<ul><li>Media veteran of 30 years, with 360-degree expertise in editing, sub-editing and writing.</li><li>Primary focus: creating medical content and editing technology articles. Secondary specialisations: travel and consumer.</li><li>Custom publishing: produced supplements for clients across the medical, technology and consumer fields.</li><li>Copy-editing: turnkey editing of books and websites. </li></ul>

Editor and Content Creator

<p>ManpowerGroup Singapore is a part of US-listed, global workforce experts ManpowerGroup helm for corporate communications, content marketing and public relations.</p>

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	<li>Achieved $800,000 in positive mentions of the company in print and online media through strategic media relations in a year.</li>
	<li>Provided assistance in awareness programs chiefly for Purple Parade, an SG movement that celebrates the inclusion of people with special needs.</li>
	<li>Championed train flash mob performance that has 244,000+ views to date.</li>
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Marketing & Communications Director

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	<li>Managed client-driven supplements and content marketing for global brands and organizations including Samsung, Royal Caribbean International and Singapore Workforce Development Agency.</li>
	<li>Edited freelancers copy to ensure sterling standards and created innovative angles for commercial story-telling, contributing to satisfied clients and repeat advertising.</li>
	<li>Assumed half-year editor&#39;s role for weekly travel pages, SGTravellers.</li>
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Assistant Editor for Special Projects

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	<li>Anchored the well-read family pages, Connect and a relationships column, Relatively Speaking.</li>
	<li>Reported on current topics including lessons on violence after school-side mass shootings in the United States, fatal teenage drink driving and women who triumphed over self-doubt after multiple miscarriages.</li>
	<li>Interviewed across varied strata of society from CEOs to a blind erhu player with the ability to draw out dynamic tensions making for good reads and a very well-received column.</li>
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Correspondent for SundayLife!

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	<li>Sub-edited daily news stories and curated current affairs pages, NewsWatch.</li>
	<li>Checked over stories for spelling, grammatical or factual errors.</li>
	<li>Helped with the design and layout of the pages and added last minute news stories.</li>
</ul>

Executive Sub-editor for The New Paper

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	<li>Made IT and medical technology content accessible to average persons while retaining deep knowledge for specialist readers.</li>
	<li>Helmed weekly column Doc Talk in Mind Your Body.</li>
	<li>Coached rookie reporters in journalistic techniques including writing introductions, marshaling information, application of quotes and interviews.</li>
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Contributing Copyeditor for Digital Life and Mind Your Body

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	<li>Reported on included business IT for SMEs and retail sector trends.</li>
	<li>Scored numerous exclusive stories for The Straits Times on the consumer and tourism issues.</li>
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Journalist for Straits Times Life

Turnkey writing of 200-page coffee table book to mark the SGH Department of Urology's 20th anniversary. Scope covered multiple discussions with commissioning team, conceptualisation, interviews, arranging for photography and proofreading.

Singapore General Hospital Urology Department's 20th Anniversary Book

Eve Yap

Turnkey creation of medical supplement to mark the Singapore National Eye Centre's 25th anniversary. That included conceptualisation, story planning, interviewing, managing freelance writers and in-house photographer, and seeing the pull-out to print. The publication served both the B2B and B2C platforms.

SNEC's 4-page 25th Anniversary Supplement

An earlier feature I wrote on child cancer patients like Miss Nur Amirah Amir, who had a rare malignant tumour near her heart at age 14, moved Ms Hedy Ling (pictured) so much that she wrote in to highlight an often overlooked issue: that cancer patients should consider freezing their eggs.

Cancer Patients: Few Freeze Eggs or Sperm

Comprehensive coverage of Singapore women with similar experience as Angelina Jolie, including sourcing for interviewees and medical professionals, reporting and photography coordination -- all produced in double quick time.

She Would Have Done a Jolie

Pegged to Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy.

Sunday Times Cover Story

Created content for a 28-page magazine to mark Robinsons' 160th anniversary.

A Lifetime of Highlights

Highlighted the wireless advances that will drive remote elder care in 2015 and beyond.

Eye on the Elderly

Managed end-to-end coordination of publication, including commissioning writers and photographer, liaising with creatives and seeing to print.

SMF Awards 4-page Supplement

This human interest story is the fruit of good networking with the medical fraternity, resulting in interviews with prominent child-parent pairs in the medical field, among others.

Walking in Dad's Footsteps

Wrote columns and shared thoughts on current topics.

There Are Friends and “Friends”

Wrote an article sans byline for then-editor. Research involved sourcing for the latest news and developments about CES from the wires and available press releases. Writing involved putting the article together from the Singapore office.

Get Into the Habit of Reading

All Eyes on the Screen

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Eve Yap is an independent editor, whose expertise is in creating medical and technology content. Drawing from nearly 30 years at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), Singapore's media giant, Eve wrote and edited healthcare and technology articles for the group's weekly national supplements, Mind Your Body and Digital Life, respectively. At SPH's content creation section, Eve produced end-to-end supplements for global brands, including Samsung and Royal Caribbean International.

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Singapore General Hospital Urology Department's 20th Anniversary Book

SNEC's 4-page 25th Anniversary Supplement

Cancer Patients: Few Freeze Eggs or Sperm

She Would Have Done a Jolie

Sunday Times Cover Story

A Lifetime of Highlights

Singapore General Hospital Urology Department's 20th Anniversary Book

SNEC's 4-page 25th Anniversary Supplement

Cancer Patients: Few Freeze Eggs or Sperm

She Would Have Done a Jolie

Sunday Times Cover Story

A Lifetime of Highlights