Born and raised in Malaysia, it is no stranger that Alicia KANG has always been enthralled by the diversity and cultures of this land. Since a young age, Alicia gained a passion for story-telling. Growing up in Kuala Lumpur, Alicia’s inspiration often derive from her country’s rich blend of history and modernity.
Alicia is a proud alumna from Drake University, Iowa, United States. By 2016, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a double major in RADIO/ TV PRODUCING and ADVERTISING, along with a minor in JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, and a concentration in LEADERSHIP.
Upon graduation, Alicia successfully landed numerous opportunities related to her field in companies such as ESPN, Alphalete Marketing, and Des Moines Radio Group. By January 2017, the aspiring adult moved to Orlando, Florida and joined The Walt Disney Company, working with the operations team. Alicia’s determination eventually allowed her to explored other departments within the company. She’s had the privilege of working side-by-side with professionals in the fields of show production, stage managing, entertainment, and imagineering.
Throughout these years, Alicia’s storytelling ways have progressed and evolved in terms of copywriting, videography, audio, design, or a combination of them all, her works focus on engaging her audiences in a compelling way. With a flaming passion in her field, Alicia is always in search of more exciting adventures and stories to share with the world, one step at a time.
This multilingual possesses excellent communication skills and is great when liaising with clients and coworkers. Alicia enjoys learning new things and can assimilate new ideas quickly. Her strong suit of organizational and multitasking savvy skills have often put her in lead of others. She values teamwork as much as establishing an exceptional record of working under pressure with deadlines.
Alicia believes in creativity – it’s the initial spark of every project she and her team has accomplished, and it is what keeps her work refreshing and interesting. Creativity keeps this innovative story-teller going beyond her initiation by always sustaining it as a work-in-progress. She considers that creativity empowers long-lasting change, and constant improvement to every leadership initiative.
Alicia’s core and operating principles help to shape herself as a leader with a unique set of strengths and weaknesses. One of this individual’s most prominent strengths is her ability to ignite passion and energy, and initiate innovative change. “The POSITIVE THINKER sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and ACHIEVES THE IMPOSSIBLE.”
Believing that her leadership credo is to be constantly developing, it puts Alicia in the position of always on the lookout to broaden her professional network, as she continues to enhance her knowledge in the field of advertising and storytelling multimedia.
Produces high quality and captivating interactive media for clients. Projects include video features, radio promos, posters, etc. to achieve clients’ targets.
Brings clients ideas to life by implanting concepts into complete intricate advertising masterpieces. Assists clients on elevating brand, vision, and goals.
Creates dynamic, multifunctional, and easy-to-use/ navigate websites using templates or Bootstrap framework. Specializes in WordPress sites.
Skillful in the art of persuasive writing. Capable to convince clients’ potential customers with a powerful combination of the right mentality, knowledge, and style.
Experienced in working in front and behind-the-scenes of creating beautiful portraits. Knowledgable in handling various shooting equipment and environment.
Fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay, Bahasa Indonesia. Able to converse in work proficiency Japanese and understands elementary Spanish.
Spent freshman and sophomore years studying Psychology and Mass Communication courses.
RADIO/ TV PRODUCING and ADVERTISING double major, JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE minor, LEADERSHIP concentration alumna.
Nominated
Merit-based scholarship
Won
