Grace Susetyo

Grace Susetyo Applyingspecialist for Journalist, writer, branding and storyteller Private Sector Fundraising Officer (Digital) at UNICEF Jakarta ABOUT CONTACT-- As a well-traveled journalist with experience in development research, digital marketing communications and social media, I have a passion for conveying contextual knowledge of the diverse socio-political realities Indonesian children live with, and assisting the private gracesusetyo.wordpress.com indonesiaexpat.biz/author/grace- sector's reputational interests in channeling aid and social responsibility to local children. susetyo Through my research on post-mining social capital in Papua, I have gained intimate Puri Casablanca Residences C-3202 Jalan Puri Casablanca kav 1 Jakarta 12870 SOCIAL fb.me/DiAntaraNusaNusa @gracesusetyo @farawayisles contextual  knowledge  on  the  impacts  of  the  corporate  presence  of  a  major  mul7na7onal   grassroots perspectives on contextual education and equal opportunity for indigenous mining  company  on  both  its  business  and  poli7cal  reputa7on,  as  well  as  on  the  iden7ty   narra7ves  of  local  stakeholders  (indigenous  community,  employees,  and  government).  This   unities. Before that, I managed marketing communications and digital content for a research  has  been  a  valuable  experience  for  learning  a  company’s  interests  and  challenges  in   budding social media startup focussed on branding Indonesian destinations and travelconstruc7ng  a  par7cular  reputa7on  and  living  up  to  it  in  a  poli7cally  sensi7ve  situa7on. youth, and a corporation's perspectives on its social responsibility toward local comm- related businesses through community engagement. Since 2012 I run my own Indonesian travel writing project. This year I am preparing to publish a travel memoir written from a development and creative professional perspective, with parts of the book highlighting the importance of cultural survival for children's well-being, and the private sector's role in reviving healthy cultural spaces for Indonesian youth and children. I currently publish magazine pieces based on this travel writing project in Indonesia Expat. COMPUTER SKILLS CORE COMPETENCIES Microsoft Office Suite Photoshop, InDesign WordPress, Django Google Analytics LANGUAGE SKILLS Indonesian Native / Bilingual Proficiency English Native / Bilingual Proficiency Dutch Conversational / Intermediate Proficiency Papuan, Timorese, Moluccan and Minahasa Malay Conversational Javanese Elementary Proficiency Resourceful and distinctive e-mail Well-informed grassroots insights of marketer, content marketer, mobile development issues in Indonesia marketer, SEO writer and copywriter pertaining to the wellbeing of children for paid social media advertising and cultural survival Skilful storyteller, both in writing and Experience working in interdisciplinary, visual curation international teams Opportune combination of creative Well travelled and networked and analytical skills throughout Indonesia and abroad Capable of winning trust and Experience in online, print and maintaining good relations with broadcast journalism, TV presenting stakeholders of diverse interests and production Familiar with CSR, good corporate Versatile multilingual, including in governance, and the private sector's Indonesian regional dialects reputational interests in supporting Good command of DSLR photography worthy causes and basic photo editing NEXT PAGE: Grace's Education and Work Experience Grace Susetyo CV - Updated 16 March 2017 Page 1 of 3 EDUCATION EXPERIENCE Master of Development Studies CONTRIBUTOR February 2014-January 2017 Indonesia Expat | November 2012 - Present Victoria University of Wellington http://indonesiaexpat.biz/author/grace-susetyo Wellington, New Zealand Write features about travel, culture, history, the arts, profiles, social phenomena, http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees conservation, and events. Many are based on my independent project Di Antara NusaNusa / Faraway Isles (see below), as well as editorial assignments to attend events and This programme has been an international avenue of learning the perform interviews. structures that drive global POST-GRADUATE RESEARCHER development, as well as an Victoria University of Wellington | March 2015 - July 2016 opportunity to compare http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sgees development policies and socio- Performed research on reclaiming post-mining indigenous social capital. Conducted cultural issues between The Pacific fieldwork in Mimika regency, Papua province, in Amungme communities (highlander and Southeast Asia. Studied as a NZ natives to the area consigned for PT Freeport Indonesia’s Contract of Work) as well as ASEAN Scholars Awardee. government officials and Freeport management. Submitted thesis titled Developmentwith-Identity after Structural Violence: Reclaiming Empowering Narratives of Identity and Programme completed. Currently in Social Capital in the Amungme Highlanders of Mimika, Papua. Graded A-. Independent final administration processes prior academic research sponsored by the New Zealand ASEAN Scholars Awards. to officially conferring the degree. Subjects: Development Theory, Development Practice, Development Policy, Development Research, Political Ecology of Conservation, Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property Issues, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Energy. TRAVEL WRITER / PROJECT MANAGER Di Antara Nusa-Nusa / Between Faraway Isles Project | November 2012 - Present http://diantaranusanusa.wordpress.com (under construction) http://www.facebook.com/DiAntaraNusaNusa http://www.instagram.com/gracesusetyo Researched, planned, organised, and executed journalistic expeditions: Java-Bali (Nov-Dec 2012); South Sulawesi (May-Jun 2013); Southern Timor (Aug 2013); Flores (Dec 2013), Sulawesi and West Papua (Dec 2014-Feb 2015); and a grand solo expedition covering Bali, NTB and NTT (Aug-Nov 2016). Posting social media updates of the project on Facebook and Instagram. Bachelor of Communication September 2007-November 2011 STIKOM The London School of PR Jakarta, Indonesia http://www.lspr.edu The Performing Arts Communication stream geared graduates for careers in the media and entertainment industry. This programme also prepared me with skills and Planning, writing, and revising three planned manuscripts of Trilogi Nusa-Nusa: Dongeng dari Nusa-Nusa Selatan / Fairytales from the Southern Isles On discovering the multiple realities of “becoming Indonesia,” the stories Indonesians tell to construct their collective identity, and stories as a powerful tool for disseminating knowledge on local strengths, opportunities, and pride. Based on travels in parts of Timor, Java, Flores and Bali in- • Status: Manuscript in revision. Aimed for publication in late 2017 Two sequels scheduled for future production, pre-production for both completed. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS AND DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER Burufly | July 2013 - November 2013 knowledge in digital publicity, the Defunct as of medio 2014 role of celebrities and Burufly was a novel social media platform for planning Indonesia-based, travels, entertainment in philanthropic sharing itineraries and user-generated travel content (photos and stories). marketing, and event production. • Crafted below-the-line marketing and branding messages for clients, mostly in the form of social media-based competitions, planning offline events, and writing Subjects: Communication Science, advertorials that blend in with social media content. Intercultural Communication, • Supported sales in approaching advertising clients Psychology of Communication, Ethics • Curated featured online content and collaborate with bloggers to generate and Communication Philosophy, Indonesian Legal System, Indonesian Political System, Sociology, Cultural engaging social media content • Write original Electronic Direct Mail on the latest travel trends and other original travel content Anthropology, Media & Entertainment, • Write SEO content that positions Burufly as the Indonesian travel expert Dramatology & Stage Production, • Support Product Development in developing user-friendly interface. Voice Performance, Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, Bachelor’s Thesis. NEXT PAGE: Grace's Earlier Work Experience, Publications, and Speaking Engagements Grace Susetyo CV - Updated 16 March 2017 Page 2 of 3 SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS EXPERIENCE (Continued) Faraway Isles: A Soul Searching CONTRIBUTOR Journey on the Indonesian Identity The Jakarta Globe | May 2011 - January 2015 Pecha Kucha Night http://www.jakartaglobe.id 14 December 2016 - Ubud, Bali https://youtu.be/hsYFm5_TvpI?t=31m A lifelong burning question to figure Wrote for the Features Desk, mostly reporting current events, reviewing Jakarta’s arts scene, profiling notable persons, and writing social commentary pieces. out my complicated heritage, and a leap of faith to embrace the “faraway TELEVISION NEWS REPORTER isles” of Eastern Indonesia so close to BeritaSatu TV| November 2011 - November 2012 hear its heartbeat, turns into a trans- http://www.beritasatu.tv Reported news and live reports. Performed some field producing duties for in-depth formative