William YAN

William YAN

Assistant of General Manager

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    SMU MBA 2024

  • Education

    • Teachers College, Columbia University

      2020 - 2020
      Certificate Education

      Certificate of the College Advising Program with 3 continuing education units (CEUs)

    • Yanshan University

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Arts - BA English Language and Literature, General
    • IE Business School

      2024 - 2024
      Exchange student Luxury Management
    • Singapore Management University

      2023 - 2025
      Master of Business Administration - MBA

      Activities and Societies: Leadership Scholarship

    • Wesleyan University

      2019 - 2019
      Certificate from Coursera Creative Writing

      In total, I passed 7 courses for this certificate.

  • Experience

    • Basic Points

      Jul 2014 - May 2015
      Assistant of General Manager

      -Helped the general manager with his meeting report, presentation slides, document translation, etc.,-Inspected 40+ shops on behalf of the general manager to collect first-hand review and grades;-Studied the basic knowledge of luxury management and marketing.

    • Chinamerica Educational Development Consulting Associates (CEDCA)

      May 2015 - Oct 2016
      Vice Manager, Career Planning Department

      -Studied information and knowledge of 2000+ colleges around the world;-Being the first one to bring out the idea of “planning ahead” and built a small team with 4 colleagues to design customized application plans, which was widely used in our industry;-Together with my team, rebuilt the school database which was outdated for long;-Attended 10+ lectures as the keynote speaker, and shared my point of view with clients.

    • 北京时代焦点国际教育咨询有限责任公司

      Oct 2016 - Dec 2018
      Regional Director

      -Established the first branch company of Focus Education outside Beijing;-Organized a team of 10 people for the business; the entire personnel structure stays stable until now;-Held&attended 15+ seminars, lectures and panels in various occasions; Made speech in each of them and being interviewed by several media such as BBC;-Made a revenue of more than 5 million RMB during the two years.

    • YesToAll Education

      Dec 2018 - Dec 2023
      Founder

      -Initiated an Education Consulting company with no funding, and achieved profit within a year;-Provided analytic-driven guidance for high school and college students, resulting in a 70%+ success rate in securing offers from top-tier institutions such as QS100 or USNews Top30 schools;-Established influencer status on Red and WeChat through engaging videos and articles. Generated leads via broadcasts, podcasts, and knowledge-sharing pages (Red Account: william910819);-With the exception of 2020 due to pandemic, the year-average gross profit was above 1.5 million RMB. Show less

    • 自由职业

      Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
      Freelance Copywriter

      -Freelance-cooperated with several ad agencies, and wrote certain articles, slogans and translations for their clients; offered creative ideas from time to time.

    • Jenga Business Consulting Group

      Aug 2024 - now
      Business Development Consultant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • WSET Level 2

      Wine & Spirit Education Trust
      Jan 2022
    • College advising certification

      Teachers College, Columbia University
      Jun 2020