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Project Manager for two years at the exclusive strategic partner of China's national TV-drama directors' committee (600+ member directors, chaired by 郑晓龙), operating its flagship national conference and its flagship director training programme. Planned and executed the committee's flagship annual events across 2023–2025, including the 2024 and 2025 China Television Directors Conference and the Directors Masterclass series; the 2025 Ningbo edition drew 600+ attendees.

Two years running company operations, professional-education programmes, national industry conferences, recruitment and business development for the exclusive strategic partner of China's national TV-drama directors' committee.

Period

October 2023 – October 2025, full-time (user-confirmed)

Scope

Company systems, programme operations, conference delivery, recruitment, business development

Scale

Named owner on annual planning, brand/new-media and enrolment workstreams; 3+3 people-management scope; lead event planner across 2023–2025; the 2025 电视剧导演大会 in Ningbo drew 600+ attendees including government officials, major streaming-platform executives and leading industry artists; the relationship with Circle Media spans roughly five years, beginning as a contracted screenwriter in June 2020

Context中广联合会电视剧导演委员会: founded 2008-05-12, 600+ member directors, chaired by 郑晓龙 — the most authoritative body in Chinese TV drama. Circle Media is its exclusive strategic partner since 2023 and exclusive operator of the national 电视剧导演大会 from the 2024 (first) edition. A third role formulation exists in the company's own bilingual employment-verification instrument — 活动策划 / Event Planner, 策划部门, full-time, reporting to the 策划总监 — alongside "Project Manager" and the preserved alternate "Assistant to Chairman". All three are preserved.

Recognition—

Operated four cohorts of China's national advanced TV-director training programme, taught by leading national directors and streaming-platform executives, owning enrolment, market research and regional execution. The programme convened an Academy Award-winning cinematographer, the content chiefs of iQIYI and Tencent Video, and vice presidents of Alibaba Pictures and Beijing Film Academy.

Helped launch and operate four cohorts of China's national advanced training programme for TV drama directors, taught by the country's leading directors and platform executives.

Period

2024–2025, four programmes across the period (user-confirmed)

Scope

Recruitment and enrolment, curriculum and faculty coordination, venue and materials, regional delivery, alumni services

Scale

Four cohorts; 14 named faculty in the cohort-4 line-up; alumni service system with lifetime re-attendance; self-reported unit economics — two national conferences at roughly CNY 3–4M budget each with 400–600 attendees, and four masterclass cohorts of 30–50 at about CNY 200,000 cost against CNY 600,000–800,000 revenue per cohort

ContextGuided by 中广联合会电视剧导演委员会. Faculty include 郑晓龙, 阎建钢, 毛卫宁, 王瑞, 杨磊 and platform executives from iQiyi and Tencent Video. Shanghai session co-guided by 上海市广播影视制作业行业协会 and hosted by 上海温哥华电影学院. Five core modules from 导演实务 to 项目孵化. The faculty and speaker roster also included Peter Pau, winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, 2000); LI Jingsheng, Vice Chairman of the China Federation of Radio and Television Associations; WANG Xiaohui, Chief Content Officer of iQIYI; WANG Juan, Vice President of Tencent Video; DUN Qi, Vice President of Alibaba Pictures;

Recognition—

Executed the second national TV Drama Directors Conference, a three-day flagship industry event covered by 新华网 and 科技日报.

Delivered the second national TV Drama Directors Conference in Ningbo — the industry's flagship annual gathering.

Period

2025-04-26 to 2025-04-28, Ningbo Beilun

Scope

Execution framework, run-of-show, materials, awards and gifting, venue build, vendor coordination

Scale

National industry conference; full materials and prize inventory ownership

ContextSecond annual conference of 中广联合会电视剧导演委员会, theme 拥抱时代、思变求精. Independently reported by 新华网 and 科技日报; Edward's employer publicly named as a co-organiser.

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Creative Development Intern at Alibaba Pictures' Dunqi Studio, where he assessed five major literary IPs over ten weeks. When Medical Examiner Dr. Qin moved into development he was invited to co-develop the pilot script directly with the chief writer, rewriting key scenes and reshaping narrative structure, and authored a two-page positioning brief that the studio's executives adopted to guide the project.

Assessed five major literary IPs at Alibaba Pictures' Dunqi Studio and co-developed the pilot script of the one that moved into development.

Period

2023-06 to 2023-08 (ten weeks)

Scope

IP development and content strategy; 法医秦明 / Medical Examiner Dr. Qin adaptation

Scale

Ten-week placement; assessed five major literary IPs; one moved into development; the commission was 24 episodes x 45 minutes on the 窥视 theme

Context敦淇工作室 was founded in 2017 by 敦淇, producer of 《甄嬛传》; it is one of six in-house production studios under 阿里影业 / Alibaba Pictures, within roughly twenty film and television studios across Alibaba Big Entertainment. 法医秦明：偷窥者 is the sixth novel in 秦明's published series, which Alibaba Pictures genuinely adapts.

Recognition—

Contributing Writer for 南方周末 / Southern Weekly, commissioned to write the paper's analysis of the 96th Academy Awards, published simultaneously on Southern Weekly, Tencent News and NetEase News.

Commissioned by Southern Weekly to write its 96th Academy Awards analysis, published simultaneously across three major Chinese outlets.

Period

2024-03

Scope

Commissioned analysis article

Scale

Simultaneous publication across three national outlets

ContextPublished SIMULTANEOUSLY on Southern Weekly, Tencent News and NetEase News. Southern Weekly is one of China's most influential newspapers; Tencent News and NetEase News are two of its largest news platforms.

Recognition—

Worked as First Execution Director on more than twenty short films and commercial projects, with an average budget around RMB 300,000 and crews from 35 people upward.

Worked as First Execution Director across 20+ short films and commercial projects.

Period

c. 2019–2024

Scope

Short films and commercial projects across China and the United States

Scale

20+ productions; average budget approximately RMB 300,000; crews from 35 people upward, reaching ~80 on the largest

ContextThe individually evidenced entities in this archive account for part of this total; the remainder is unenumerated.

Recognition—

Distinguished Graduate with Honors from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, with a dual major in Film & Television and Cinema Studies — one of only two dual-major candidates selected annually, at a school ranked 4th globally for film, graduating with a GPA of 3.6.

Honours graduate of NYU Tisch with a dual major — one of only two dual-major candidates admitted per year.

Period

graduated 2023

Scope

Film & Television and Cinema Studies

Scale

One of only two annual dual-major candidates; NYU Tisch ranked 4th globally for film by QS; GPA 3.6

ContextNYU Tisch School of the Arts.

Recognition—

Holds JLPT N2 and is working toward N1 under a structured programme, with J-FIND work authorisation (就労可) in Japan — the two load-bearing eligibility facts for any Japan-facing role.

Holds JLPT N2 and is working toward N1 under a structured programme, with J-FIND work authorisation (就労可) in Japan.

Period

2025–2026

Scope

Japanese language certification and Japan work eligibility

Scale

N2 certified, structured programme toward N1: 12 h/wk self-study across 6 days plus 4.5–6 h/wk taught

ContextJ-FIND is recorded as 就労可 (work permitted). Study system toward N1: 1-on-1 3–4 h/wk, group business class 1.5–2 h/wk, 12 h/wk structured self-study across 6 active days, targeting N1 and interview readiness by mid-2026. NOT independently certified in the corpus — no certificate scan is preserved.

Recognition—

English / 中文 / 日本語 (JLPT N2)

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