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John T. Y.  Leung

Professional Communicator and Writer

Qualified to write...  
 
  • Web contents and blog posts
     
  • Event Marketing Materials
     
  • Articles and Profiles
     
  • Social media posts
     
  • Research reports and proposals
     
  • ...and more!
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About

About Me

          Writing has been my passion since young.  I write fiction for leisure, but I prefer a career in professional communication.
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          My journey to become a professional writer began in 2021, when I took the Professional Communications Diploma program at Douglas College in New Westminster, BC.  There, I learned about the communications profession, introduced to various genres in writing, and improved my writing skills to write clearly and concisely.  
     
          By combining my passions for sports and writing, I hope to connect with sports fans with my professional writing skills and bring success to sports organizations with my previous work experience.
Qualification

Qualifications

Here are my education and work history, plus my professional attributes

Attributes

  • Trustworthy, committed, and a quick learner
  • Gather information with researching and interviewing skills
  • Work well both alone and in a team to meet deadlines 
  • Handle sensitive matters with tact, discretion, and confidentiality
  • Generate public interests with event posts on website
  • Personable with colleagues and others
  • Fluent in English and conversational Cantonese

Education

2021 - 2023
Douglas College
Professional Communications Diploma
New Westminster, BC

2004 - 2010
Langara College
Bachelor's Degree in Business Management
Vancouver, BC
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Langara College Logo

Work Experience

2024-Ongoing
Sports Communications Writer:
SportAbility
 

  • Featured 2 para hockey players by interviewing and writing articles on them.

  • Updated supporters with event recaps on monthly newsletters.

  • Learned about adaptive sports through attending live competitions and talking to athletes.

2023 (Practicum)
Communications
Assistant:
BC Blind Sports 
Burnaby, BC 
 

  • Showcased 4 blind sports athletes by interviewing and writing articles on them

  • Encouraged volunteering by creating a volunteer brochure

  • Proofread and edited website contents with plain English for easy understanding

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BC Blind Sports logo
Canadian Cancer Society logo
2013-2017
Data Entry Assistant:
Canadian Cancer Society
Vancouver, BC

 

  • Promptly paid suppliers by preparing payment entries on MS Great Plains

  • Updated accounting files on MS Excel

  • Updated donors’ records on Raiser’s Edge to ensure accurate details

Yaletown BIA logo
2009 – 2012
Event Marketing Assistant (Practicum & Volunteer): Yaletown Business Improvement Association
Vancouver, BC
 

  • Helped staff to prepare and run successful street events

  • Ensured accurate mailouts by confirming member merchants’ addresses

  • Maintained 900 member merchants’ Outlook records

Portfolio

          This section lists my works so far.  They are coursework from the Professional Communications Diploma program at Douglas College, projects during my practicum with BC Blind Sports, and publications for SportAbility, an adaptive sports provider. 

          Special thanks to my Communication program classmates who worked on the group projects together!
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          Select "My Blog" to read my blog posts (will be published monthly starting September, 2023).  Click on the URL to visit my project websites.  Click on a title link to read my works!  Enjoy!
 
Websites
  • My blog on Blogger that documents my journey as a professional communicator and my viewpoint on other topics. 
  • Ace Life Coaching (hypothetical business) 
  • Pamola Bakery (real business)
Courseworks
(General)
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(Sports-Related)
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BC Blind Sports (Practicum)
 
SportAbility (Sports Event Writer)
 
2024 BC Para Hockey Provincials:
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[More articles to come]
Portfolio
Contact
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