Newcastle University

Li Chen Chiam

Programme Studied: MSc International Marketing

Year of Graduation: 2009

Current Job Title: Research Assistant

Current Company: Accritas

 

Brief description of career since graduating…

• March 2010 - Current employment Business Research Assistant, Acritas, Newcastle, UK
• Feb 2010 - Current employment Mandarin Language teacher, CCP Games, Newcastle, UK
• June 2006 - August 2008 HSBC Mortgage Sales Executive, Malaysia
• September 2004 - March 2005 Marketing Assistant, PenEvents (Internship).

Your current role: What are your responsibilities, what is a typical day like, what are the highs and lows of the job?

March 2010-Current employment Research Assistant, Acritas, Newcastle, UK

• Interview high profile respondents including CEO, MD, head of legal and Finance directors,
• Prepare and provide trainings and support to Sharp Legal China team,
• Contribute feedback, input and ideas to different departments about Sharp Legal China project,
• Handle different international projects covering 5 continents,
• Have done interviews with respondents from the UK, US, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and others,
• Performance and productivity are at the top 5% in the organisation,
• Responsible for sample building of Global Elites,
• Transcribe and translate interviews to the highest level of quality and professionalism.

Feb 2010- Current employment Mandarin Language teacher, CCP Games, Newcastle, UK

• Developed purposeful and appropriate schemes of work and lessons for different levels of students,
• Prepared effective learning material to maximize the learning outcome,
• Students who have travelled to China find my lessons very useful and helpful.
  

What are your main memories of your time at the Business School?

Lecturers, friendly staff and friends from all over the world!

Experiencing the high level of diversity and richness of culture has widened my horizon and enlightened me in various ways.

Having a great passion and interest in marketing, I also represented Newcastle University in “The Pitch 09” organized by the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and McCann Erickson with Durex as our client. It was a challenging and enjoyable day, and our pitch was commended by the judges.

Last but not least, there was free coffee and biscuits in the business school lounge that made our group discussions even more complete!

 

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