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Work

Work

A management system, an analysis report, an event plan, a publication or a handbook — what are you missing? Let's make it together!

I'm Meng Ya, a freelancer for the past five years. My core skills are breaking problems down, doing the research, and thinking things through. I mix knowledge from different fields to offer services that hang together, from start to finish.

Skills

What I can actually do

One person, from research and planning to making. I can manage, I can plan, and I can get my hands dirty.

Research

Fieldwork, literature review, analysis

Planning & management

Planning, project management, running events

Formerly a project manager (PM) on government policy and knowledge-outreach projects

Making

Writing
copywriting and editing
Visual
graphic design and layout, photography
Video
motion graphics, video editing
Digital
building systems and websites, API integrations, LINE bots, AI training

The organisations and projects I work with are mostly about humanities, ecology, policy and non-profits.

Tools I use

Design & layout
IllustratorPhotoshopInDesign
Video
PremiereAfter Effects
Websites
WixGoogle SitesGitHubdomain and DNS setup
Systems & integration
AppSheetGoogle Apps ScriptAPI integrations
AI
ClaudeNotebookLM

Projects

What kind of projects I've done

Each project involves more than one kind of work.

  • Government policy and knowledge-outreach projectsContent planning and proposalsproject managementmain point of contact (internal and external)
  • 2024– Digital transformation and improvement for a micro non-profitMindset coachingdesigning internal workflowsbuilding websites or systems
  • 2025 Website for a non-profitTaiwan Heritage Society ↗Domain purchase and DNS setupvisual designbuilding the sitemigrating the data
  • 2024–2025 Building up and promoting cultural-policy contentTaiwan Cultural Route (in Chinese) ↗Turning cultural-policy theory into plain languageevent photographyvideo editinggraphic design
  • 2025 Security handbookInformation Security Guide for NPOs (in Chinese) ↗Writing the content (with AI)illustrationslayoutweb version
  • 2024 Research on the history and industrial development of a river basinLiterature collectionorganising datasummarising talks and meetings
  • 2023 Running a marketLecheng Life Festival 樂城生活節 →Planningmanaging and liaising with stallssocial media graphicsgraphic design for printed materials
  • 2021–2023 Making content about stream issuesIsland Stream Guide 島讀河溪 →Teaching slidesa themed websitevideo production and editingsocial media poststeaching assistant at eventsleading school classes

Not sure what you want yet? That's fine — let's just talk. Often it's only after chatting that you find that what you really need isn't what you first thought.

How we work

How we do it together

Get to know and understand first, then talk it through and think about how to do it.

  1. Let's talk

    A one-hour first chat. Tell me what you're thinking and what you need.

  2. Get on site

    I watch how things are actually done, look at the data you already have, and talk to the people involved.

  3. Find the shape of it

    We sort the problems by priority and decide together what to do and how far to go.

  4. Build it together

    I take responsibility for the work, but you can't just hand everything over and walk away. I need your help and ideas too — after all, you know your own situation better than I do.

  5. Hand it over

    I hate waste, and I hate the idea of taking your money and making something you can't use. I'll walk you through it and hand it over properly.

Just want to get the problem straight? That's fine too!
You can hire me for steps 2 and 3 only, the assessment and planning. Sometimes it turns out the plan isn't workable and the goal needs adjusting, and sometimes it turns out it's something I can't do. That's okay — hand it to someone more suitable.

Why me

Working with one person, start to finish

  • Understanding your needs and pain pointsI figure out how you actually work before we talk about what to make, and look for the best answer between your goals and your budget!
  • The same person throughoutresearch, planning and making don't change hands, so you don't have to explain things again and again or redo work at each handover.

AppSheet Systems

Management systems built on Google's AppSheet around your work or life, and a few ready-made AppSheet templates you can simply buy outright. Your data stays in your own Google Sheets, easy to export. A one-off purchase, no subscription.

Internal Payment Request System

Suited for: One-person companies, micro and small-to-mid-sized organisations

Staff file payment requests online and a PDF request form is generated; finance gets the payee details right away

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Freelancer Income & Expense System

Suited for: Freelancers, contract workers, people with several sources of income, people who spend in several currencies

Project tracking, working hours, multi-currency bookkeeping and charts, all in one tool

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Case Management System

Suited for: Social-welfare organisations, institutions and social workers

Record case information, and review monthly and yearly service figures and social impact

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Broiler Farm Record System

Suited for: Contract broiler farmers, water-curtain houses, farmers who still keep paper records

Daily farm records, feed-conversion and livability settlement, and analysis charts for contract farmers

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Let's talk

Tell me what you're dealing with, and we'll decide together what to do.

mengyahh@gmail.com