
Kat Yan
Insights | Brand | Product in Anywhere, California, they/them
About
Consultative, curious, and culturally sensitive, with global experience working cross-functionally with technical teams to build products people want to use.
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Writing
Work Experience
For the Office of the Associate Dean (Indigenous) and Chair of the Committee of Associate Deans and Delegates (Indigenous), Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne.
Connecting brands to culture → providing subject matter expertise in youth/fan online cultures and digital identity formation from the APAC/Oceania perspective.
Bridged user/market insights with business objectives to lead global Go-To-Market campaigns for new product and feature releases, surpassing revenue targets of 5-10x budget through innovative transmedia tactics.
Analyzed and showcased trends across travel, sustainability, design, manufacturing, and energy in the Oceania geo, contributing to a monthly global compilation insights report for a major urban development client.
→ Led GTM for feature launches and new game development and drove development and implementation of new production processes, doubling output of in-game content.
→ Played a key role in closing an acquisition deal with Animoca Brands, resulting in a promotion within four months.
Promoted within three months for innovating cross-collaborative processes to improve campaign delivery and for playing a key role in sensitively managing executive communications during emerging crisis situations.
Supported events marketing, community management, fundraising/sponsor outreach, and copywriting for Agile Australia/Tech23 conferences and associated editorial content.
Supported research collaboration between Melbourne Social Equity Institute Research Fellows and VICE Media.
Projects
Volunteering
Education
First Class Honours
First Class Honours