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Dabeen Lim

@dabeenlim

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Korean language specialist, writer and educator with 9+ years' experience.

South Korea

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles leveraging Korean language teaching and scriptwriting skills in collaborative media or educational teams, offering creative impact and professional growth.

I am a Korean language specialist, published novelist, and experienced scriptwriter with over nine years of professional experience teaching academic writing, crafting children's animation scripts, and contributing conversational data for AI projects. My work spans university-level writing tutoring, curriculum design for college entrance preparation, and creation of age-appropriate dialogue for award-winning children's media.

I earned an M.A. in Mass Communication with a thesis on narrative analysis of Korean television drama, have received multiple writing awards, and authored an e-book novel. I bring strong skills in Korean language instruction, scriptwriting, academic editing, and collaborative content development for broadcast and digital media.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Korean Language Department Head

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DAECHIGONGJON Co., Ltd.

Dec 2023 - Present (2 years)

Lead curriculum design and instruction for college entrance Korean language and literature, developing advanced grammar and writing analysis materials to improve student exam readiness.

Curriculum Design Korean Language Teaching Exam Preparation Lesson planning

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Scriptwriter & Novelist

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Freelance

Apr 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Authored children's scripts and novels in Korean, creating age-appropriate dialogue and storylines for production teams and contributing to BBC Special: Pororo World Animal Expedition.

Children's Literature Children'S Literature Storyboarding Creative Writing Collaboration Editing

Data Collection Specialist

Dialog Design Agency Co., Ltd.

Jul 2022 - Nov 2022 (4 months)

Collected and authored Korean conversational data samples for the Blenderbot AI project to support training of conversational models.

Data Annotation Korean Language AI Training Data Quality Assurance

Animation Scriptwriter

ICONIX Co., Ltd.

Jan 2019 - Apr 2022 (3 years 3 months)

Wrote Korean scripts and developed storylines and dialogue for children's TV programs (Pororo and others), producing 11-minute episodes targeting ages 3–5 across multiple series.

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Writing Tutor

Sogang University

Sep 2016 - Jan 2019 (2 years 4 months)

Provided one-on-one academic Korean writing tutoring to undergraduates and graduates, delivered written feedback on 200+ papers and improved students' grammar, organization, and rhetorical clarity.

Tutoring Feedback Korean Register Editing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Sogang University

Master of Arts, Mass Communication

2016 - 2019

Grade: 4.43 / 4.5

Completed an M.A. in Mass Communication with a thesis analyzing narrative structures in popular Korean dramas and coursework in media linguistics and narrative theory.