Kayo Tomura
**** *** ******, *******, **, Canada
J3L 2M6
Email: ****@**********.***
Portfolio: www.kayotomura.com
Professional exPerience
Freelance Graphic Designer
April 2011 to present
Leaflets, websites and logos for clients of Kalida Technology Inc.
Medecal conference kit for EPS world link Inc.
Website for the Animation Film Event.
Presentation kit for Somo Ads Inc.
Poster for the Classic Music Concert.
Graphic Designer, Layout Artist
Transit Publishing Inc. / Cogito Media Group (Montreal, Canada)
December 2010 to March 2011
Transit: an international publishing firm and media company
Conceptualize and produce graphic art, plus visual materials for the layout of print books
and ebooks, including cover images, inside images and graphical elements for external
websites, advertisements and posters.
Freelance Translator, Tutor (Montreal, Canada)
2005 to 2009
Translation of English documents and websites to Japanese such as CVs, invoices,
instruction manuals, lawyer paperwork, recipes, fiction novels, travel guides and
entertainment websites.
Gave private Japanese lessons to French and English speakers for business and private
students and regularly supported a business’ video conferencing as a translator.
Draughtsperson, Customer Representative
Sekisui House, LTD. (Yamaguchi, Japan)
1999 to 2004
Sekisui House, LTD.: one of Japans largest homebuilders.
Responsible for digital drawing and draughting of company designs and blueprints using
AutoCAD software.
Met with customers to explain Sekisui’s large selection of home designs, providing detailed
product line information and demonstrating the quality of its residential solutions.
Purchasing Agent, Conceptual Designer, Translator
Castle Co. (Yamaguchi, Japan)
1997 to 1999
Castle Co.: a young, high-growth company in the fashion industry.
Responsible for purchasing clothes for each brand’s collection.
Visited fashion collections in Paris as an international buyer and translator.
As Castle Co. expanded, I completed new concept designs for store interiors and exteriors.
Architect Assistant
Namera Co. (Yamaguchi, Japan)
1996 to 1997
Namera Co.: an architectural firm, working mainly with wood building materials.
Helped architects prepare and administer construction documents and standards manuals.
Conducted design, maintenance and draughting duties, while studying construction law at
Nikken Gakuin Architectural School part-time.
education
2009 to 2011 Rosemount Technology Centre Computer Graphics
Montreal Canada
2008 to 2009 Cégép du Vieux Montréal Francisation
Montreal Canada
2006 to 2007 Concordia University Linguistic
Montreal Canada
1999 to 2000 Yamaguchi Polytechnic AutoCAD
Yamaguchi Japan
1996 to 1997 Nikken Gakuin Construction Law
Yamaguchi Japan
1994 to 1996 Shitennoji Kokusai Bukkyo College Architecture
Osaka Japan
languages
Japanese, English and French (working knowledge for business).
software Knowledge & sKills
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Flash,
Adobe Dreamweaver, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, 3D Studio Max(beginner),
HTML, CSS, ActionScript.