Interdisciplinary learning: JapaneseＸDesignＸMarketingＸDigital Content  

     I am TZU-HUA CHEN, student in the Department of Japanese of National Chengchi University who also study Digital Content and Technology Program as a double major. As a person who enjoy taking challenges and learning different things, not only have I studied Japanese but also applied for second major and marketing program. The digital content and technology program is held by both the department of communications and computer science which I could learn not only visual design but also gain some knowledge of computer science to catch up with the fast changing world of the information and communications technology. In this program, students are asked to work as a team to finish projects in every courses. Through many teamwork, I have learned how to strike a balance between articulating and listening; thus, I have strengthened communicative, coordinate and organizational capacity. Moreover, after exchanging to Japan, I started to consider myself as both communicator and negotiator which depends on what culture my team members are form. 

Put into practice: UXUI designＸHuman-Computer InterfaceＸService Design

    Besides academic achievement, I participated in an User Experience related contest. At first, our team noticed a social problem and through observation and interview, we found an insight of touchpoint and make a design to help users to start a safer walk on street. After designing, prototyping and testing, we reexamined our app to meet the users' actual need. Through the sequence of processes, I have started to love the work of discovering things without correct answers and made the ideas and results form qualitative research to quantitative research. And after all the analysis came the final conclusion and solution which I truly found a sense of accomplishment and enthusiasm.

Break into the advertising agency

    I also work hard in co-curricular performance as an intern of advertising consultant and designer in a Japanese company based in Taiwan which I could combined Japanese skills with digital narrative abilities. As an intern in a leading company in the internet advertising, media and games industry, I have learned conducting marketing plans for different clients and how to tell a story in a picture to quickly catch the targets' attention from an agency view. At the beginning, I was the intern in the advertising consultant department where I was participated in spending on ads and learned from reading the data to find out what it represented an thus conducting adjustment afterwards. In the end, I transferred to the design department where I gained knowledge of preforming market research and disassembling elements for different segments in a systematic and logical way.

    Although I am not an expert in this field, I am qualified for this position according to the requirements which were described on the webpage. First, I have adequate knowledge and related experience of marketing and data analysis  which may support this position. Second, I have good command of English and Japanese to deal with the daily communication. Third, I have good problem solving abilities and solution focused experience due to the user competition I have participated in. These three facts may provide the evidence that I have a quite adequate ability to work in the international company. 

    I am confirmed that I am ready for this position. Along with these experience, I hope to develop myself to keep pace with the changes of the era in my profession and looking forward to being a member in your company and promise to fulfill the company's expectations.