Nice to Meet You๐
What I Do
My name is Asher Lee Sherman (formerly known as Angela). I'm currently a Content Strategist/Writer in edtech at EAB. I bring together research insights, branding, and strategic planning to produce powerful content, digital copy, and in-app text that speaks to the right audiences. Using my hawk eye for detail and growing UX/content design skills, I seek to solve problems for the user and business.
In what feels like a previous life, I was a college admissions consultant and editor/translator living in Seoul, South Korea. After 6 years abroad, my transition into UX was propelled by an appetite for challenging, transformative life experiences. In mid 2020, I completed UX Writing Fundamentals, a certification course by UX Writer's Collective, as well as UX Writing Academy by UX Writing Hub. Since then, I've continued working on diverse projects across the higher ed, ecommerce, and nonprofit spaces.
Career Highlights
I've done these jobs๐ป
- Content Strategist/Designer
- UX Writer
- College Admissions Consultant
- Editor & Proofreader
- Language Quality Assurance Tester for a rougelike game
- Korean-English Translator
- Editor-in-Chief of a graduate student publication
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
I've worked with these companies and people๐ผ
- EAB
- Baola
- Lucid Fox
- Reboot & Recover
- Krafton Game Union
- InGenius Prep
- Seoul Metropolitan Government
- ASEAN-Korea Centre
- consulting, publishing, and webcomic companies
- working professionals and students
I've studied at these schools๐
- The University of Chicago in Illinois, where I realized my interest in East Asian/international studies after 2.5 funny-but-kind-of-awful years doing pre-med
- PNU International Language Institute in Busan, South Korea, where I learned 1000 hours of Korean (hardcore mode!)
- Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies in Seoul, South Korea, where I conducted research on mixed race identity through funding from the Korean Government Scholarship Program
Random Tidbits
What I'm Up To
โ๏ธ practicing minimalism, mindfulness, and less is more
โ๏ธ writing cathartic creative nonfiction and poetry
๐ admiring Field Notes and scribbling in bullet journals
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Personality Thingies
- Myers-Briggs: INFJ ("The Advocate")
- Enneagram: Type One ("The Perfectionist")
- Big Five (OCEAN): High in O, C, A, N and Medium in E
- Chinese Zodiac: Year of the Goat (๐๐๐ goat > sheep ๐๐๐)
- Western Astrology: Virgo sun, Aries moon, Scorpio rising