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Yun Cheng Mok’s Summary
Master of Commerce graduate from the University of Sydney seeking a client-servicing position in the Media and Communications industry. Creative, analytical and detail-oriented with excellent communication skills. Has three years of working experience in Publishing as an editor and as a newspaper publishing system consultant.
Client management skills
- As a client-services consultant for a newspaper publishing system, demonstrated ability to maintain composure and work well independently and with a team in a newsroom environment to satisfy customer expectations.
- As a production editor for a publishing house, liaised with authors on issues regarding book agreements, copyediting and promotional material.
Communication and research skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Able to research and write on a variety of topics (Technology, Finance, Arts) in excellent English. A limited selection of essays can be found at http://psyche.terrapolis.org/essays.
- Copyedit manuscripts on a freelance basis.
Technical skills with a creative edge
- Two years working experience in analytical problem-solving as a publishing system vendor.
- Good working knowledge of content management system installation, management and template design.
- Designed a Singapore Fashion heritage website for a university pair-work project “Fashion Singapore” http://ephemeral.terrapolis.org/fashion. Recommended by the lecturer to the National Heritage Board for possible collaboration.
Yun Cheng Mok’s Specialties:
Finance, financial modeling, website design, HTML, CSS, PHP, Excel, VBA, Drupal, Mediawiki, book editing, Japanese (JLPT2).
Yun Cheng Mok’s Experience
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Consultant
Atex
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
March 2007 — June 2007 (4 months)
- Supported Hermes implementation, focusing on client-side software.
- Guided newspaper staff on matters regarding upgrades of the client-side software throughout the newsroom floor.
- Troubleshooted and analysed faults.
- Drafted support documentation.
- Worked with the global support team and developers via regular call conferences to ensure faults were correctly reported, escalated and addressed.
- Designed, deployed and supported Excel VBA macro tools for the support team. -
Systems Analyst
Unisys
(Public Company; UIS; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)
October 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 6 months)
- Supported Hermes implementation, focusing on client-side software.
- Guided newspaper staff on matters regarding upgrades of the client-side software throughout the newsroom floor.
- Troubleshooted and analysed faults.
- Drafted support documentation.
- Worked with the global support team and developers via regular call conferences to ensure faults were correctly reported, escalated and addressed.
- Designed, deployed and supported Excel VBA macro tools for the support team. -
Production Editor
World Scientific Publishing Co.
(Publishing industry)
June 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 4 months)
- Oversaw the production and publication of scientific journals and books.
- Liaised with authors on issues regarding book agreements, copyediting and artwork.
- Other duties: designing book layouts, writing promotional material, processing research manuscript submissions.
Yun Cheng Mok’s Education
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University of Sydney
Master of Commerce , Finance , 2007 — 2008
2008 July to Nov
Portfolio Theory and its Applications 77/100 Distinction
Fixed Income Securities 90/100 High Distinction
Global Trading 85/100 High Distinction
Corporate Valuation 80/100 Distinction
2008 Mar to Jun Results
Accounting Principles 85/100 High Distinction
Derivative Securities 82/100 Distinction
Mergers and Acquisitions 88/100 High Distinction
Financial Modelling 85/100 High Distinction
2007 Jul to Nov Results
Microeconomic Theory 94/100 High Distinction
Macroeconomic Theory 82/100 Distinction
Capital Markets and Corporate Finance 79/100 Distinction
Quantitative Finance 77/100 Distinction -
National University of Singapore
Bachelor of Computing , Information and Communications Management , 2000 — 2003
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Yun Cheng Mok’s Interests:
finance, investing, travel, Japanese language, Japanese culture, anime, website designing, yoga, pilates, science fiction
Yun Cheng Mok’s Groups:
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