CHOU, YU?JIN

**** *. ******* **. ******* IL, ****0 773-***-**** acxal2@r.postjobfree.com

A bilingual (English/Mandarin) journalist, interpreter and editor born and raised in Taiwan. Has been chasing her American dream since 2009. Equipped with excellent communicational and interpersonal skills, as well as characteristics to lead and motivate a team. Advocate of doing what one excels at and passionate about.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mandarin Quarterly Magazine, Chicago IL Senior Editor, Aug 2011?present

● Built the first ever business and lifestyle city?centric Chinese publication from ground up

● Strategically plan and execute editorial contents for print magazine and digital platforms

● Facilitate to expand the publication from one city edition to both New York and San

Francisco

● Build loyal readership from 0 to 55,000 for print and 6,000+ for digital

● Secure high?profile subjects and brands for editorial collaborations

● Conduct bilingual interviews, produce photoshoots and fashion shows, style

subjects/models

● Lead the entire editorial team and oversee 20+ contributors and photographers

● Provide creative solutions for visuals in print and digital

● Produced and edited over 1000 pieces of editorials for print and digital

(To View Published Works, Click H ere )

Chicago Chinese News, Chicago IL

Reporter, April 2011? Aug 2012

● Covered general assignment stories for the weekly newspaper. Topics covered included

economics, politics, local news, art, community and entertainment

Cook County Sheriff?s Office, Chicago IL

Press Intern, Aug 2010? Dec 2010

● Shot and edited videos, wrote script and voiced over B?rolls

● Conducted interviews with the Sheriff, his staff and inmates of Cook County Jail

● Gathered daily news exposure of the Sheriff

● Facilitated counsel generals of various nationalities and Sheriff?s team to ensure foreign

inmates? rights remained and un?jeopardized

● Researched on criminal records

● Served as an interpreter for Sheriff?s office and the law enforcement team from

Guangdong Province, China

● Generated editorial contents for Sheriff?s official website

Freelance Legal and Medical Interpreter, Chicago IL

April 2011?present

● Interpret for physicians and patients of NorthWestern Memorial Hospital, Loyola Hospital

and Rush University Medical Center

● Interpret for immigration and civil cases

EDUCATION

Roosevelt University, Chicago IL

Master of Arts in Journalism, Aug 2009?April 2011

● Magazine and investigative reporting focus

Chung Jung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Bachelor of Arts in Translation and Interpretation, Aug 2001?June 2005 ● Trained on simultaneous and consecutive interpretation

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

● Final Cut Pro

● InDesign

● Elementary proficiency in French, Japanese and Cantonese

PORTFOLIO

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