HANNAH POK
hannah@hannahpok.com

PROFILE:

An English graduate with master degrees in social history and digital media. Experienced in fundraising, teaching, research, journalism and web design. Reliable, proactive, organised and highly literate with excellent writing skills. Has lived and worked in five different countries. Comfortable in multi-cultural environments and adapts quickly to new challenges.
WORK EXPERIENCE:

July 2007 -
Sept 2008

Programme Officer
Inter-African Committee on Traditional Practices, Geneva
 
  • Co-authored proposals, successfully raising £1.2 million in funds
  • Edited and wrote large part of organisation’s 2007 annual report
  • Promoted and maintained communications with partners and donors
  • Managed individual projects and conducted research
  • Updated website, maintained office computers and resolved IT issues.

Aug 2005 –
Sept 2006

 English teacher
GMS Language Services, Stockholm
 
  • taught mainly business English to employees of institutions such as SEB, the Central Bank of Sweden and the Swedish Tax Office
  • Created special grammar and vocabulary exercises for Swedish speakers
  • motivated and boosted confidence levels of shy students.
Sept 2003 –
Sept 2004		 English teacher
Berlitz School of Languages, Brussels
 
  • taught English at all levels, to both adults and children
  • devised lessons to cater to needs of students with specific language difficulties
  • sustained dynamic in group lessons and handled discipline while teaching children.
Sept 1999 –
Sept 2001		 Reporter and web designer
Lafferty Group, London
 
  • researched and wrote news articles covering the financial services industry
  • conducted phone interviews and attended press conferences
  • maintained and updated the news services on the company’s website
  • designed new web pages and graphics.


EDUCATION:

Oct 2001 –
Oct 2002

MSc Economic and Social History, University of Oxford, UK
Subjects studied: research methodology • history of science, technology and medicine • gender and comparative social policy • social dilemmas and collective action.
Dissertation: propaganda and censorship in warfare.

Oct 1998 –
Sept 1999

MA Digital Media, University of Sussex, UK
Projects: website creation and authoring a multimedia CD-ROM using Macromedia Director.
Dissertation: relationship between technological development in the 20th century and popular culture.

Oct 1995 –
July 1998

BA English Language and Literature, University of Reading, UK
(1st class honours)
Subjects studied: literature from Chaucer onwards, with special focus on Renaissance poetry, Romantic & Victorian writers and 20th century literature.

 

COMPUTER SKILLS:
 

Windows OS, HTML, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, JavaScript, Macromedia Director, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel.

LANGUAGES:
 

English (mother tongue), French (intermediate), Malay (intermediate), Swedish (basic), Cantonese (basic, spoken only).

References will be provided on request.

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