Zixuan (Shawn) Wang
Berkeley
Summary
Financially professional with over 3 years of experience in high school's club management, sustainable competitions, and internships. Developed strong skills in marketing, management, leadership, and writing. Passionate about integrating environmental science and economics, with a focus on the renewable energy market.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Marketing Intern
Paidwork
San Francisco
09.2025 - Current
- Work on Paidwork's propaganda with heavy marketing; have already displayed 20+ advertisements on different forums and websites.
- Expected to last until 2026 Winter
Market promoter
PalmDrive
Stanford
04.2025 - Current
- Promoted PalmDrive's educational consulting services to over 100 incoming students, resulting in increased enrollment in mentorship and guidance programs
- Organized and publicized environment-related lectures and seminars, drawing 50+ attendees and fostering active discussions on sustainability issues
- Coordinated outreach campaigns and gathered structured feedback from new students, which was used to refine future promotional strategies
Manager
Planet No.2
08.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: an oversea climate justice platform
- Responsible for conducting interviews in mainland China; delegated assigned tasks to groupmates
- Independently produced interview series with 3 climate experts and received over 1K+ views; created Planet No.2 blog (Representative of Environmental and Science) and received 10K+ views
- An oversea climate justice platform
Intern
Shanghai Shenergy Company
Shanghai
07.2023 - 08.2025
- Selected for a highly competitive three-week environmental science internship in July 2023.
- Authored the '2023 Shenergy Hydrogen Energy Report'; conducted on-site visits to hydrogen energy factories in Europe, contributing marketing insights at three companies, including meetings with Finland's Rotoboost, Wuhan's JuAn, and Japan's Toshiba.
- Being given the only recommendation letter from Dr. Xiaopeng Cheng among the last five program attendees in 2023 summer; invited back for 2025 summer's official internship related to environmental data-center building & conducted professional research on fusion's commercialization
(Project) Team Leader
"2023 Sustainable Innovation Contest"
10.2023 - 12.2023
- Identified market potential of market for biodegradable polymers in drinking straw production; explored potential of Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a natural polyester originating from bacteria, to reduce costs and innovate environmentally friendly plastics
- Conducted experiments and created prototypes for 42 plastic products, such as cups and plates
- Received 'The Superior Award' in the competition; presented research findings and prototypes at Shenwan Hongyuan Co. Ltd's annual conference; recognized as the 'Most Energetic Project'
Education
Bachelor of Science - Environmental, Economics & Policy
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA06-2029
High School Diploma -
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy
Shanghai06.2025
Skills
- Public Speaking
- Negotiation
- Financial Modelling
- Statistical Analysis
- Python
- Excel, PowerPoint, Word
- Data Visualization
- Data Analysis
- Market Research
- Official Report Authoring
Affiliations
- Historian: once authored research on 1920s China's warlords, acquiring eligibility of publishing on The Concord Review
- Debater: national champion of NSDA in 2024 circuit with numerous awards of 'the best speaker'
- Coach: being the coach of my high school's women basketball club, fetching No.3 in Shanghai's competition
- Actor: professional in acting with 2014's movie Dad, I will rescue you, also in broadcasting, modeling, casting ad.
Timeline
Marketing Intern
Paidwork
09.2025 - Current
Market promoter
PalmDrive
04.2025 - Current
(Project) Team Leader
"2023 Sustainable Innovation Contest"
10.2023 - 12.2023
Manager
Planet No.2
08.2023 - Current
Intern
Shanghai Shenergy Company
07.2023 - 08.2025
Bachelor of Science - Environmental, Economics & Policy
University of California, Berkeley
High School Diploma -
Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy