April 2022 – Present | Communications & Engagement Lead – RightsCon, Access Now
March 2020 – Present | Co-Founder, Asian Voices Europe
May 2018 – Present | Owner, Jiyeah Seong Tolk & Vertaler
August 2018 – March 2022 | Strategy Advisor, Human Rights Foundation
February 2021 – January 2022 | Junior Researcher, Clingendael Institute
EDUCATION
M.A. European Studies on Society, Science and Technology, Maastricht University
Certificate in French Language and Literature, CEFR C2, Catholic University of Lyon
B.A. International Studies, Korea University
Studies I’ve almost gone into:
PhD in Biomedicine, Self and Society (Project by Dr. Ingrid Young), Edinburgh University
M.A. in Science and Technology Studies, University of Strasbourg
M.A. in Conference Interpreting (English, Korean, French), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
M.A. in Conference Interpreting (Korean, English, French), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Admission to NHN NEXT, Naver Corp.
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
Communications + Media Coordination + Outreach
Project management
Translation + Consecutive Interpreting + Localization
Event planning + logistics + on-ground coordination
ETC
Languages spoken: Korean, English, French (C2), Dutch (B2), German (B2), Spanish (B2)
Certified Microsoft Office Master (MOS) since 2007
Tools I love: Notion, Slack, Pocket
When I was young(er), I wanted to become:
A scientist, a cartoonist, and a punk band drummer (in that order).
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