Chinese social media by Matt Brady

I have worked in Asia, the Middle East and the UK, with the following as career highlights: • Led the production of long-lead editorial features, and other written materials, on Fourth Industrial Revolution topics for the DIT's GREAT Festival of Innovation in Hong Kong • Reached audiences with stories of the British Council's work in the arts and creative industries across 14 East Asia territories • Delivered a talk on digital storytelling 60km from where the oldest written story in history was unearthed in Iraq • Advised multinational companies in China on how to navigate Chinese social media safely • Helped the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia communicate the 1Malaysia concept to the nation, and authored social media guidance for civil servants • Launched the @pmomalaysia Prime Minister's Press Office Twitter account (257,000 followers) • Provided comms training in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai and Singapore • Managed Facebook pages for 3 heads of government • Started Microsoft UK's small business social presence by founding a successful technology blog • Co-founded Thames Valley Social Media Cafe • Worked with Johnson & Johnson brand teams on developing success stories internally, from video to news content