Professional
Kanazawa Board of Education — Instructor Aug. 2009 – July 2011
- Selected for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET Programme)
- Coached 1st place student in prefectural English speech contest
- First non-native instructor to incorporate other subjects within English class
- Only native English speaker among 8-person English staff for my 850 students
- Entertainment Chair for the Association of JETs in Ishikawa (Ishikawa AJET)
- Established several dozen key relationships with local Japanese businesses
- Helped raise over ¥99,000 ($1,170) and awareness for charities
- Launched successful campaign to improve image of JETs within local community
Hydra-Tech, Inc. — Webmaster May 2008 – Oct. 2008
- Spearheaded reimaging movement with an updated online presence
- Youngest employee to coach upper management on new technology
- Created lasting digital and print media for each major division
- Built entire website using Flash/AS 3.0, HTML, XML, Javascript, PHP, and some SQL
Education
Manchester College — Communications Fall 2005 – May 2009
- Completed 400 level Japanese course, honored by Manchester College
- Volunteer English tutor to two English courses offered to Japanese students
Additional
- Built and maintained relationships with incoming study abroad students
- Translated print media
- Translated, created, and edited digital and print correspondence
- Offered tours of campus and Sapporo city to visiting parties
- Coordinated messages sent from radio staff to publics
- Trained and monitored radio DJ staff
- Planned radio events and concerts
- Evaluated station performance
- Created digital and print media for promotion of station
