Duanduan Zhou
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EDUCATION
Stanford University Sept 2020 – June 2022
Master of Arts in East Asian Languages and Cultures Stanford
Courses: Operations Management (A+), International Technology Management, Critical Theory and Ecology
GPA 4.10/4.00
University of Hong Kong (HKU) Sept 2016 – June 2020 Bachelor of Arts Hong Kong
Major: Global Creative Industries, Comparative Literature; Minor: Finance
Courses: Economics, Corporate Finance, Investment, Statistics, Advertising, Psychology, Machine Vision
GPA 3.63/4.30 (First Class Honor), World Education ServicesGPA 3.77/4.00
Honors: China Soong Ching Ling Foundation Scholarship (~half tuition), Dean’s Honors List (2017, 2019) Columbia University Jan 2019 – May 2019
Visiting Student New York
GPA 4.0/4.0 (Courses: Modern Japan, Labor and Leisure in Contemporary China) WORK EXPERIENCE
Ipsos (China) Consulting Co., Ltd June 2020 – Sept 2020 Summer Intern Beijing
Engaged in business reorganization and development of 3 top medical technology companies; formulated market entry, business development and product line extension strategies by investigating industry dynamics, chains, key trends, competitive landscape and conducting competitor product mapping
Facilitated client’s strategic decision making by collating research findings into databases; designed survey and interview strategy (including drawing flowcharts of clinical practice guidelines) to improve the data-collection effectiveness by 20%
Six AM Education and Technology Group Ltd. July 2019 – Aug 2020 Co-founder Beijing
Started the Internet-based, technology-driven group targeting medical and vocational English, with 20,000+ users
Directed firm operations by allocating resources, evaluating challenges and designing process and policies that advance continuous improvements to workflow
Led a technical team to develop an e-learning App while opening up 3 sales distribution channels for self-developed courses, driving up revenues by 50% and growing customer base by 25% Columbia Global Center Beijing June 2019 – Aug 2019 Summer Intern Beijing
Assisted in the center’s press and media management, including translating and editing news articles, retrieving and collating databases, and drafting the annual report for Columbia Beijing Center
Coordinated planning and on-site management of 6 events with event recap posted on Columbia’s official websites MOViE MOViE, Edko Films Ltd. May 2018 – Aug 2018
Programming and Marketing Intern Hong Kong
Designed social media marketing strategy on Facebook and Instagram to promote movie channel, driving a 30% growth of interaction rate and a 20% growth of fanbase; curated a 2 month movie screening for a landmark revitalization project in HK, facilitating its post-industrial transformation into open cultural space EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Boston Consulting Group July 2020 – Aug 2020
Strategy Consulting Project Participant Virtual
Worked on a strategic business development project of a leading telecommunications company
Performed market analysis, business model and financial performance analysis of client and two competitors; established financial forecasting models and data-based market-pricing strategies Oliver Wyman Case Competition Mar 2020 – Apr 2020
Participant Hong Kong
Provided market entry and business development strategies for an Internet health-care insurer by researching into industrial reports and policies, conducting M&A feasibility analysis and drawing competitor dynamics of business layout, development profile, corporate structure, and financial performance based on annual reports Music Society, Arts Association, HKU Nov 2016 – Nov 2017 External Vice President Hong Kong
Organized 6 major events and developed 9 financial sponsors to optimize members’ welfare
Presented as a councilor on the board, engaged actively in constitution review of Arts Association Council SKILLS & INTERESTS
Technical Skills: MS Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint; Photoshop, MailChimp; working knowledge of Python and SQL
(Coursera Certificates authorized by IBM: Databases and SQL for Data Science; Python for Data Science and AI ) Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (Fluent: TOEFL: 111; GRE: 333 + 4.0), Cantonese (Fluent), Japanese (Elementary) Interests: Writing (National Grand Prize & 60+ publications), Antique Collection (qualified collector), Hiking, Photography