Iris Yau
Pursuing Economics degree at UC Irvine. http://irisyau.com/
| Headline: | Club Leader |
| Skills: | Chinese, English, Languages |
| Location: | Irvine |
| Groups: | Entrepreneur Society at UC Irvine, Haas Entrepreneurs Association at Berkeley |
| Interested in: | Growing my group, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Sharing my projects |
| Schools: | University of California System - Irvine |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Draftfcb |
| Position: | MilkPep Account Management Intern, Chicago, IL |
| Time period: | June 2008 - August 2008 |
| Description: | - Assisted in the development of the MilkPep and Adidas Partnership to create a Facebook sports trivia widget.
- Worked with client, video editing vendor, account and creative teams to develop and execute the 2008 MilkPep National Sales Meeting Opening Session Recap Video. |
| Employer: | Juxt Interactive |
| Position: | Coca-Cola Account Coordinator, Costa Mesa, CA |
| Time period: | January 2008 - June 2008 |
| Description: | - Assist in developing all billing documentation (purchase orders, estimates, invoices, etc.) prior to viewing by the Account Executive and/or Account Supervisor.
- Assist development of all documentation such as presentations, timelines, estimates, conference reports, change orders, and media briefs for two client pitches; WowWee and MediaFlo, which are now current clients. - Saved the agency $3500 by researching industry trends to gain a better perspective on the interactive industry. |
| Employer: | American Advertising Federation |
| Position: | Marketing Intern, Washington, DC |
| Time period: | October 2007 - December 2007 |
| Description: | - Assisted with internal preparations for AAF events including the NSAC Student Conference at the AOL Headquarters, which had an attendance of over 200 students nationwide.
- Prepared membership kits for AAF President & CEO to take to corporate meetings. - Assisted with updating over 20 Advertising Hall of Fame videos on corporate website. |
| Employer: | Ogilvy & Mather Marketing Communications |
| Position: | Public Relations Intern, Hong Kong |
| Time period: | June 2007 - August 2007 |
| Description: | - Conducted research on overall trends in Hong Kong purchasing behavior in the retail and shipping industry.
- Assisted in contacting local media outlets to attend different public relations events to promote client’s brand. |
| Employer: | Tribal DDB |
| Position: | MAT Account Management and Media Intern, Los Angeles, CA |
| Time period: | October 2006 - January 2007 |
| Description: | - Researched current competition bids using Adrelevance database.
- Created Point of View recommendations for company sponsorship proposals. - Updated research terms in Atlas one point search management website. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Irvine |
| Time period: | 2008 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | - President and Co-Founder of The Entrepreneur Society at UC Irvine Fall 2008 |
| Awards: | - Participant in the L’oreal Brandstorm New York City Weekend
- Awarded 1 out of 50 students as one of the AAF 2008 Most Promising Minority Student - 2006-2007 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Recipient for studying abroad |
