Hans Cho
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Experience
MSL Group, New York, NY
Sep 2012 - Present
Freelance Digital/Social Media Producer - Clients: Lilly, Proctor and
Gamble, Sealed Air, PRSA www.mslworldwide.com
. MSL Group is Publicis Group's flagship strategic communications and
engagement network
. Work includes microsites leveraging the Wordpress platform, iPhone and
android applications, and social media executions
Responsibilities include:
. Translate client business strategies into functional design and
technical requirements for design and programming resources
. Perform usability audits of client's digital properties including
websites, social media platforms and intranets
. Coordinate programming resources in satellite MSL offices,
including India, and interview and hire freelancers as dictated by
project
requirements. Manage offshore development process for timely
delivery.
Pictorious, New York, NY
Nov 2011- Aug 2012
Product Manager
www.pictorious.com
. Pictorious is an iOS photo sharing startup that allows users to create
challenges and vote on the best pictures for each challenge
. Selected as one of ten startups for Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Accelerator(ERA)'s second Class
Responsibilities include:
. Drive product development process including writing use
cases, UX wireframe reviews, creative concepting, and feature
prioritization
. Manage agile development process alongside CTO in order to
ensure timely and stable product release for iOS app and website
through JIRA. Technologies implemented include cloud based
architecture(Amazon EC2/S3, Heroku) and REST API services built with
Node.JS/MongoDB.
. Manage full QA process including creation of automated UI
Testing written in Javascript
R/GA Media Group, New York, NY
Apr 2010 - Nov 2011
Freelance Associate Producer - Client: Walmart
www.rga.com
. Lead and manage digital workstreams from scope creation to timely
delivery
. Work includes custom web platforms, social media executions, iPhone
applications, traditional OLA campaigns
Select Project Experience:
Walmart Common Application Platform (CAP)
A sandboxed, multi-agency hosting environment that utilizes a
combination of CMS solutions, hosting solutions, custom web services
and a
common component and code library. CAP provided Walmart with its own
dedicated hosting solution which led to over $1MM of savings.
. Hosted daily scrum call with clients and agency partners to
review timelines and key deliverables
. Created technical roadmap of all proposed Walmart digital
properties and feature set in order to create cost-optimized release
schedule
. Collaborated with Walmart engineering team to leverage
existing technologies and to gain approval of technical architecture
Disney-Pixar's Cars 2 Movie Facebook Application
The first and only Walmart giveaway campaign ever that rewarded movie
ticket vouchers, product coupons and video game codes to
participants. Campaign included custom CGI animation development, an
SMS to phone application, in-store signage and a cinema spot.
Achieved 9 min. average interaction, outperformed messaging goals by
132%, acknowledged by Disney Marketing as "best agency team ever."
. Managed offshore development team through daily scrums to
review deliverables and development milestones
. Develop and review creative assets with Fortune 500 partners
including Disney-Pixar, Kimberly-Clark, Fisher-Price, Kraft, and Kellogg's
Financial Reporting and Efficiency Analysis
. Managed creation, execution, and delivery of monthly
financial reconciliation document of $23MM retainer working with
Managing Director of Production and Vice President of Client Services
. Created custom database for production department in
Microsoft Sharepoint to create efficiencies in status report creation and
allow for
more robust statistical analysis of overall R/GA performance
Technical Documentation and Business Requirements Gathering
. Interviewed Project Stakeholders in order to determine
Business Requirements for both Walmart Marketing and Corporate
Communication clients. Projects include iPhone Holiday
App, Sustainability Corporate Site, and CrowdSaver FB App
. Worked with Senior Technical Director to transform business
requirements into technical feature set and project plans.
Education
Yale University, New Haven, CT
B.A. Economics, May 2004
Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, MA
Sept 2004 - May 2006
Columbia University School of Dental Medicine, New York, NY
Sept 2007 - May 2008
Attended for one year before withdrawing