Experience

●Oyabe Americas, Inc.

Sales Engineer Assistant (May 2016~August 2017)

Aided in Vice President for English to Japanese translation and interpretation.

Created company website.

Organized and executed office move from Worthington, Ohio to Plain City, Ohio.

Clerical work such as organizing and cataloging bills, data entry. Wrote quotes for customers.

Aided in translation and interpretation for installation of machinery in Automobile manufacturing facilities.

●Creo Consulting

Temporary Staff for Oyabe Americas, Inc. (February 2016~May 2016)

In this temporary-to-hire position, helped the company as a US cultural assistant.

Aided in translation and interpretation between the Vice President and the customers of Oyabe Americas.

●TOP Chicago

●Temporary Staff for Yamato Transport U.S.A., Inc. Columbus Branch (September 2015~December 2015)

Worked with a moving staff packing and transporting customers’ personal belongings between Columbus, Ohio and Japan.

Communicated with customers on how the moving team wanted their belongings to be packaged, stored and delivered.

●Transperfect

●Contract Remote Interpreter (July 2015~January 2016)

Interpreted phone calls in Japanese and English during emergency situations.

●Transfluent

Contract Linguist (June 2015~September 2015)

●Translated and transcribed Harlequin romance mangas (Japanese comics) from Japanese to English.

●Aladdin’s Eatery

Dishwasher (December 2014~September 2015)

●Washing dishes for a popular local Lebanese food chain.

●Helping out the cooks with food preparation; such as condiment distribution, etc.

●Self-Employed

Freelance English Tutor (December 2013~July 2015)

●Helped tutor Japanese nationals in English language education

●City Staff, Inc.

T-NET for Osaka Prefectural Board of Education (May 2013~November 2013)

●Aide in the teaching of the Oral Communication classes at a technology high school in Izumi-Sano, Osaka.

●Made original lesson plans to help aide in the English education of the students taking the Oral Communication classes.

●COCCO Eikaiwa

Foreign Instruction Staff for Umeda, Osaka and Korien, Neyagawa-City Offices (May 2013~September 2013)

●Facilitated the English free-talk conversation circles.

●Gained experience in teaching English to adults in private and semi-private atmospheres.

●Active Eikaiwa (Amagasaki City, Hyogo)

Native English Teacher (May 2013~August 2013)

●Gained experience in teaching English to children as young as age three.

●Made English lessons fun for the children while juggling on how to use the Genki English program.

●Seifuusou Annex: Tennis Resort

Part-Time Experience in Yamanashi Prefecture (March 2013~April 2013)

●Learned about the Japanese hospitality industry while doing basic cleaning chores.

●Borderlink, Inc.

Assistant Language Teacher for Nishinomiya City Schools (September 2012~February 2013)

●Assisted in the instruction of English to fifth and sixth graders at three elementary schools in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

●Helped homeroom teachers make lesson plans and prepared materials for the English classes.

●24 7 Asian Entertainment

24-7 KPOP Japan Correspondent (August 2012~October 2013)

●Wrote about my experiences in Japan for 24-7 KPOP, a leading American website for Asian entertainment, media and news.

●University of Mount Union

Center for Global Education (May 2011-May 2012)

●USAC Student Ambassador

Copy edited printed and web materials for the University of Mount Union’s study abroad programs and faculty-led trips

Wrote and edited an issue of the office’s newsletter

Helped make packets and handouts to give to students before studying abroad

Did some clerical work for the staff

WRMU (radio station) (Sept 2008-April 2011)

●Board operator and engineered sports games (Sept 2008-Jan 2009)

●Self-ran a midnight radio show, made logs, wrote scripts, linked the show to social media (Sept 2009-Nov 2009)

●Board operator for WRMU’s All Oldies Weekend program (Oct 2009-Apr 2010, Jan 2011-Apr 2011)

●Board operator and DJ for the Smooth Jazz Top Ten and Smooth Jazz on Friday night programs (Jan 2010-Apr 2010)

The Dynamo (student newspaper) (Sept 2008-May 2012)

●Wrote op/ed, arts and entertainment pieces

●Editor for the commentary page (Aug 2011-May 2012)

Studio M (television station) (Sept 2008-Apr 2010)

●Helped set up and participate both behind and on camera for newsbreaks

●Helped conduct interviews with Mount Union’s international students

Education

●University of Mount Union; Alliance, Ohio (Aug 2008-May 2010, January 2011~May 2012)

Graduated with a B.A. in Japanese and a B.A. in Communications with a concentration in Media Studies

GPA: 3.1, Heritage Award

Alpha Mu Gamma

Eagle Scout (Awarded in 2008)

●Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies; Nagasaki, Japan (September 2010~December 2010)

Study Abroad Experience alongside graduation requirements for a B.A. in Japanese from the University of Mount Union.

Skills

●Proficient in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Creative Suite, Garage Band, iMovie, social media, Adobe Audition, and WordPress.

●Strong skills in writing and editing texts such as newspaper articles, research papers, and blog entries.

●Knowledge of Japanese-to-English text translation, especially in technical writing.

●Organized multitasker

●Interest in learning Final Cut Studio, Avid and other advanced media editing programs as well as various foreign languages.

●Speaks English natively, speaks advanced level Japanese, knows basic Russian and self-teaching Korean.

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