Jihwan Aum (Ji)

Education

M.S in Dept. of Interaction Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

• 2020 Fall - Present

B.A in Strategic Communication, University of Missouri School of Journalism, Columbia, Mo. United States

• 2017 Fall - 2020 Spring

Publications

• Kim, J., Aum, J., Lee, S., Jang, Y., Park, E.* & Choi, D. (accepted). FibVID: Comprehensive Fake News Diffusion Dataset during the COVID-19 Period. Telematics and Informatics (SSCI, JCR 2020 IF=6.182, Q1 in Information Science & Library Science).

• Clubhouse Status Report: Data-Driven User Experience Research (In progress)

• Middle-Aged User Experience Research toward Korean Delivery Apps (In progress)

Experience

• Global Marketing Manager, Prosen Korea

  • Managed global client communication, marketing, contract negotiations for international projects of the company

• Researcher, MOJO AD

  • Student-staffed agency at the Missouri School of Journalism serving national brands and organizations like Chevrolet for insights and branded campaign asks

• International Communication Liaison, Prosen Korea

• Conducted market research for Korean semi con industry identifying opportunities for operating cost reductions in client’s organizations

• Assistant Researcher, Missouri School of Journalism

  • Conducted secondary academic research for the Internal Communication textbook publication

Awards

• American Advertising Award awarded by American Advertising Federation

  • Silver Award from Kansas City Competition: B-to-B Campaign category

    • Project Title: Under No Illusion (State of the YAYA 2020)

  • Gold Award from Kansas City / Silver Award from District 9 (Mid-West) Competition: B-to-B Campaign category

    • Project Title: Show Your Thanks (Client: The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies)

Projects

• 2019 RJI Student Innovation Competition Finalist November 2018 - January 2019