John Ellis-Guardiola Rua Tucuna ****, São Paulo **021-010, BRAZIL +55-11-941**-**** act2u0@r.postjobfree.com Skype: jelgua1

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English (native speaker) Spanish (mother tongue) French (fluent) Japanese (business level) Brazilian Portuguese (business level)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Microsoft Office Suite; Mac and Windows-based systems, AVID, Final Cut Pro, video camera shooting, Word Press Blogs, research

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Institution/Place: Area of Study: Degree Obtained:

Associação Alumni Translation and Interpretion Interpretation and Translation Certification in 2016

São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Macalester College Liberal Arts with focus in B.A.

St. Paul, MN, USA Art History and French

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dates:

Establishment/Place :

Functional Title/Description of Work:

INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST JOURNALISM & MEDIA

2011/02

2013/12

NHK

Los Angeles Bureau

1620 26th Street, #1050N

Santa Monica, CA 90404

Producer

Research news stories on topics like Silicon Valley, Hollywood, technology in education and legal matters in order to produce short- and long-format TV features for Japan’s sole public broadcaster and largest media outlet. Pitch stories to the Bureau Chief, plan and organize video shoots, providing all members a shooting plan that communicates coverage objectives. Conduct phone and camera interviews . Write transcripts of footage in order to provide editors in Tokyo all the raw materials for assembling a complete story. Use news judgment and speed to decide which news stories to pitch. Meet deadlines for providing information and material to team. Respond to braking news, like the Asiana Airlines crash and the Oklahoma tornadoes by liaising with officials and transmitting information to colleagues of the latest details. Report on camera for NHK World, NHK’s English language network.

2010/10

2010/12

2005/09

2010/06

Reuters TV

3 Times Square, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Tokyo Broadcasting System

New York Bureau

524 W. 57th St., #4350

New York, NY 10019

Freelance Producer

Wrote scripts about economic news using iNews software and edited b-roll packages using AVID under two-hour deadlines for a daily live broadcast on China's CCTV. Booked and conducted interviews with analysts on topics that would be useful for the next day's news. Used news judgment to write pitches for the next day's segment. Switched and coordinated video and b-roll in the control room during each live broadcast.

Producer

Coordinated technical and editorial information with colleagues both in the field and the office using Japanese, English and Spanish to produce news stories about topics as varied as the United Nations, plane crashes, court hearings and the death of Michael Jackson for a Japanese audience. Monitored current events developments and used news judgment to assess and communicate newsworthy stories or breaking news to team members, which resulted in fast, accurate and competitive news coverage. Oversaw and obtained permission and credentials for covering stories such as NASA, the Vancouver Olympics and the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. Kept abreast of cultural and technological changes, such as Facebook, twitter and mobile devices and trained colleagues on how to integrate them into their work.

LANGUAGE TEACHING & TRANSLATION

2014/02-

Present

2010/12

2011/02

2002/08

2004/07

Self-employed

Transperfect Translations

3 Park Avenue, 39th Floor

New York, NY 10016

JET Program

Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Freelance Translator and English Teacher

Translate academic journal articles, books, legal documents etc. from Portuguese, Spanish and French into English.

Teach English to several private students at various levels, training pronunciation and grammar.

Freelance Translator

Translated business and legal documents from Spanish to English, maintaining original formatting of documents for 1 million-word projects under tight deadlines. Provided peer proofreading of said documents to ensure uniformity and flow of the final project.

Assistant Language Teacher

Planned, executed and evaluated lesson plans in order to team teach Japanese K-12 students. Mentored and trained students for English speech and drama contests, helping the children achieve top positions. Participated in lesson planning for monthly community English classes that attracted 20-30 attendees of all ages.

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