Thea is a planner, an organiser, a project manager - and she has a soft spot for design. stationery. technology. coffee & tea. animals. Japan.
Thea Ilona
📍 Sydney, NSW, AU
Throughout the years, I've had significant exposure to digital media, technology, creative, and lifestyle industries. I have a strong ownership to what I do and I'm quick to learn new things. Though I do like organisation and planning, I am able to fluidly adapt to changes to get the job done.
With my interest in design and technology since primary school years, and my skills in organising and coordinating, I am now looking to pursue a career that combines the two.
In my free time, these things pique my interest: dogs, cats, fries (chips), cooking, IKEA assembling, Studio Ghibli, embroidery, drawing, lettering, manga, film photography.
💻 Experiences
Senior Partner Administrative Support
UNIQLO Australia
MARCH 2019 - present
Working in the retail industry is certainly a world on its own. This role gives me invaluable insight on working in a customer-facing role, implementing time-management and prioritisation skills in high-demand settings to efficiently complete multiple tasks.
Started in March 2019 as a regular Partner. Due to work ownership and quickly learning quite literally on my feet, I was offered promotions to Advanced Partner after 9 months, and to my current role after another 8 months.
As an administrator, my role has an added edge to provide support towards the store's daily operations. This gives me a deeper insight to the inner workings of a store which includes timecard management, payroll, and procurement.
Community Manager
Manual Jakarta (New Media Folder)
JANUARY 2016 - DECEMBER 2017
Based on my skillset, I was relocated from The Third Company to Manual Jakarta, a different business unit under the same company. My main responsibilities are to manage partnerships which include event productions and delivering branded projects, create proposals for the above, and the up-keep of media kit with the latest analytics.
Here I honed my skills in collaborating with a lean cross-functional team, specifically the editorial and design teams, to flesh out ideas, concepts, copywriting, and branding, from production to execution.
I highly enjoy the process of delivering personalised products to answer the brands' needs and relaying the message to our readers. All the while building and engaging in relationships with key partners, clients, and business owners of Jakarta's lifestyle and creative industry.
Following my move to Sydney, Australia, I continue to provide support as Community Assistant Manager from February 2018 through May 2020.
Account Manager
The Third Company (New Media Folder)
JULY 2015 - DECEMBER 2016
This role is a starting point towards my connection to the creative & lifestyle industry. I help create, plan, produce, and maintain social media campaigns for some of Jakarta's leading brands. Delivering customised content plans (copywriting and visual directions) which reflect each brands' unique tone of voice and personality.
💡 Projects
Blog & Recipe Box
Coming Soon
I'm the kind of person who could sit at a cafe for hours, just observing her surroundings and other people. This blog is a space for me to write about my daily thoughts. I'm also setting up another one to document my cooking adventure, recipes from my mom to pass on, and internet-found recipes.
shishū[ta]ya
Embroidery
@shishū[ta]ya is a play of words - shishū (Japanese for embroidery), Taya (how I prefer my name to be pronounced), and -ya (the Japanese suffix for shops). It's a side business I'm launching with my husband, offering custom made digital embroidery for yourself or as gifts.
Next Cities Unveiled
Manual Jakarta x Avolution
Project lead, producer, travel & logistics. Next Cities Unveiled is a microsite that serves as a concise guide to the lifestyle scene from seven selected cities in Indonesia: Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Palembang, Balikpapan, Pekanbaru and Makassar.
Manual Print & Jakarta Coffee Manual
Manual Jakarta
Project lead and producer. Manual Print is an offline supplement to the website, featuring articles revolving around a specific theme. Jakarta Coffee Manual (2016 & 2017) is a guide highlighting Jakarta's best specialty coffee shops and features a stamp-hunting activity.
Next Level People
Manual Jakarta x Samsung Indonesia
Project lead. Created an Instazine on Instagram to promote the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S7. @NextLevelPeople consists of 10 interconnected Instagram accounts, creating a network of "pages" similar to that of a website.
Open Newsroom & City Tour
Manual Jakarta x BMW Indonesia
Project lead, event management. To introduce the launch of the all new BMW X1, in 2016 BMW collaborated with Manual Jakarta. We injected X1’s tagline “adventure is a mindset” into pre-existing events and hosted a series of Open Newsrooms and a City Tour to close off the series.
📚 Education
Throughout the years of various roles in different industries, I realised the one aspect that I enjoy most. With that, I decided to switch to part-time work and pursue a Master degree towards equipping myself with what I am good at. Knowing enough of everything to get a general grasp and supporting specialists to deliver a project.
My interest in both exact measurements and subjective arts pushed me towards studying Architecture. Though I decided not to pursue a career in the field, it serves as a starting point to discovering my interest in project management.
SuperHi.com Digital Project Management
Ongoing
Google Fundamentals of Digital Marketing
3AW-EX8-LWE
Google Analytics Individual Qualification
2695-6404
🛠 My Toolbox
Microsoft Office
Google Suite
Google Analytics
Google Data Studio
cPanel, FTP, self-hosting
Atom, SublimeText
WordPress, Grav CMS
MailChimp
Merlin Project, OmniPlan
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe inDesign
Embrilliance
Indonesian (native)
English (fluent)
Korean (elementary)
German (elementary)
Japanese (pre-intermediate)
HTML & CSS
📨 Let's connect.
If you'd like to get in touch, ping me on one of these two or feel free to drop me an email at hello@theailona.com.
