Magda Cheang

Law graduate with experience in tech, looking to move into climate change work using my transferable skills. EU Citizen based in Berlin, Germany.

Career Coach - Magda Cheang

Since 2017- Current

CEO Jobs for Planet & Optimyze1 (2019-04 – Present)

Running a recruiting business that focuses on helping companies hire sales & marketing talent in the Software and Fin-tech industry

• Running a recruiting business that focuses on helping companies hire sales & marketing talent in the Software and Fin-tech industry
• Run the website, blog & email marketing campaigns

Channel & Enterprise Sales Recruitment Leader, EMEA & Emerging Markets at Zoom Video Communications, EU (2020-04 – 2022-08)

Hire sales & marketing individuals across EMEA and Emerging Markets, create content for talent attraction, organize events and training courses

• Hire sales & marketing individuals across EMEA, Emerging Markets (source, engage, interview, facilitating decision making process & negotiate offers etc)
• Create blogs & content for LinkedIn to attract applicants
• Organize in-person and virtual events, creating event topics, event marketing materials (registration site on splashthat, sourcing attendees, finding & prepping speakers, creating event discussion topics, post-event surveys etc)
• Organize career webinars via Zoom
• Run internal training courses & workshops via Zoom on unconscious bias and interview training
• Manage hundreds of candidates at any one time (applicants, in-bound on LinkedIn, referrals) and prepare for interviews & update on status of open positions
• Write job descriptions that engage and attract talent
• Work with the employer brand team on various initiatives (creating YouTube videos of employees etc to show 'Day in the life of a Sales Rep' or other topics to showcase the company's culture)

Marketing, Product Marketing and Sales Recruitment, EMEA at META [Facebook] (2014-11 – 2017-12)

Expanding Sales & Marketing teams across EMEA, creating diversity workshops, running community initiatives, and organizing recruiting events

• Expanding Sales & Marketing teams across EMEA
• Create and run 'Diversity Recruiting Workshops' via Bluejeans
• Running in-person workshops 'Be the Ally'
• Created and ran 'Product Marketing Managers' Facebook community of 300 tech product marketing managers
• Organizing in-person recruiting events (one with over 150 attendees 'Women in Ad-tech event' at the Facebook office), including: finding speakers, choosing the topic, preparing the questions, event logistics (f& b, decor, invites, gifts, location, post-event communications etc)

Sales & Marketing Recruiter at InVision (2018-01 – 2019-01)

Expanding the Sales & Market department through interviewing talent and organizing recruiting events

• Expanding the Sales & Market department through interviewing talent
• Organizing in-person recruiting events to attract talent (selection of speakers, creating content, dry-run events, event timings, logistics)
• Attending conferences to help with the company's employer brand and prep speakers to represent the company
• Working with HR & Compensation team

Executive Search, Team Lead at Saule & Partners Executive Search (2010-03 – 2014-09)

Executive search for technology companies, team management, website redesign, and content marketing

• Executive search for technology companies
• Managing performance of the team
• Ran the project to completely re-do the company's website
• Responsible for content marketing, social media management of the company across Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn

Marketing Assistant at Closir (2014-07 – 2014-09)

Social media strategy for an investment startup

• Social media strategy across Facebook, LinkedIn and other platforms

Bachelor of Laws in Law – University of Leicester

Legal Practice Course in Employment Law, Commercial Law, Drafting, Advocacy, Business Law & Practice – City University

Online Course in Climate Change – Terra.Do

Short online course in Age of Sustainability – Columbia University

Advanced Digital Marketing Certificate in Digital Marketing – City University