Simin Tan
Mobile: 07579680155
E-mail:st283@student.le.ac.uk
Eligibility to work in the UK: T4 General Student Visa
Address: 24 Broadwalk Pinner Road North Harrow,London HA2 6ED
Career Objective
Forward-thinking and confident interpretation and marketing graduate with well communication
skills, and proven ability to build relationship, seeking an entry-level position in the area of
interpreting.
Education
2012-2013 MA Modern Languages, Translation Studies, University of Leicester
Relevant Modules include: Current Issues in Translation Research and Practice,
Research Skills and Methods in Translation Studies (1) & (2), The Development of
Translation Studies, Interpreting
2011-2012 2:1 class BA Marketing Management (Top-up), University of Northampton
Relevant Modules include: Consumer Behavior, Customer Relationship
Management, Project Research, Principles of Marketing, E-Retailing
2008-2011 2:1 Diploma of Marketing, Box Hill Institute of Tafe, Australia
Relevant Modules include: Manage Budgets and financial plans, Identify and
Evaluate marketing opportunities, establish and adjust the marketing mix, implement
and monitor direct marketing activities
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Working Experience
Jan.2013-April.2013
Meeting coordinator- Anech (Location: London)
 Mainly be responsible for coordinate the meeting arrangement between the Chinese
delegation with the UK local institution
 Communicating different people at different levels
Jan-present
Freelance Conference interpreter (Location: London)
 Interpret for the delegation from Tianjing City for financial service, in the institution
of London Guildhall, Standard Chartered, Ikon Financial Group etc.
 Interpret for the delegation from the Zhejiang province for having meeting with the
Milton Keynes Council about the city planning and technologies development
March. 2010-Dec.2010 Internship, Starbucks Coffee, China (Location:China)
 Assist to produce 3years marketing develop plan for the company.
 Participated to develop new and existing products based on the current demand from the
customers
 Provided strategic recommendations for Starbucks from analyzing different dimensions: the
macro-environment, the micro-environment, Porter’s Five Forces, Internal Audit, and
SWOT analysis, and based on these factors producing strategic recommendations.
 Interacted friendly with customers, by having seminars with them, or undertaking the
customer satisfaction survey.
Jan.2011-Jun.2011 Telephone Banking Customer Service, Citi bank (Hong Kong) ltd
(Location:China)
 Be able to work under a virtual work theme .Such as advised and assisted customers,
recommend new financial products, maintaining a friendly yet efficient through the
telephone phone service.
 Provided the related professional bank service, including: remittances, currency exchange,
reporting the lost and stolen cards etc. Communicated effectively and patiently with
customers when they file a complaint
 Introducing the latest promotion in buying the financial products.
 Demonstrates capability to work in a fast-paced environment faced with competing
demands; such as required to pick up at least 120 calls a day and finish within 2 minutes.
Having effective time management skills in order to meet tight deadline
Jun.2010 Volunteer, Community Work
Fund raising for the disabled children (Selling the second-hand products), raising 1000 RMB
within 5 days.
Sep. 2009 School Journalist, interviewed the Hong Kong Bamboo Enterprise manager
Planned the 30 minutes face to face interview individually, preparation includes:
setting the interview outline, arranging appointment with manager, interview, and
photographing, writing press release for the university.
Key Skills
Good command in language
I can speak Mandarin, Cantonese, English fluently.Have ability in doing both interpretation and
written translation between Chinese and English. Strong command of English and Chinese, able to
do both consecutive and simultaneous interpreting in the conference; able to work under pressure
and concentrate for long periods of time, and react quickly.
Communication
Adept speaker, accustomed to delivering presentations in front of audiences as part of regular
assessment during my degree, able to convey information clearly and concisely and produce
consistently high standards of written work as reflected in marks awarded for assignments
Team Work
Excellent team player, able to significantly contribute and work in a diverse team coming from
different countries to achieve a common objective, usually is a good listeners to follow the
instruction from the team leaders
Reference : available on request