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MY STORY
Osaka, Japan
London, UK
Shanghai, China
Education is the foundation of my story. I’ve always been studious throughout school, however my life completely shifted when I received an ‘A Better Chance’ scholarship to attend high school in Wisconsin. After graduating a year early, I traveled to Japan, UK, and China to study and work abroad. Through my travels, I developed a second language, established life-long connections, and learned how to conduct business in different parts of the globe.
New York, US
My mother and I studied watchmaking together at a YMCA in Brooklyn. After taking a few courses and learning the foundations of watchmaking, I was offered an internship where I helped assemble watches by hand. True story…it was very common for me to walk down busy Manhattan streets with precious diamonds and rubies in my pocket in order to get parts assembled, polished, and/or photographed. I was also responsible for promoting watches and building our online presence by creating photos and videos, along with collaborating with the press for PR campaigns.
London, UK
This was my first ever job! We were a small yet robust team that worked very closely together. The company consisted of one long desk, so we often assisted each other with market research projects. Primarily, I worked directly under the CEO to organize communications and finalize legal documents between stakeholders.
New York, US
As an Executive assistant I was given a wide-range of responsibilities that were time-sensitive, however also required astute attention to detail. I assisted managers of different departments such as marketing, community development, bank secrecy, and the finance department with calculations, research and document reviews. Through these interactions, I gained a fundamental understanding of bank operations.
My primary roles consisted of analyzing the profitability of business loans as well as the bank’s overall lending performance. In addition, I assisted the marketing manager in market research projects and data collection.
London, UK
Shanghai, China
Osaka, Japan
New York, USA
After gaining valuable experience in business operations, I wanted to explore my creative side. Throughout my time abroad, I filmed hundreds of free videos in the form of short-films, event promos, documentaries, educational content, and interviews. Through my efforts, people would offer me jobs for small projects and my answer was always ‘yes’. From graphic design, web-design, photography, and video projects to eventually more long-term contract work.
Shanghai, China
My efforts paid off as a freelancer and I was offered a job as a Graphic Designer. Being that I began as a Freelancer, I didn’t have much of a creative process at the start. Through this experience however, I learned how to begin with an intention, build frameworks to get there, and communicate the process with the team. Essentially I went from artist to designer.
In addition to my design skills improving, my ability to communicate with multiple teams excelled significantly. As a design team, we corresponded with the US Marketing/Sales team, Chinese suppliers, and UK retailers.
London, UK
New York, US
Gathering all of my corporate experience and merging it with my creative skill-set, I built packages that would solve larger business needs. This entailed working with customers for longer-term projects on their branding and content creation needs. In addition, ‘The Great Media’ brand also consisted of sub-brands such as London, Paris, and New York 100. This is my flagship web-series where I interview entrepreneurs and business owners from different industries as well as organize events.
New York, US
Tokyo, Japan
Firstly, my name is Amadeus…. Music was embedded into the fabric of my identity. And from a young age, I played both the Piano and Trumpet. アマちゃん (Amachan) is a combination of all of my personal interests; Digital art, music, and Japanese language. Through my music, I strive to enlighten people on just how powerful they truly are.
