Erica Kawamoto Hsu 徐菁蕾 

Location:

Kaohsiung, Taiwan 高雄, 台灣

linkedin.com/in/ericakhsu

About

Photographer with a background in online media, project management, copyediting, website content management, webinars, marketing and social media

Education

University of California, Berkeley 加州大學柏克萊分校 B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies

Bay Area Video Coalition | Digital Marketing Certificate

Languages

Native English Speaker
Conversational Japanese
Beginner Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese Hokkien

Skills

Adobe Lightroom, Asana, Canva, Content Management Systems (CMS), Final Cut Pro, WordPress

Experience

Photographer 攝影師, Girl Geek X, Berkeley, CA 2019 - Present

  • Partnered with Girl Geek X, an organization amplifying women in technology 科技界的女性, to document girl geek dinners across the greater Bay Area 海灣地區 for sponsors that include OpenAI, Toyota Research Institute, Bosch, LiveRamp, Bloomberg, Microsoft, Confluent, Aurora, Clover Network, Mode, Indeed, Equinix, and Intuit

Photographer 攝影師, Erica Kawamoto Hsu Photography, SF Bay Area and Los Angeles, CA, 2011 - Present

  • Create custom images for marketing and communications 營銷和傳播 projects for organizations
  • Partial client list: Girl Geek X, Downtown Women’s Center, The Kresge Foundation, Westridge School for Girls, Bhava Communications, TechZulu, REACH, Women in Technology Japan, Arcade Agency Tokyo, Women 2.0
  • Publications: Girl Geek X, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Next Web, Forbes, BlogHer, Goop, Asia Pacific Arts, Angry Asian Man, Character Media, The Daily Muse, Women 2.0

Digital Marketing Producer, The San Francisco Marathon 舊金山馬拉松, San Francisco, CA 2018

  • Produced a mobile race app for The Biofreeze San Francisco Marathon powered by Fitbit, including setup of ad spots, info sections, map landmarks, messages and push notifications, and finisher badges using the RTRT.me platform
  • Updated content across SF Marathon, Berkeley Half Marathon, and RUN365 websites using WordPress
  • Shot mobile race day footage for social media 社交媒體, moderated Twitter feed, and created post-event reports using data from RTRT.me, Google Analytics, and Twitter for race partners

Private Blogging Tutor 一對一寫博客輔導, Los Angeles, CA 2013 - 2018

  • Privately tutored two young adult artists 美術家 with special needs 自閉症 (aged 18-31 十八歲到三十一歲) in blogging 寫博客, reading 讀, writing 寫, photography 攝影, and social media 社交媒體
  • Guided two artists in how to blog 寫博客 through weekly blogging lessons where we: set up blogs on Tumblr, created social media profiles, wrote bios, drafted blog 博客 copy, created and published weekly posts, and shared posts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

VP of Social Media 社交媒體, Women in Technology Japan 科技界的女性日本, Tokyo, Japan 2015

  • Led social media strategy, setup, training, and marketing across all social media channels, including the WITJ Facebook page and group, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram
  • Drove community growth, engagement, and email subscriptions by co-producing offline and online activities, such as meetups and live bilingual Twitter chats

Project Manager, InnovativeLanguage.com, Tokyo, Japan 2015

  • Managed multiple localization projects across a diverse range of international languages for a leading language learning mobile app developer and provider of online audio podcast and video content
  • Supervised and managed in-studio audio recordings for various languages using Logic Pro
  • Wrote, copy edited, and proofread content; and researched and created topics and content for various language learning products
  • Created and delivered instructions and templates, organized schedules and target deadlines, managed changes, and finalized content and scripts for the international Ask a Teacher product

Associate, Sharpe + Associates, Los Angeles, CA 2014

  • Managed company website, blog 博客, e-newsletter, and social media channels for agent representing award-winning commercial still and motion artists worldwide
  • Drove a 7% increase in open and click-through rates by redesigning e-newsletter, increased image visibility by updating blog 博客 design, and drove new sales and bidding opportunities by researching and targeting prospective buyers

Project Manager, Midnight Oil, Burbank, CA 2013

  • Produced, managed, and supported new internal business initiatives, including RFI response, pitch decks, flowcharts, timelines, and international exhibitor research for fast-growing, creative entertainment marketing agency
  • Pitched and produced company interview with CEO of international Taiwanese exhibitor, Ambassador Theaters

Marketing Coordinator/Producer, Orange Photography, San Francisco, CA 2012

  • Produced all social media and marketing campaigns for San Francisco photography agency specializing in events, corporate head shots, family portraits, and wedding photography
  • Shined the spotlight on artists’ work via creating and publishing multiple weekly blog 博客 posts, monthly email newsletters, and daily social media content
  • Secured multiple blog and media placements to promote launch of new brand and website by leading media outreach to 100+ media channels and bloggers

Sr. Webinar Producer, Focus (acquired by Ziff Davis), San Francisco, CA 2010 - 2011

  • Oversaw recording and launch for 77 webcasts and 13 interactive summits, day-long online events connecting 1000s of business end-users through 45 minute webcasts presented by expert speakers followed by 15-30 minute online chats
  • Created a training process and led trainings for 90+ new moderators and expert speakers 
  • Scheduled, coordinated, and managed high-profile industry thought leaders across multiple verticals
  • Managed all edits and approvals, and monitored live interactive summits and chat sessions

Webinar Producer, Focus (formerly Tippit, Inc), San Francisco, CA 2007 - 2010

  • Drove successful production of 140+ webinars for a fast-growing B2B online media startup for clients such as Microsoft, Avaya, AT&T, IBM, HP, Sage, Tripwire, Citrix Online, and Oracle, from planning through execution
  • Built and scaled a production process with templates, workflow, and guidelines to support a 7-8x increase in production volume 
  • Sourced, secured, and coordinated 100+ independent third-party experts and top-tier thought leaders for events
  • Drove and coordinated development of event topics, marketing copy, promotional collateral and speaker presentations
  • Organized, led, and supervised prep calls, training sessions, dry-runs, recordings, pre-calls and live events


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