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William Dai

Irvine

Summary

An entertainment-business professional with a passion for education, marketing and social-psychology. I have experience managing e-commerce businesses and sport guiding businesses; specializing in marketing, consulting, and artist development. I have a proven track record of success in marketing and management. I'm seeking projects that challenge me while allowing me to serve and assist others.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Instructor/Field Manager

After School Music Academy
02.2023 - Current
  • Company Overview: a new public sector arts academy in the Southern California market.
  • Initially assumed responsibility as a music teacher, developing lesson plans, classroom materials, and pedagogical structures that were successfully implemented into contracted districts for After School Music Academy.
  • I managed class structures and put them into trial, achieving outstanding success in the first district. As a result, I secured additional contracts, and my class plans were adopted by multiple districts and are now officially sold as contracts.
  • Secured original contract (Perris Unified School District 02/2023)
  • Gained contracts sold (Moreno Valley Unified School District 04/2023, Orange Unified School District 08/2023 for test year; expanded to full district after excellence feedback and secured contract for at least 3 additional years 05/2024)
  • Developed new sets of unique classes to be sold as contracts that can be applied to schools with proprietary needs. 4 additional schools gained OUSD 05/2024.
  • Promoted to supervising position
  • Focusing on quality control on company services and employee training.

Marketing Research Intern

Aria Journal
05.2025 - 08.2025

Working with Aria journal to assist in developmental research crucial to the AI products of the company.


Contributions:

  • Marketing research
  • Drafting communication methods
  • Create public brand voice
  • Drafting pilot/platform set-up
  • Launch with pilot clients.
  • Competitor research

HR Manager/Marketing Representative

Malang Pest Control
06.2023 - 01.2024
  • As the sole marketing manager of a small pest control company I took the initiative to hire and train 3 salesman during one of the slowest selling season in the industry.
  • Through the intense works of field data collecting, I developed counter strategies to competitors. I worked rigorously to perfect our own marketing methods and worked with the marketing reps to implement them.
  • Gained 90+ new contracts within a short span of 1.5 months.
  • Managed to either retain or recover 40+ contracts through intensive outreach and implementation strategies to forgo cancellation requests and win back lost customers.
  • Effectively eliminated the customer attrition through new innovated business models.

Start-up Intern

Encounter Church
09.2022 - 12.2022

Commissioned by a small Baptist church to grow their music department by launching a label. I had to find the best platform/business model for them to launch .

Contributions:

Filed paper works and assisted chief pastor through all process. Label set up as separate none-profit corporation under church.

Education

BA of Music - Music Business

Berklee College of Music
01.2023

Masters of Science - Applied Psychology

University of Southern California
01.2026

Skills

  • Competition Analysis
  • Sales
  • Knowledge of Education
  • Marketing
  • Contract Management

Timeline

Marketing Research Intern

Aria Journal
05.2025 - 08.2025

HR Manager/Marketing Representative

Malang Pest Control
06.2023 - 01.2024

Instructor/Field Manager

After School Music Academy
02.2023 - Current

Start-up Intern

Encounter Church
09.2022 - 12.2022

BA of Music - Music Business

Berklee College of Music

Masters of Science - Applied Psychology

University of Southern California