Dear all,

It has been an amazing learning experience being able to travel side by side with internationally renowned Jet Li. Recently Jet Li has formed a company focused on promoting health through elements of taiji (aka tai chi). I will be transitioning over to help with the development of this company- therefore we are looking for a new assistant.

Thanks,

This post is relevant as of April 2011.
See Job Description below.

Please only email the proper hiring email address listed below. Applications sent to any email address other than the one listed below will not be reviewed.

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POSITION: Assistant to Jet Li — Internationally Renowned Actor and Martial Artist, Founder of One Foundation, Founder of BNU1 Institute, and Founder of Taiji Zen International

GENERAL BACKGROUND:
As a martial artist and action film star, Jet Li needs no further introduction. In recent years, however, Jet has redefined himself as what some call “the first Chinese social entrepreneur.”

In 2007, he founded One Foundation, a globally-minded charity with the simple idea that everyone has responsibility to help society. With the slogan of “every person, every month gives one yuan = one big family,” One Foundation has made history by paving the way in China’s NGO sector.

In 2010, Jet founded the Beijing Normal University One Foundation Philanthropy Research Institute, or BNU1. With the goal of educating the next generation of social sector leaders in China, BNU1 is an accredited, degree granting academic institution formed in partnership with Beijing Normal University.

In 2011, Jet officially launched Taiji Zen International, a new movement to promote health and happiness through the practice of taijiquan (also known as tai chi chuan). Taiji Zen will also express the philosophy of taiji, which focuses on balance and harmony.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Serve as primary communication bridge between Jet and various personal and business relations; Arrange travel and scheduling; Maintain personal and business accounts; Execute public relations strategies; Review and prepare film production materials.

Responsibilities also include maintaining relationships and partnerships with multinational corporations, government and religious dignitaries, and media/film/public relations entities in the USA, Europe, and Asia.

Candidate must be willing to travel with Jet, often at short notice and potentially for long durations, and must bring great organizational skills and a flexible attitude. With disaster relief as one of the foundation’s focus areas, travel to harsh and inconvenient locations may sometimes be required. During film productions, the candidate will accompany Jet on set and will gain hands-on production-related experience.

QUALIFICATIONS: Fluency in English, Proficiency in Mandarin; Undergraduate degree at minimum

PREFERENCES: Male; Based in or willing to relocate to Beijing; At least 1-2 years of work-experience

TO APPLY: Please send your resume and cover letter to hiring [at] taijizen.com Attn: Alfred Hsing

A Day in the Life of Alfred Hsing – July 24th, 2010

Recently over dinner I met someone who mentioned a project called “Life in a Day“. I saw a short clip of it a few days ago.. and then lo and behold I log in to YouTube today and see it boldly blasting all over the place. Today is “YouTube Filming Day” for the project of Life in a Day.

Life In A Day is a historic global experiment to create a user-generated documentary film shot in a single day. This experimental documentary will be executive produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Oscar winning director Kevin Macdonald. The film will premier at the Sundance Film Festival Jan 2011.

It also just so happens that July 24th and 25th (which is still the 24th in the US) are the only days I will have YouTube access because I’ll be back in China tomorrow (where YouTube is blocked). Thus I felt some calling to document my life on this day… and plus I had been meaning to create a video on “A Day in the Life of Alfred Hsing“.

Let me know what you guys thing because I plan to submit this tomorrow.

In other news, I created a new website – www.alfredrocks.com

alfredrocks.com

I’ve always had the domain alfredrocks.com, but before it simply linked to a blogspot page. Now that I am getting more involved in production and acting, I felt it was only right to have a clean simple page with my head shot, demo reel, and resume – all of which are on the site. =)

There are still a few minor changes I might make to both the “Life in a Day” short and my new alfredrocks.com site. Overall they were both fun to work on. Feel free to leave feedback!