Jacqueline Ladd
**** ***** ** ******, *********, CA 95678
abi2tj@r.postjobfree.com
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Education:
University of California at Berkeley
BA in Mass Communications, BA in Fine Arts, 2006
Sessions College for Professional Design
Web Design Certificate, in progress
Skills:
• Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, level 3
• Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Publisher
• Experience with hand-coded XHTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Fireworks.
Work History:
Nordstrom
Sale Associate, 2003, 2006-2007
• Member of a highly competitive, million dollar selling sales team.
• Met personal sales goals while maintaining Nordstrom’s standard for customer service.
• Learned to efficiently use the company's internal computer and register system to locate
items nationwide, track current orders and save personal customers' contact information.
• Provided customers with excellent service over the phone and in person.
Sendai City Board of Education
Assistant Language Teacher, 2007-2010
• Taught English as a foreign language in collaboration with native teachers at 2 junior
high schools and 5 primary schools in Japan.
• Adapted quickly to Japanese work culture.
• Improvised and adjusted lessons as needed to best suit individual classes and students.
• Speaks conversational Japanese.
AsianWeek
Newsroom Intern, summer 2005
• Submitted story leads to the editor on issues pertinent to the Asian American community.
• Worked independently writing announcements, movie reviews and a feature story.
• Responsible for selecting press kits to review, some photo sourcing.
• Organized, reviewed and selected back stories to feature in current issues.
• Met with assistant editor to discuss stories and get feedback.