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 0 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