Sara Kim

Experience

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  KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)

  Jun 2007 - Apr 2009

  News Writer/Radio News Anchor

  Wrote news - including domestic and international political, economic, social and cultural stories - gathered from Yonhap and KBS news wires. Then, edited, recorded, and posted to world.kbs.co.kr.

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  TBS eFM 華語

  Jun 2009 - Oct 2011

  News Writer/Radio News Anchor

  Wrote news - including domestic and international political, economic, social and cultural stories - gathered from AP, Yonhap, and AFP news wires, edited, and read on live radio on 101.3 FM. Also recorded/edited BBC news audio clips using DASO Pro program and did field interviews.

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  Various

  Sept 2012 - May 2024

  Contributing Writer

  Published with Vice, Audible, Hyphen Magazine, Bust Magazine, Truthout, Taxonomy Press, The Normal School, Time Out, and others.

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  Visual Website Optimizer

  Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

  Client Success Manager

  Trained enterprise clients on how to use software, continually strategizing with them on how to successfully A/B test on their websites. Helped in driving adoption and client renewal rate. Represented the company at conferences, met existing and prospective clients, performed software demos. Organized troubleshooting meetings between clients and engineers to problem solve complex issues. Continually updated how-to articles in knowledge base.

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  Mind's Eye Productions

  Nov 2016 - Jul 2018

  Director's Assistant/Production Associate

  Assisted director Deirdre Fishel on her documentary "Women in Blue" following women in the Minneapolis Police Department, which premiered on PBS in 2021.

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  A&E Television

  Jul 2018 - Aug 2019

  Video Editor
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  Bloomberg LP

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

  Video Editor/Content Producer

  Worked closely with producers in NY, London, Dubai, Hong Kong, Tokyo to create video sequences, photo montages, multi-cam interviews, record speech translations, and other pieces for live and pre-recorded news broadcasts using Adobe Premiere and Media Encoder under tight deadlines. Selected clips and prepared carefully written summaries to publish on Bloomberg.com and within the Bloomberg Terminal. Worked closely with IT to navigate and troubleshoot systems issues regularly.

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  Center for Digital Experiences at Pratt Institute

  Mar 2022 - May 2022

  User Experience Consultant

  Worked in a four-person user experience consultancy team to evaluate the mobile website of our client, PackitGourmet.com. Carried out moderated user testing on participants over Zoom to observe their behavior as they navigated through tasks. After analysis, made recommendations to client for a smoother user journey.

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  La Macina di San Cresci

  Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

  Researcher
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  New York City Mayor's Office of Management and Budget

  Aug 2023 - now

  I perform ETL, run SQL queries to gather most recent grant and budget data, clean and analyze data using R and Python, develop Power BI dashboards to show key metrics and data patterns, trace systems and visualize via ERDs, help streamline any current processes, create SOPs to document processes

  • Senior Analyst

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Analyst

    Aug 2023 - now