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Daniel Flynn

Southport,QLD

Summary

Customer-focused professional with successful 30-year career in business, education and publishing. Dynamic successful application of creativity along side meticulous planning and preparation to ensure successful business and education outcomes.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience

Work History

Director Disney Children's English

Disney Children's English, Taiwan
03.1996 - 02.2001

Manage and direct all aspects of Disney Children's English Franchise School System.


Franchise comprised 90 schools and extensive penetration of Taiwan's public school sector.


Liaise with Disney Consumer Products, Hong Kong on quality control, access to content, character usage, publishing requirements, licencing agreements, etc.


Manage office staff, creative staff (15 writers and 9 artists), sales teams, TV advertising, new school promotions and student recruitment, recruit talent for music productions, voice talent, etc.


Maintain budget control, plan production schedules, design training program for teacher recruitment into schools, deal with publishing issues.


Winner Disney Asia Pacific Publishing Award, 1998

Consult on introduction of the Wiggles into Taiwan.

Help set up Pearson Education Publishing on Taiwan.

Consult on Establishment of Disney English, China.




School Owner

English House
01.2001 - 07.2011

English House provided English language, math, science and computer classes to 250 students weekly.


The school was located next to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall in the Xinyi District of Taipei.


It was recognised as one of Taipei's best language schools. It serviced families attending Kung Fu and Jenai elementary schools.

Owner

Planet Editing Publishing
01.2008 - Current

Assist research academics publish research in prestigious Thomson Reuters' Indexed Journals.


  • Taiwan ROC President's Speech to Asian Academic Forum
  • Taiwan National Museum Smithsonian Paleo Exhibition
  • Taiwan National Museum Chinese Terracotta Warrior Exhibition
  • Taiwan's Academia Sinica contribution to CERN Large Hadron Collider, Geneva
  • Formosa satellite launch and contribution
  • Terrestrial, Oceanic, and Atmospheric Sciences Journal

Owner Southport Library Cafe

Private Business
02.2012 - Current

Own and assist manage Southport Library cafe.


Cafe is situated in Southport library. It is the fifth busiest library in Australia by membership and the busiest library in South East Queensland.


Employ, train, and manage staffing.

Manage suppliers, food health and safety requirements, etc


Meet compliance needs for business ownership including GST, payrole, super annuation, payg requirements and insurances.

Owner

DFT Preparation
02.2015 - Current

Elite school entry program for students hoping to attend Queensland Academy, A.B. Patterson, Somerset College, Emmanuel College, etc under scholarship.


Current student body 70.

Teacher Trainer

DFT Training
02.2012 - Current

Design and Implement English language teacher training programs for Education Departments of South Korea and China.


Trainings conducted at Griffith University, Gold Coast TAFE, Gold Coast Learning Centre in cooperation with Success Learning, Australian Education Visa.


Highly successful program including graduates winning best English teacher in China.

English Language Teacher

Langports Language School
01.2023 - Current

Teach English as a Second language to international students living, working or travelling in Australia.


Winner of Gold Coast Business Excellence Award, 2023

Winner of Language School of the Year Award, 2019

English Language Teacher

Imagine Education
03.2015 - 04.2021

Teach English to international students travelling, working or planning to further study in Australia.

English Language Teacher

Griffith University
02.2013 - 03.2014

Teach English language in the university entrance programme.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Asian Studies

University of New South Wales
Sydney, NSW
11.1993

English Language Teaching

Cambridge University
Cambridge, UK
12.2011

Skills

  • Creativity
  • Team Leadership
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Needs Assessment
  • Business Development
  • Project Planning
  • Goal Setting
  • Customer Service
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Brand Management
  • Training and Development
  • Idea Development and Brainstorming
  • Negotiation
  • Staff Management

Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)
Professional Working
Japanese
Limited Working

Timeline

English Language Teacher

Langports Language School
01.2023 - Current

English Language Teacher

Imagine Education
03.2015 - 04.2021

Owner

DFT Preparation
02.2015 - Current

English Language Teacher

Griffith University
02.2013 - 03.2014

Owner Southport Library Cafe

Private Business
02.2012 - Current

Teacher Trainer

DFT Training
02.2012 - Current

Owner

Planet Editing Publishing
01.2008 - Current

School Owner

English House
01.2001 - 07.2011

Director Disney Children's English

Disney Children's English, Taiwan
03.1996 - 02.2001

Bachelor of Arts - Asian Studies

University of New South Wales

English Language Teaching

Cambridge University
Daniel Flynn