journey across the Pacific with reflections on building local reporting. Produced a documentary on child labour in West Java’s footwear industry. strength and pride in the global era. ACADEMIC PUBLICATION Empowering Narratives: Understanding Amungme Resilience and Structural Violence in Freeport’s Papua Development-with-Identity after Structural Violence: Reclaiming Empowering Nar- St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology ratives of Identity and Social Capital in the Amungme Highlanders of Mimika, Papua 21 April 2016 - Auckland, New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington | Submitted 1 July 2016 https://stpaulst.aut.ac.nz/all-exhibitions/tita-salina-and- Graded A-. Embargoed due to politically sensitive content irwan-ahmett During fieldwork I lived in with Amungme families in rural Mimika to learn how current Opening for Irwan Ahmett’s and Tita development policies driven by the government and PT Freeport Indonesia pose a threat to Salina’s Flame of the Pacific exhibition, their sense of cultural identity and the spaces for perpetuating the culture. Interviews with speakers featured included Indonesian Amungme leaders and families reveal their aspirations for raising young generations of researchers and Pasifika activists economically and politically competent Amungme who are culturally and ecologically representing Amnesty International and grounded in the values instilled by their ancestors. However, systemic structures of violence Oceania Interrupted. My talk introduced in the dominant political economy prevent these aspirations from being heard and honoured pre-colonial and post-colonial Papuan due to their being perceived as a threat to Indonesian national integrity and its neoliberal identities and worldviews, the structures development policies driven by capitalist urbanites. Amungme who do try to materialise these of socio-economic and political violence aspirations on their own encounter great difficulties in terms of funding and human resources. that sustain Papua's integration into the Republic of Indonesia, and the Amungme as an indigenous Papuan people directly SELECTED JOURNALISTIC ARTICLES impacted by these structures of violence. Taman Daun: The Whale Hunter's Library and Art Space FILM PRODUCTION Indonesia Expat 15 March 2017 http://indonesiaexpat.biz/travel/taman-daun-whale-hunters-libary-art-space/ In the midst of controversy and budding commercialisation of Lamalera's whale hunting The Shoemaker’s Elf: A Day in the traditions, painter and exiled whale hunter Goris Batafor started the Taman Daun Life of A Child Labourer library and art space in the late 1980s. Today it is an educational and cultural oasis for (Peri Pembuat Sepatu: Antara Lembata children to stay connected to their ancestors' cultural values and stories. Realita dan Asa) Originally aired on BeritaSatu TV 12-14 October 2012 Viewable in three segments on http://goo.gl/p2z20v Baraka Nusantara: Coffee Heroes for Education Indonesia Expat 2 November 2016 http://indonesiaexpat.biz/travel/baraka-nusantara-coffee-heroes-education/ Breaking down the fashion Run by local farmers in Lombok and supported by an eclectic international team of industry’s consumerist fantasies of Indonesian young professionals, Baraka Nusantara is a social enterprise that grows and “abundant, affordable, amazing markets the premium Arabica coffee brand Kopi Pahlawan, and funds an the afterschool shoes on demand,” this short TV educational/cultural programme Rumah Belajar Sankabira for local children. documentary follows the life of 14year-old Demung who has been helping his father working fulltime making shoes for very little pay at a home workshop in Bogor, West Java. Wrote, directed and produced as a recipient of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) / Alliance of Indonesian Independent Journalists The True Sole of Indonesia's Child Labourers Jakarta Globe 21 October 2012 Reblogged by ILO at http://www.ilo.org/jakarta/info/public/WCMS_220069/lang--en/index.htm Working 54-100 hours per week, 14-year-old Bogor shoemaker Demung and his father take home a joint weekly pay of Rp150k. This economic hardships instil a vicious cycle of poverty that keeps Demung out of school, but having to leave school at grade 4 will likely limit Demung's future economic opportunities as well. Nevertheless Demung works hard with a glimmer of hope to keep his younger sister in school and help his parents retire someday. (AJI-Jakarta) Fellowship for Special Reporting of Child Labour. Thank you for reading Grace's CV. Call her at- to arrange an interview for further considerations of hiring her as Fundraising Officer at UNICEF Jakarta..