Chua Ryanne Christine Gerolaga

Diploma in Arts and Theatre Management
(now known as Diploma in Arts & Entertainment Production Management)

Dawn Lim

Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)

Ghazi Alqudcy

Diploma in New Media
(now known as Diploma in Digital Content Creation)

Govin Tan

Diploma in Sonic Arts

Jeanne Strachan

Diploma in Game Design
(now known as Diploma in Design)

Limin Chung

Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)

Ling Tze Hsuan

Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)

Merissa Tang

Diploma in Arts and Theatre Management
(now known as Diploma in Arts & Entertainment Production Management)

Nadia Malik

Diploma in Media Production and Design
(now known as Diploma in Digital Content Creation)

Shahrul Nizam
 
Diploma in Game Design
(now known as Diploma in Design)

Syafiq Halid

Diploma in Sonic Arts

“As a student with no prior experience or related knowledge before joining the course, my diploma course has shaped me to become someone I never thought I would be. Through the diploma course’s network, I was given several chances to experience authentic learning in the industry. I’m thankful for the strong foundation and encouragement given by my lecturers to bring me to my next chapter in life.”

Chua Ryanne Christine Gerolaga
Diploma in Arts and Theatre Management
(now known as Diploma in Arts & Entertainment Production Management)
Class of 2020

During her school days, Christine actively volunteered for numerous arts events and worked as a freelance lighting technician. She was offered a role as a Junior Technician in Highlight Systems Integration, a lighting consultancy firm, even before she had graduated from RP. Due to Covid-19, the company moved to change its business model and Christine was one of the core team members that helped drive the company’s new direction during the change. As a passion-driven technician, she is open to learning new skill sets and has gone the extra mile to expand her skills beyond lighting design. Now, she also runs virtual streaming productions for the company as part of the core team.

"My course provided a firm foundation for me to understand the purpose and methodologies of user experience design. It played a significant role in deciding my career path and helped me secure my first job in the SaaS sector at a start-up where I was fortunate enough to collaborate with different functions and have autonomy in applying what I learnt and make product design decisions."

Dawn Lim
Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)
Class of 2016

Four years after graduating from RP, Dawn Lim co-founded UX Experts with zero capital. Today, Dawn helps start-ups and enterprises with user research, interaction and user interface design for various industries. She helps companies in various verticals such as Financial services, e-Commerce and retail, education, and software-as-a-service. Dawn has conducted workshops and led design activities at UX Experts for clients such as NTUC, OCBC, AutoDesk, vCargo Cloud among others. Dawn and her team leverage design thinking and the latest technology to drive product innovation, customer experience management and digital transformation. UX Experts aim to make digital simple and delightful for humans.

"My course coached me to be independent, resourceful and forward-thinking within the local cinematic landscape. It is designed to meet your personal capability – the more you want, the more you will get. It is a place for those who are new and mid-level storyteller dabblers."

Ghazi Alqudcy
Diploma in New Media
(now known as Diploma in Digital Content Creation)
Class of 2008

Ghazi Alqudcy is an independent filmmaker currently based in Malaysia. His films have been screened locally and internationally in Netherlands, Denmark, Estonia, Japan, Hong Kong and many more. Ghazi has directed more than fifty short films and produced two feature-length films. Ghazi is a recipient of the Sunburst Scholarship 2008 (Temasek Holdings) and Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Award 2007. He has a Master’s Degree from Sarajevo Film Academy under the tutelage of the maestro Béla Tarr.

“DSA has amazing mentors – a shout out to Lavanath for showing me the ways around a ‘live sound’ environment. The rigorous curriculum definitely contributed to my current career in the musical band Flame of the Forest.”

Govin Tan
Diploma in Sonic Arts
Class of 2012

Govin Tan, founding member of GTkai & Flame of the Forest, is a multi-world percussionist, who started learning the art of Indian Music - Tabla at the age of 12 with Mr. Chandra Sekaran (Singapore) and subsequently furthered his craft with Ustad Jagjit Singh (India, Punjab).

With perseverance and diligence, Govin was the first non-Indian to win the National Indian Music Competition in 2006 (tabla intermediate category) and 2008 (tabla open category) respectively. This was truly an astonishing historical feat that has never repeated itself to date.

Govin has since brought his performances to new heights, both musically and technically where he displayed his percussion techniques skillfully in many performances and is grateful to be given the opportunity to travel and perform internationally as an accompanist and soloist. Throughout his journey, Govin continues to study and explore various ethnic instruments of the world.

"When I think about my diploma course, I feel grateful; It was a place of growth, respect and comradery. It exercised my mind with problems that needed to be solved, it exercised my soul with friendship as well as opportunities that led me to achieve my dreams in the industry. And it exercised my heart through panic attacks caused by RJ and game project deadlines. To sum it all up, my course gave me the foundation I needed to be serious about fun."

Jeanne Strachan
Diploma in Game Design
(now known as Diploma in Design)
Class of 2017

While she started out aspiring to be an artist for games, Jeanne proved to be a talented designer and competent in a variety of other skills. Jeanne was appointed as the Valedictorian for STA during the graduation ceremony in 2017. She has since embarked on her career as a junior-level designer with the local office of Ubisoft, a prestigious company in the gaming industry.

“My course helped kickstart my journey in the user experience realm, and I developed holistic and strong fundamentals of the UX process/ methodologies. As part of the UX journey, I developed skills to collaborate with people from different disciplines and make product design decisions based on research and testing. Being able to apply what I learnt, I also expanded my knowledge in UX during internship, where I also secured my first job upon graduation.”

Limin Chung
Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)
Class of 2013

Limin Chung is a User Experience Designer based in Singapore, pursuing a part-time undergraduate course at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). She has been with Autodesk for the last 6 years as a User Experience Designer primarily working on enhancing and designing the experience of product data management software alongside other UX designers, User Researchers, Product Managers and Developers in the company. Before joining the Autodesk family, she started as a User Experience Designer in UX Consulting shortly after graduation and has worked on various projects across different industries such as Startups, Travel, Government, Bank and Insurance.

"As a student with low self-confidence initially, RP’s problem-based learning helped me to be able to work and communicate with different people effectively. Together with the strong foundations and the comprehensive skills that I learned from my diploma course, I graduated as a UX designer who is able to blend into the design industry well and make my stand."

Ling Tze Hsuan
Diploma in Design in Interactivity
(now known as Diploma in Design)
Class of 2012

Tze Hsuan was the top diploma graduate of his cohort. He has since worked in 5 different industries and helped design award-winning products. Currently, as the Head of Product UX in MobilityX, he is playing his part in helping shape the future of transport in Singapore.

"My course helped kickstart my journey in the arts, giving me a holistic understanding of arts management, and simultaneously stressing the importance of collaboration and inter-disciplinary understanding. With this strong foundation in arts management, I was able to hit the ground running upon graduation, allowing me to further my practice/interests in all creative, managerial and technical aspects of the arts."

Merissa Tang
Diploma in Arts and Theatre Management
(now known as Diploma in Arts & Entertainment Production Management)
Class of 2016

Before graduating from RP, Merissa played an active role in Singapore’s theatre scene, freelancing as a technical theatre practitioner. She went on to be the recipient of the National Arts Council Arts Scholarship (Undergraduate) 2018 and completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production) at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne. Now, she continues to fulfil her dreams as a Production Coordinator at Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

"My course served as a riveting journey that nurtured me as a creative individual by allowing a pedestal for me to not only showcase my potential but also gain industry-relevant skills from an exceptional faculty. It greatly motivated me to embark on numerous learning opportunities both in and out of campus even after graduation."

Nadia Malik
Diploma in Media Production and Design
(now known as Diploma in Digital Content Creation)
Class of 2018

Nadia was the Board of Governor Award Winner for The Most Outstanding Graduate of The Year and then after was awarded the Anugerah Belia Cemerlang MENDAKI 2018. After graduating from Nanyang Technological University with a degree in Fine Arts with a specialisation in Design Art, Nadia is now a Designer with ITTF.

"My course provided me with strong fundamentals which have helped me to understand the inner workings of the gaming industry. The experience and dedication of my lecturers have driven my passion for learning about game design and are what has gotten me this far. The well-crafted curriculum and PBL methodology give me a more hands-on approach to designing games"

Shahrul Nizam
Diploma in Game Design
(now known as Diploma in Design)
Class of 2013

Shahrul has graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Game Design in DigiPen, an institution well-known in the industry for its intense curriculum and tough entry requirements. Today, Shahrul is working in San Francisco as a UI Artist at ILM Immersive, Lucasfilm's Immersive Entertainment Studio. He has since worked on several mobile game titles such as Dragon Project, Disney’s Epic Quest and some renowned titles from SEGA, as part of goGame’s publishing services. His dedication to his craft has resulted in an Emmy Award win that his team has received for Outstanding Innovation in Emerging Media. 

"DSA course has many useful modules that have equipped me well by giving me confidence in stepping into the next journey in the music and creative industry. I am very glad that the knowledge learned from DSA has opened up many opportunities to me that I am capable of exploring my potential further."

Syafiq Halid
Diploma in Sonic Arts
Class of 2014

Early in 2017, Syafiq successfully passed the prestigious and highly competitive Ableton Certified Trainer Program in Hong Kong, becoming the first and youngest ever Ableton Certified Trainer in Singapore. In his entrepreneurial journey, he officially launched Grid Culture in May 2019, a platform which provides training services and education in electronic music production and, designing live music performances using the musical software named Ableton Live. Through this self-made business venture, he is dedicated to sharing his Ableton Live experience with like-minded individuals and communities to show that music technology and computer music can be a unique creative tool or a hobby.