HuiQi Yow
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HuiQi Yow

Contributing editor, branded content at The Economist.
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About

HuiQi Yow is a copywriter, copyeditor, and writer with experience contributing content to businesses and publishing companies like Global Edge, Tech in Asia, The Economist, and Yellow Pages. She has written tech articles, e-newsletters, event summaries, advertorials, and other marketing materials. As a former editorial assistant at The Economist, she provided editorial support to editors in the generation of thought leadership content in terms of the ideation process, theme checks, desk research, and writing short- and long-form pieces. HuiQi also has worked as a research assistant at Business Times, SPH.

Employment

4 roles
Dec 2019 - Present 6 years 5 months
Research Assistant
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
  • Supported the EIU managing editors in editorial projects, from arranging and transcribing expert interviews to performing key desk research.
  • Prepared materials including interview questions.
May 2019 - Present 7 years
Trainer
The Global Citizen Education Group

The Global Citizen is a Singapore-based social enterprise that aims to bridge the gap in co-curricular education.

  • Conducted Model United Nations (MUN) classes for students from local and overseas primary to secondary schools.
  • Prepared the teams to attend and compete in MUN conferences.
Oct 2018 - Present 7 years 7 months
Copywriter, Copyeditor & Writer
Independent
  • Contributed to Global Edge, SIM’s quarterly e-newsletter.
  • Contributed two tech-centric articles to Tech in Asia.
  • Produced event summaries and one-page advertorials for The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
  • Created and edited marketing materials for several local businesses.
  • Currently working on culture and tech pieces for Yellow Pages.
May 2017 - Oct 2019 2 years 5 months
Editorial Assistant
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
  • Provided editorial support to EIU editors in the generation of thought leadership content in terms of the ideation process, theme checks, desk research, and writing short- and long-form pieces.
  • Identified interviewee targets; supported, conducted, and transcribed interviews with C-suite executives.
  • Authored 45 city snapshots for Connecting Commerce, a research program commissioned by Telstra.
  • Co-led Ready for 100, a study commissioned by Prudential Singapore, which comprises three white papers, two videos, and six infographics.
  • Interviewed on Channel NewsAsia’s First Look Asia program for involvement in Ready for 100.
  • Contributed to other research programs, including 2021 countdown underway: insurers prepare for IFRS 17 implementation; The future of healthcare: preventative, personalised and precise; Restructuring corporate banking in India: how shifting regulations, markets and technologies are transforming the industry; Food 4.0: Leveraging food innovation in Asia; The cost of silence: Cardiovascular disease in Asia.

Education

Sep 2014 - Jun 2018 3 years 9 months
Bachelor of Science (Hons), International Relations
Singapore Institute of Management

Portfolio

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