INIT // DIGITAL STORYTELLER

ALICE
HUANG

Content · Marketing · Media · PR · Strategy

I turn complex worlds and concepts into stories people actually want to read, watch and share. From VICE documentaries racking up 10M+ views, to building Binance's global narrative, to a debut novel at Penguin Random House. I'm a content and marketing strategist who writes, films, edits, strategises and ships.

Alice Huang
10M+ Views, single doc
45M+ Binance Pay users reached
8+ Media publications
5 Languages
8+ Years of storytelling
SUPERPOWER

What I actually do

Narrative Architecture

I build the story infrastructure of brands: founding myths, product launches, cultural moments. Every storytelling campaign delivers lasting impact.

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Multimedia Command

From long-form investigative journalism to viral short videos, to 40,000-word playbooks: I work in every format. Text, video, podcast, social — I produce the whole stack.

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Startup Agility and Corporate Know-How

I thrive in zero-to-one. I've built PR, community, marketing, and content from scratch at startups. I wear many different hats. I have also thrived in bigger corporate environments that need a lot of adherence to structure, regulations, and proven systems of successful collaboration.

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Web3 & Tech Fluency

Deep domain knowledge in crypto, blockchain, fintech, and emerging tech including AI. I translate hard concepts into human stories with personable approach.

EXPERIENCE

Career timeline

APR 2024 – APR 2026 BINANCE
Senior Global Media & Content Editor

Second in command of the global content arm reaching hundreds of thousands of readers and millions of viewers weekly across all platforms. Driving narrative strategy spanning brand, product, security, market research, policy, thought leadership, and corporate culture.

  • Partnered with product and growth teams on product-led storytelling to drive user acquisition and brand trust, including Binance Pay — scaled to 45M+ users and 20M+ merchants worldwide in 2024–2025.
  • Produced Binance Blockchain Week docuseries, launched on Amazon and Shahid.
  • Edited The ABC's of Crypto, a family-friendly crypto education book.
  • Authored a 40,000-word corporate culture playbook based on interviews with Binance's founding team and ~50 key employees.
  • Shaped early internal narrative and adoption strategy for SAFUGPT, Binance's proprietary AI chatbot.
AUG 2021 – FEB 2024 PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
Fiction Author (Contract)
  • Authored The American Dream, an autofiction novel published August 2023 — shortlisted for Singlit Station 2020 Prose Bootcamp Award.
AUG 2022 – JUN 2023 STEPVR
Head of PR · BD Lead · International Ops
  • Built STEPVR's community, content, and social presence from zero to tens of thousands.
  • Activated community events, generated BD leads, secured zero-cost PR coverage and a spot in Singapore's IMDA incubator.
JAN 2020 – APR 2021 VSSTORY
Producer & Storyteller (now Redhill)
  • Produced multimedia campaigns for Danone, PayPal (Singapore, US and Global Innovation Lab), and Circulate Capital.
2017 – 2022 MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
Full-Time Staff & Freelance
  • The Edge Singapore — Digital Content Manager (full-time).
  • Bylines and content for VICE, Cointelegraph, Vulcan Post, Blockhead, Rice Media, HuffPost.
JUN 2017 – JUN 2019 VICE ASIA
Producer & Journalist
  • Pitched and produced original stories for VICE Asia and VICE Global, including VICExHBO pieces in Southeast Asia generating 3M+ views per story.
  • Created VICE Asia's most-watched video up to 2019 — a documentary on Jakarta's debt-collection industry with 10.5M+ views.
  • Closed branded content deals for Gojek, Uber, and Google.
BODY OF WORK

Selected projects

CONTENT STRATEGY · WEB3
Binance — Global Content & Narrative

Global multimedia content for the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world.

FICTION · PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
The American Dream

Debut autofiction novel. Published August 2023. Shortlisted for Singlit Station 2020 Prose Bootcamp Award.

JOURNALISM · CRYPTO
Cointelegraph

Fun, tongue-in-cheek feature articles on different types of crypto OG you'll meet at a party.

JOURNALISM · WEB3
Blockhead

An in-depth interview with Nansen founder Alex Svanevik.

DOCUMENTARY · VIRAL
VICE Asia — Jakarta Debt Collectors Doc

VICE Asia's most-watched video of 2019. 10.5M+ views. An unflinching look at Indonesia's debt-collection industry.

JOURNALISM · DOCUMENTARY
VICE — Full Archive

Complete VICE portfolio spanning Asia and global — documentaries, features, branded content for Gojek, Uber, Google.

VIDEO · DOCUMENTARY
The Edge Singapore Documentaries

Documentary series produced during tenure as Digital Content Manager at The Edge Singapore.

TIKTOK · SHORT VIDEO
EdgeBites — TikTok

Short-form video content produced for The Edge Singapore's TikTok channel, making finance and business news digestible and engaging.

PODCAST · BRANDED CONTENT
PayPal Innotopia Podcast

Produced by PayPal Innovation Lab — connecting Asia-based innovators across the region.

DOCUSERIES · BRANDED CONTENT
PayPal Innovation Global Docuseries

Global docuseries produced for PayPal's Innovation Lab, capturing stories of innovation and entrepreneurship across markets.

JOURNALISM · CULTURE
Rice Media — Features

Long-form stories on Singaporean life, identity, and culture for one of Singapore's most-read digital publications.

JOURNALISM · TECH
Vulcan Post — Tech & Startups

Tech and startup coverage across Southeast Asia.

PR · COMMUNITY · BD
STEPVR — Built from Zero

Built STEPVR's English-language community, social channels, PR and marketing strategy from scratch.

Skills & tools

// CONTENT & STRATEGY
Narrative Strategy Brand Voice Content Marketing SEO & Ads Thought Leadership Corporate Comms Product Storytelling
// MEDIA & PRODUCTION
Documentary Production Final Cut Pro Adobe Premiere Avid Photoshop Podcast Production Short-Form Social Videos
// DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
Crypto / Web3 Blockchain DeFi FinTech VR / XR AI & Emerging Tech PR & Media Relations BD / Partnerships
// CERTIFICATIONS
Web 3.0 Knowledge Certificate in Financial Services — National University of Singapore Prompt Engineering Vibe Coding
EDUCATION

Academic foundation

Harvard University
B.A. Visual Anthropology

Extracurriculars: Harvard Ballroom Competitor · Harvard Wushu President

The lens of visual anthropology — how humans' understanding of the world shapes images, media, and narrative — is the invisible thread running through everything I create.

English NATIVE/PROFICIENT
Indonesian NATIVE
Malay PROFICIENT
French INTERMEDIATE
Mandarin INTERMEDIATE
RECOGNITION

Awards & honours

Harvard FASS Full Scholarship
Robert Bacon Fund Grant
Derek Bok Learning Lab Fellowship
Fairbank Grant
Dudley House Book Prize
ASEAN Scholarship — Singapore MoE
Singlit Station Prose Shortlist 2020
Penguin Random House — Fiction Offer

Let's build something unforgettable

Whether you need a narrative strategist, a content lead, a media producer, or someone who can parachute in and make sense of your story — I'm open to the right conversations.