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Name
Nationality
Immigration status
Location
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Email |
Edward Williams
British
Hong Kong Permanent Resident
Hong Kong
+852 9195 1852
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| Career |
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| 2010 - present |
Isobar Hong Kong Ltd.
Business Director
As Business Director at Isobar Hong Kong Limited I oversee all our 'Owned media' projects. Working closely with information architects, interaction designers, strategic planners, creatives, project managers and developers in teams across multiple time zones, I specialize in online solutions for the travel industry and have worked closely with Emirates Group, Tourism Boards and several international hotel groups over the years in addition to large property developers.
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| 2008-2010 |
wwwins Consulting Hong Kong Ltd.
Group Account Director
My role at wwwins was expanded in 2008 when I became the Group Account Director, helping guide teams and clients across multiple industry verticals to effective and innovative solutions.
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| 2007-2008 |
wwwins Consulting Hong Kong Ltd.
Account Director
Ion Global was acquired by Isobar in September 2007 and was integrated into wwwins Greater China.
As Account Director I focused on projects with Emirates Group. Working closely with Emirates staff, I worked on long-term strategies for Emirates' various business units, with the projects I have been involved with having a strong focus on Information Architecture and Interaction Design, usually lasting 6-12 months. |
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| 2005-2007 |
Ion Global Ltd.
Account Director
Originally employed as Project Manager, I worked on various web projects for clients such as Tourism Australia, KLM, CDC Corporation, Hong Kong Arts Festival and The Hongkong Shanghai Hotels.
In 2006 I became Account Director looking after two main accounts, Peninsula Hotels and Emirates Group, later focusing on just Emirates' projects.
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| 2001-2005 |
Compelite Limited
Project Manager
Compelite is an IT company which provides web design, interactive CD ROMs, presentations, database design and programming, mass-emailing, online documentation systems, online surveys, Search Engine Optimisation, networking, computer support, training, web and email hosting and graphic and corporate ID design.
I joined the company in 2001 as a Flash programmer, when there was only 3 members of staff. I progressed to Web Project Manager and Acting General Manager. During this time I was heavily involved in expanding the business and growing the company to a stage where there were 21 people in the office. |
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| 2000-2001 |
Freelance Web Designer
I resigned from P&T Architects in June 2000 in order to study web design more intensively. During this period I took a series of short computing courses, studied at home, and took on small freelance web design projects. |
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| 1999-2000 |
Computer Training
During this period I attended night classes in computing and taught myself HTML, JavaScript, CGI and Flash Action Scripting. |
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| 1994-2000 |
P&T Architects and Engineers
Head of Department
Employed as in-house Modelmaker. Promoted to Senior Modelmaker, and then to Head of the Department of 10 modelmakers after 3 years. Work involved Project Management, organizing workshop and quoting on jobs. During this period we built models of some of the largest developments in the world, mainly in China and South East Asia. |
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| 1994 |
IMA (International Models Asia)
Partner
Set up IMA with three other partners, making primarily architectural models. Work involved organizing and setting up workshop, marketing and advertising, quoting, project management, client meeting and sourcing & purchasing of materials. |
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| 1992-1994 |
Miners Models, Hong Kong.
Team Leader
Duties included project management,
delegation of work to team members,
quotations and purchasing & sourcing of
materials.
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| 1992 |
Moved to Hong Kong |
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| 1991-1992 |
Freelance Modelmaking
During this period I freelanced for a number
of Modelmaking companies around London
including;
W.E.D Models
Tim Weare & Partners
Berry Place Models
Kandor Models
Atlantic Design |
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| 1988-1991 |
Tetra Associates, London.
Initially employed in architectural
modelmaking but crossed into modelmaking
for still-shot advertising and set building. |
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| 1989 |
John Michael Design, London.
Summer placement as Interior designer. |
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| Education |
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| 1987-1990 |
Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication, London.
BA (Hons) in Furniture and Related Product
Design. |
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| 1985-1987 |
Medway College of Design, Kent.
BTEC National Diploma in Design
(3 Dimensional Product Design). |
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| 1984-1985 |
Medway College of Design, Kent.
BTEC National Diploma in Design
(Silversmithing). |
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