of newsletters and articles on Tuesdays and Thursdays on ttgmice.com• Travelled to overseas tradeshows such as ITB Berlin 2020, Visit Japan Travel Mart 2017 and IMEX Frankfurt 2018 to carry out reporting and research duties• Travelled with my team to IT&CM China, and IT&CMA, both of which are organised by TTG, to carry out subbing and proofreading dutiesArticles I’ve written for TTG Asia can be found here: https://www.ttgasia.com/author/rachellee/, and my pieces for TTGmice can be found here: https://www.ttgmice.com/author/rachellee/.



SPH Magazines

• Singapore
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sub-Editor, SilverKris

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2015

  - Worked exclusively on the SilverKris magazine across all platforms: print, online and tablet - Meticulously checked grammar, tenses, spelling, sentence structure and facts across all three platforms - Ensured PDF was in order and had no errors before it was sent to client - Penned articles on a variety of lifestyle topics from dining to lesser-known destinations for the magazine, which have been published in both print and online - Worked exclusively on the SilverKris magazine across all platforms: print, online and tablet - Meticulously checked grammar, tenses, spelling, sentence structure and facts across all three platforms - Ensured PDF was in order and had no errors before it was sent to client - Penned articles on a variety of lifestyle topics from dining to lesser-known destinations for the magazine, which have been published in both print and online



Pearson Asia Pacific

• Singapore

• Editor, Higher Education/Regional Publishing department

  • Sep 2008 - Aug 2010

  - A project manager who oversaw a book from manuscript through to publication - Proofread and copyedited both books and textbooks - Also planned production schedules, coordinated freelancers and designers, managed budgets, met tight deadlines, and checked ozalids before printing - A project manager who oversaw a book from manuscript through to publication - Proofread and copyedited both books and textbooks - Also planned production schedules, coordinated freelancers and designers, managed budgets, met tight deadlines, and checked ozalids before printing