Wong Man Yee
International experience (Hong Kong, England and Korea)
Work Experience
2006 - now
Sedna Logic Limited, Hong Kong (supporting UBS, a Swiss investment
bank)
Technical Writer (one-year contract)
- Reviewed written user manuals, FAQ's and training materials on a web-based wealth management system
- Reformated and standardised an extensive amount of textual and graphical information
- Maintained content inventories for enhanced content management and reuse
- Worked closely
with a senior technical writer on ad-hoc tasks
2001, 2005 - 2006
Various firms or organisations, Hong Kong and England
Software QA Tester, Technical Writer, Proofreader and Translator
- Edited test plans and test cases to help prepare for testing various types of web sites and software (clients included Fisher-Price, UK Department of Health and so on)
- Wrote technical documents such as user manuals, training materials and test reports (supervised by Project Managers or Senior Technical Writer)
- Performed functionality, usability, localisation, stress, regression and ad-hoc tests on web sites and software
- Produced web site contents (English and Chinese)
- Translated instructional materials from English into Traditional Chinese and vice versa
- Collaborated with translators speaking different languages to verify data in localisation testing (UK English, US English, French, German, Italian, Castilian Spanish, Latin American Spanish and Greek)
- Guided a small group of two to four junior testers and writers
2003
UK Online Centre, c/o SENSE, England
Web Accessibility Analyst (Web site for the visually impaired)
- Researched and investigated the needs of deafblind Internet users
- Proposed a usable and assessible prototype for a Coventry branch web site
1999 - 2000
Ion Global, Hong Kong
Website Tester and Web Research Assistant, Hong Kong
- Executed test cases to find errors and defects on clients' web sites (clients included various HSBC departments, Fidelity and so on)
- Worked on the textual information with designers to refine the graphical user interfaces
- Collected and analysed information on travel-related web sites in North American and pan-European regions
Volunteering and Cultural Experience
2004 - 2005,
2006 (full-time, worked remotely from England or Hong Kong)
Myongdong Info Zone of Youth (MIZY), c/o UNESCO, South Korea
International Intern, Programme Planner, Book Author, Book Designer, Photographer
- This project was my final year project at Coventry University and continued as a live project after my graduation in the summer of 2005
- Wrote, edited and designed a guidebook to share my experience and personal insights regarding youth-oriented cross-cultural work in South Korea (target users: English-speaking Korean young people and people from different countries who promote cross-cultural awareness in South Korea)
- Conducted research to understand my Korean client's requirements and needs
- Project planning and management (worked independently from the 12 dummy versions through the final version)
- The book was published
by MIZY, c/o UNESCO in 2006 and distributed to selected non-profit cultural
organisations in South Korea
2005
Vaerlandet, Norway
International Youth Leadership and Cultural Exchange
- Participated a two-week international seminar on a remote Norwegian Island called Vaerlandet
- Theme: Using your local area and resources to organise a youth exchange event in a remote village with limited resources
- The training covered project planning, communication, budgeting and evaluation
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Worked in groups with European participants (Norwegian, English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Spanish, Belgian, Portuguese and Latvian) to experiment how to solve problems in organising a multicultural, youth-oriented event
2005
Warwick University and Coventry University, England
English Language Support
- Volunteered as a full-time team host to support 26 Korean participants for the International Children's Games 2005 (children's Olympics) from 3 July 2005 to 11 July 2005
- Participated a three-day training prior to the start of the event
2003 - 2004
Myongdong Info Zone of Youth (MIZY), c/o UNESCO, South Korea
Teaching, Translation and Project Planning
- Planned and organised cross-cultural awareness activities, targeting Korean young people (aged up to 24) and people from other countries (of all ages)
- Assisted Programme Coordinators / Programme Specialists (my supervisors) in the planning and organisation of activities to foster intercultural understanding and tolerance
- Conducted research and developed teaching materials on various cultural topics
- Wrote English contents for MIZY's official web site
- Proofread Korean-Chinese translation
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International experience
- Guestbook