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Ruitong Zhao

Library and Information Studies & Media Studies

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    • Digital Content Creation & Management
    • Scholarly Writing
    • Visual Arts
    • Written Works
    • Creative Writing
  • Courses
    • LIBR 509: Foundations of Resource Description and Knowledge Organization
    • VISA 241: Digital Photography
    • ARTC310
    • ARTC300
    • ARTC211
    • CINE340: Media Audiences
    • CRWR 200: Introduction to Creative Writing
    • INFO 250: Networks, Crowds, and Communities
    • FIST 210: Early Cinema
    • FIPR 133: Introduction to Film and Media Production
  • Skills
    • Scholarly Research & Writing
    • Social Media Content Management
    • Communication
    • Problem Solving
    • Video Production
    • Project Management
    • Teamwork
    • Photography
    • Graphic Design
    • Web & Social Media Writing
    • Copywriting
    • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
    • Creative Writing
  • Experience
    • UBC MLIS
    • UBC BMS
    • UBC Sustainability Hub Digital Content Creator
    • UBC Sparrow Marketing Executive
    • Urban Bounty Social Media Marketing Strategy Project Core Member
    • FPS Food Process Solutions Corp Marketing Co-op

Ruitong Zhao

I love telling stories in various creative ways, and I'm exploring how everything is organized and represented in information systems embedded in all kinds of media!


Here are some of the things that keep me busy and thriving as an MLIS & Arts Co-op student with a media studies background at UBC.

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FPS Website Search Engine Optimization

A major search engine optimization (SEO) project that I carried out as the Marketing Co-op at FPS Food Process Solutions Corp to increase its website's visibility in Google, Bing, and other search engines with more traffic from potential customers.

UBC Sustainability Education Fellows Program Recruitment

Digital content that I produced as UBC Sustainability Hub's Digital Content Creator to help advance the promotional campaign of Sustainability Education Fellows Program supported by the Hub and encourage faculty members to apply for the new cohort.

UBC 2024 Climate Emergency Week

A monthly marketing campaign of UBC's annually Climate Emergency Week, mainly managed and presented by the UBC Sustainability Hub, where I have been working as a Digital Content Creator and handling jobs including social media posting scheduling, on-site direct community engagement, and promotional content production.

UBC Sustainability Hub Course-Finder Tool

A short video that I developed as UBC Sustainability Hub's Digital Content Creator from ideation to execution to delivery, to promote the course finder tool developed by the Hub to help students find sustainability and climate-related learning opportunities at UBC.

Photography Assets for UBC Sustainability Hub

Sets of photographs portraying activities and events held by the UBC Sustainability Hub during Fall 2023 and Winter 2024. I took, edited, and compiled all the photos as visual assets for the use of the Hub's future marketing.

Graphics for UBC Sustainability Hub's Social Media Channels

Digital graphics that I created as the Digital Content Creator at the Hub to feature and/or promote specific blog articles, events, or projects related to how members of the UBC community take part in climate action and sustainability.

Interviews with UBC's COP28 Delegation

A series of interviews that I conducted as the Digital Content Creator at the UBC Sustainability Hub to feature 10 UBC students, faculty and staff who was selected to attend the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) in 2023. The interview videos in two versions were for use on UBC's campus digital signages and UBC Sustainability Hub's social media channels.

UBC Sustainability Scholar: Yash Mehta

A two-section video series that showcases UBC graduate student Yash Mehta's experience of participating in the UBC Sustainability Scholars Program and working on a boat with False Creek Friends Society this summer to advance sustainability and marine preservation in Vancouver. This is one of the projects that I've done with the UBC Sustainability Hub as a Co-op Digital Content Creator.

Climate Emergency Fund: Public Scholar Maya Daurio

An interview article and a short video that I created as UBC Sustainability Hub's Digital Content Creator, to share Maya's work on community-centred wildfire resilience research supported by the UBC Climate Emergency Fund, and her insights into climate change adaptation with more audiences.

Green Building on UBC Campus: C.K. Choi Building

A creative short video I produced as a Digital Content Creator at the UBC Sustainability Hub to showcase one of the actions the UBC community has taken in sustainability.

UBC Sparrow

My volunteering work at UBC Sparrow, a non-profit student-found thrift project. As the marketing executive, I was responsible for organize and manage the marketing strategy and social media campaigns for UBC Sparrow; I participating in managing the business accounts of UBC Sparrow on Instagram and Xiaohongshu by brainstorming ideas and plans for these handles as well as maintaining a monthly marketing calendar.

Media’s ‘Bounty’: Urban Bounty Social Media Marketing Strategy Project

A community-engaged learning project where I, as a core member of the team, evaluated Urban Bounty's current social media performance, developed refreshed digital marketing strategies, and implemented a new Instagram campaign plan.

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Communication

Copywriting

Creative Writing

Graphic Design

Photography

photo shooting & photo editing using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom

Problem Solving

Project Management

Scholarly Research & Writing

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Social Media Content Management

Teamwork

Video Production

Web & Social Media Writing

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Courses

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ARTC211

ARTC211

ARTC300

ARTC310

ARTC310

CINE340: Media Audiences

CINE340

CRWR 200: Introduction to Creative Writing

CRWR200

FIPR 133: Introduction to Film and Media Production

FIPR133

FIST 210: Early Cinema

FIST210

INFO 250: Networks, Crowds, and Communities

INFO250

LIBR 509: Foundations of Resource Description and Knowledge Organization

VISA 241: Digital Photography

VISA241

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FPS Food Process Solutions Corp Marketing Co-op

UBC BMS

UBC MLIS

UBC Sparrow Marketing Executive

I volunteered as the marketing executive at UBC Sparrow, a student-found non-profit thrift project, from fall 2022 to spring 2023. I was generally responsible for organize and manage the marketing strategy and social media campaigns for UBC Sparrow.

UBC Sustainability Hub Digital Content Creator

My first Co-op position is working as a Digital Content Creator at the UBC Sustainability Hub. I craft engaging articles, short videos, and photos, to spotlight sustainability and climate issues while showcasing the initiatives of UBC communities and beyond.

Urban Bounty Social Media Marketing Strategy Project Core Member

I was one of the core members in the team for Urban Bounty's social media marketing strategy project in spring 2022, working on both optimizing the non-profit food security organization's social media marketing strategy and planning and implementing the campaign of their upcoming project and event.

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