24-year-old Matthew Zachary Liu is one lucky guy. Not only will he have the coolest 10-day job of being part of the MTV social media team, but he’ll also get full-access to the upcoming MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia and get paid for his US$10,000 for this 10-day gig
Beating a pool of entries from across South Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore and emerged the top candidate after a Skype video call interview process with shortlisted potentials last week. His 1st day on the ‘job’ commences on 30 August till 9 September 2013.
The MTV Asia team took Liu by surprise when they conducted a covert operation to notify him of his new role when he was at the airport last Thursday. Catch his surprise in the short video clip by the MTV crew.
Tagged as not the usual nine-to-five role, the hunt for MTV World Stage Insider was launched on 1 August through MTV Asia’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts and the hunt was open for twenty days. Potential social media mavericks submitted creative, innovative and even humorous blog and video entries on a variety of social platforms, with the unique #InsideWS hashtag.
Liu emerged top-of-the-class amongst a host of applicants, impressing MTV Asia with his creative social media resume. Complemented by a wealth of local and regional experience accumulated since his teenage years, Liu’s exciting resume include the recent Singapore MediaCorp’s The Final 1 where he was the backstage live host, Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Singapore Idol, celebrity interviews with the likes of Maroon 5 and The Script and as the Programme Director of Radio Heatwave, Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s radio station where he was previously a student. He is currently serving his national service as a firefighter, and is also an experienced host and active social media junkie.
“Ten years ago, I was a kid who was introduced to and fell in love with the world of music entertainment because of MTV. To me, MTV is not just about music. It introduces what the next big thing is, it holds the power to create and shape the future generation. A decade later, I am chosen to be MTV World Stage Insider! It’s an unbelievable childhood dream that’s come true,” gushed Matthew Liu. “It’s an even greater honour to represent youths out there like myself, and to be part of that enormous influence on MTV’s audience. As the MTV World Stage Insider, I hope I can represent fans well in sharing stories on MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia that bring fans one step closer to experiencing their own MTV dream.”
Watch his winning entry right here:
