MAIYAH HIRANO ** Anderson Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
***********@*****.*** 415-***-****
CAREER FOCUS
A motivated, focused, detail-oriented, self-starter seeking a dynamic,
creative firm to utilize my excellent communication, production, marketing
and organizational skills.
WORK HISTORY
2010 - 2011 Receptionist/Administrative Assistant (Temp), Searchwright,
San Francisco, CA
Greeting clients, phones, data entry, filing, processing mail, writing
documents.
2006 - 2007 Server, Le Marmiton, Santa Monica, CA
Customer service and serving in restaurant/bakery/deli. Trained several
servers. Processed catering orders. Organized various parts of the
store.
2005 - 2006 Merchandising/Marketing Assistant, Flax Art & Design,
Brisbane, CA
Executive Assistant to CEO. Merchandised and wrote copy for hundreds of
products. Wrote copy for emails and web pages for three websites. Created
several website art lessons. Assisted in buying. Provided sales projections
for vendors. Helped design site map for new website. Utilized several
company software programs. Web and catalog data input.
2004 Administrative Assistant, The Marsh, San Francisco, CA
Personal Assistant to Director. Customer service and administration for
solo performance theater. Organized publicity material, archives and
invoicing system. Reorganized the director's filing system. Managed
volunteers.
2003-2004 Sales Associate, Pullman & Co., Mill Valley, CA
Inside sales for upscale furniture, jewelry and gift boutique. Processed
large shipments and merchandised various products.
2001-2003 Customer Service, Dharma Trading Co., San Rafael, CA
Assisted clients by phone in fabric and dye choices, and textile
techniques. Fabric buying. Assisted in clothing buying. Website copy for
catalog and info pages.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant for international architectural firm in Japan.
Volunteer at ETM Bay Area (Education Through Music).
Word, Excel, IBM PC, Mac, PageMaker, Photoshop, PowerPoint, FileMaker Pro.
EDUCATION
S.F. State University Humanities: literature, creative writing,
international studies and languages.