DANIEL CHRISTOPHER PORDES

16B Wilmer House, 23 Wilmer Street, Sai Ying Pun • 9173 0235 • daniel.pordes@gmail.com

A multi-lingual communications specialist and multi-platform entrepreneur with Hong Kong and
Asia region media experience and expertise in new and social media

WORK EXPERIENCE
Asia Sentinel, Hong Kong June 2010 to Present
Social Media Editor
• Creation and maintenance of social media platforms for online newspaper.

Phnom Penh Post, Phnom Penh, Cambodia June 2010 to July 2010
Internship: National Desk Reporter and Subeditor
• Reporting, writing and subediting stories on Politics, Business, Society and Sports.
• Over 20 bylines including Page One.

Financial Times, Hong Kong Feb 2010 to May 2010

Internship: Camera Assistant and Assistant Editor
• Video Production and editing; work with Final Cut Pro editing software and video for FT.com
including: View from the markets and Short view.

International Herald Tribune, Hong Kong December 2009

Internship: Web Product Think Tank
• Brainstorming and researching new Media Web concept; developing and writing up of initial
product plan

Freelance Writer and Corporate Copywriter, Hong Kong July 2009 to Present
• Articles on sports, business and culture for national newspapers including China Daily.
• Brand introductions, marketing materials and press releases for clients such as HSBC, JWT,
Ikon Solutions, Monopoly Design and high-end brands Caran d’Ache and Mauboussin.

Retail Concepts Asia Limited, Hong Kong March 2007 to July 2008
Corporate Sales Executive and English Language P.R. Co-ordinator
• Creation of database for clientele plus the management and creative control of all English
language press-releases for international market
• Event management for luxury brands and speech writing.

EDUCATION
M.A. Journalism, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2009-2010
Subjects included: Business and financial reporting, Online Journalism, Digital Media, Video
Production, Literary Journalism and Covering China

B.A. Hons History (Euro), University of Leeds, United Kingdom 2002-2006

Upper Second Class
Included Erasmus year at Universidad de Cadiz, Spain 2004-2005

COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office, Soundslides, Audacity, Audition, Final Cut Pro editing software, Dreamweaver

LANGUAGES
English: Native language
Spanish: Fluent, certification from schools in Cadiz and Salamanca in Spain and Quito, Ecuador
German: Good working knowledge, accreditation from Foreign Languages in Industry and
Commerce and Actilingua Academy, Austria.

ACTIVITIES AND INTERESTS

Taekwondo (Black Belt), Theatre, World Cinema, Squash, Football and Hiking.