Manager Development

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Objective

English-Japanese bilingual who thrives in globally collaborative environment seeking opportunities for

career development. 8+ years of experience in Film / V isual Effects / I T /Web production field in

a dministrative coordination and production management capacity at major production studios.

E mployment H istory

Rhythm & Hues Studios, El Segundo, CA M ay 2011 –

C ur rent

PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY L IA ISON

Managed day-to-day responsibilities Production Technology Committee and its global l iaison

members with technical development strategies to achieve overall studio efficiency goals.

Coalesced cross-location / function communication and collaboration between studio’s 6 global

b ranches while performing project management duties.

Walt Disney Parks and Resort Online, Anaheim, CA Nov. 2010 – Feb. 2011

WEB DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER

Performed as a bilingual producer for the major website launch effort. Oversaw development

team resource and scheduling while facilitating high profile global business partners needs to

meet client expectations during the init ial launch and maintenance period of a high traffic

resort site “Aulani.com”

Translated and QC’ed Japanese text content for the website catered to Japanese customers

“ disneyaulani.jp”

MQ Visual Effects, Santa Monica, CA M ar. 2010 – Sep.

2010

PRODUCER / PRODUCTION MANAGER

Liaise with Japanese studio client, Canadian digital asset vendor and Los Angeles based visual effects

artists while performing as VFX producer and production manager on a Japanese live action feature film

Provided English-Japanese translation for bidding, financial, contractual agreements and technical

specifications documents

Freelance Translator, L os Angeles, CA 2007 –

C ur rent

Provided translation services on a small client, as-needed bases for immigration and court

document preparation, independent publication and online article

Provided interpretation services on small business meetings and presentations with Japanese

clients

Digital Domain, Venice, CA Oct. 2004 – Feb.

2010

DIGITAL PRODUCTION PIPELI NE COORDINATOR / OUTSOURCE MANAGER

Establishing production management infrastructure to effectively outsource visual effects

sequence and shots among mult iple studios in different countries. Facilitating asset production

a nd managing data transaction on various feature film projects such as "Tron: Legacy"

"Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "Pirates of Caribbean 3".

SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR

Conducted extensive research subjecting Japanese history and culture for a feature film development

and screenwriting process

Provided translation for researched documents, footages and performed interpretation for the

screenwriter, producers and subject matter experts

Danika Productions Inc., Hollywood, CA J un. 2003 – Aug.

2003

TRANSCRIBER -Intern

Translated numbers of Japanese feature films and scripts archived by Kadokawa Pictures subsidiary

and compiled English treatments for film development considerations

ED UCAT IO N

Los Angeles, CA Sep. 1999 –

University of Southern California,

D ec 2003

Bachelor of Arts - School of Cinema and Television: Critical Studies

2010 - Cu r rent

Japan Visual-media Translation Academy, Torrance, CA

Translation and interpretation t raining in a certified program

SK I L LS

• Japanese-English t ranslation and interpretation

• Proficient in Windows (98-2000, XP, Vista, 7), Linux (Red Hat, Fedora Core, Debian, CentOS), Mac

(OSX)

• P roficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project), Open Office, FTP,

• Knowledge in subtitling/caption application (InqScribe, Camtasia, MovieCaptioner, Subbit)

• Experiences in video editing (MediaComposer, Avid DV Xpress, Final Cut Express)

• 2D/3D Animation Software familiarity (Nuke, Shake, Maya, Houdini, Lightwave, 3DSMax)

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