at Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
- Current
-
- Owner at Write Way Up
- Editing & Writing at Victoria University of Wellington
- Past
-
- Senior English teacher/ Department manager at Dongsung ESL
- English Teacher at OhSung Sik Language Academy
- Private teacher/ Proofreader at Write Way Up
- Day Manager at Calzone
- Education
-
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington Polytechinc
- Connections
-
8
connections
- Industry
- Writing and Editing
- Websites
Daniel Thompson’s Experience
-
Owner
Write Way Up
(Writing and Editing industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
After seven years living and working in South Korea I decided it was time to come home. Most of my work in Seoul consisted of language teaching, proofreading and editing and it seemed a natural step to create my own company back home in New Zealand
-
Editing & Writing
Victoria University of Wellington
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
Research, editing and writing for School of Architecture & Design 2010 promotional brochure.
-
Senior English teacher/ Department manager
Dongsung ESL
(Education Management industry)
February 2004 — April 2009 (5 years 3 months)
Prepared and taught regular classes to business professionals in Seoul, Korea.
Worked one on one with professional clients to prepare them for job interviews, presentations, publications and university applications.
Managed English language department.
Hired and trained new staff.
Developed teaching syllabus.
Designed and published promotional brochures and posters.
Assisted company owner and provided daily advice. -
English Teacher
OhSung Sik Language Academy
(Writing and Editing industry)
January 2003 — December 2003 (1 year )
Taught children aged preschool to high school in a language academy in Yongin, Korea.
Worked on promotional ideas within the Yongin region.
Helped stage annual English Club performance at Gangnam University. -
Private teacher/ Proofreader
Write Way Up
(Education Management industry)
January 1998 — December 2002 (5 years )
Worked as an English teacher helping students for whom English is a second language.
Proofread and edited their writing and gave advice regarding structure and sentence construction,
Prepared and chaired weekly conversation classes in English. -
Day Manager
Calzone
(Restaurants industry)
June 1997 — September 2001 (4 years 4 months)
Worked as a day manager in popular Wellington cafe and bar.
Ordered food and beverage items.
Customer service.
Bookkeeping tasks.
Occasional cook.
Daniel Thompson’s Education
-
Victoria University of Wellington
BA , History & Religious Studies , 1998 — 2002
Assisted overseas students with English writing, speaking and presentation work.
Carried out research with the aim of showing that present human behavior can be explained through past experiences, societal beliefs and religious thought. -
Wellington Polytechinc
Diploma , Catering and tourism , 1993 — 1994
Studied toward becoming a chef.
Studied tourism data, techniques and services.
One year course in Japanese.
Additional Information
Daniel Thompson’s Websites:
Daniel Thompson’s Interests:
Writing, publishing, editing, researching, teaching, training, presenting, traveling, reading, learning new things.
Daniel Thompson’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
