High School Vice President

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November 08, 2012

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Iku KawachiPhone: +* (***) ***-****Phone: +** (**) 9883-9581E-mail: ********@**.**********:

Diligent, organized, and conscientious individual prepared to excel in field of mass communication with a focus on designing and creating visually-driven as well as written content for the Web.

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Master of Communication in (2013) (expected)Bachelor of Science in Communication, Arts and Sciences, (2012)

Magna cum laude, 3.85 GPA

Webmaster, Executive Board, (2011 - 2012)Designed and maintained website for service organization focusing on active citizenship and social justice. Helped create publicity materials and assisted with fundraising, recruitment, and orientation events.President, Aikido Club (2010 - 2011)Vice President, Aikido Club (2009 - 2010)Coordinated practices, rank testing, seminars, and fundraising events. Attended club sports administration/budget meetings, acted as liason between club members and advisor, and promoted principles and concepts of Aikido, a non-violent Japanese martial art with techniques applicable to self-defense.International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IBDP) (2008)

Bilingual Diploma (English A1 Higher Level, Japanese A2 Higher Level) (3.72 GPA)

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Digital Media Lab Richter Library (February 2011 - May 2012)

University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)

Assisted students, faculty, and other lab patrons with a variety of specialized programs ranging from Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign (graphics) to Final Cut Pro and iMovie (video editing). Provided general technical support and managed audio/video equipmental rentals as well as large-format printing service.(July/August 2006 - July/August 2007, July/August 2009 - July/August 2012)

Special Programs Office, Senri International School Foundation (Mino, Osaka, Japan)

Assistant Instructor - Swimming Department (2009 - 2012)

Guide (2006, 2007)

Served as a student guide to elementary school students at an intensive four-week English learning camp. Assisted in the classroom and supervised activities throughout each day. Became a swimming instructor in 2009, teaching children swimming and pool safety skills as well as games and other recreational activities. (September 2008 - March 2009)

University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)

Edited the copy of the Academics section of the Ibis Yearbook. Devised story ideas and distributed assignments to staff writers, proofread copy, provided design and photography staff with ideas for visuals and wrote photo captions.

(March 2005 - October 2005)

Special Programs Office, Senri International School Foundation (Mino, Osaka, Japan)

Served as a student guide to a group of elementary school students at a weekly English learning program. Assisted in the classroom with various tasks, took children from class to class and both instructed and actively participated in activities such as art, music, and sports.

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Key Strengths: Highly organized, logical and analytical mind. Diligent, patient with peers as well as tasks, and attentive to detail. Able to write expressively in two languages and comfortable with numbers and statistics.

Cultural Background: Native speaker of both English (TOEFL 118) and Japanese and capable of conversational Spanish. Have lived in numerous cities in both the U.S. and Japan for more than nine years each and spent life immersed in diverse multilingual/multicultural setting.

Technology: Able to carry out wide range of tasks in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Proficient in HTML, CSS, and jQuery and graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, and InDesign for both Web and print applications. Familiar with both Windows and Mac OS X platforms.

Communication: Extensive experience tutoring peers and younger students in TOEFL preparation (ESL), Web design, Illustrator, and Flash throughout high school and college. Patient, understanding, and able to explain both concepts and specific rules and methods clearly.

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