Greg Steven
Business English Communications Specialist
51 years old
Driving License
Christchurch (Burwood) (8083) New Zealand
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
I have experience working in Corporate Communications Training and training at large corporations and government ministries in Tokyo, Japan. I have also worked in curricula development and taught high school for four years.
Data Annotator
DataAnnotion
Since 2026
- Data annotating on various projects for AI LLM training.
- Model response evaluating
Creating challenging prompts
Reviewing ratings
Giving model feedback
Head Trainer & owner
AEL Co. Ltd.
June 2018
to June 2024
- Day to day running of a small business employing 6 - 9 employees.
- Leading a team of 6 - 8 trainers. Liaising with the clients to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Following processes and procedures at large companies to ensure compliances and quality standards are met.
- Working to (often tight) deadlines to deliver quality training to consistently high standards.
- Evaluating staff performance and finding solutions to client training requirements.
Curricula Developer
Oxford University Press
February 2015
to June 2015
- Working on the development team for the global Business Result series 2nd edition team for OUP publishing company.
- Brainstorming curricula ideas and activities
- Manuscript proofreading
- Starter, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, and Intermediate levels.
In-house Corporate English Trainer
Schaeffler Japan Co. Ltd.
June 2012
to June 2024
Full-time
Japan
- Managing all aspects of running and implementing in-house English language and communication advancement courses through all departments, first as a contractor, later as a vendor.
- Running regular language training Business and Engineering English courses and also specialized courses such as Email, Presentation Skills, Technical English, Meetings and others.
- Managing curricula selection, designing and implementing courses, performance evaluations, and training schedule management.
Private high school instructor
Seibudai Chiba (junior and senior high school)
April 2008
to March 2012
Noda
Japan
- Solo teaching of both junior and senior high school students, English conversation.
Sole responsibility for lesson planning and test making.
Various ESL teaching - Tokyo, Japan
Berlitz and others
June 2003
to March 2008
- Oxford University Press curricula developer
- Berlitz Shinjuku, Tokyo branch
- Dispatch Business English training
- Oxford University Press curricula developer
Overview of past work experience
Various
January 1995
to May 2003
- Produce Assistant and 2IC,
- Streets Ice Cream order picking, Brisbane, Australia
- Timber frame pack making and truck loading
- Drain laying experience
- Agricultural work: sugar cane planting, banana farming and mango farm maintenance, Queensland,
Skills
Japanese language
- Intermediate level spoken Japanese
Japanese Manufacturing Understanding
- Kaizen
- Gemba
- Kanban
MS Office basic user
- Excel
- Word
- Outlook
- PowerPoint
Adobe Acrobat user
- PDF editing and creation
