Experience

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• PR Associate

  • May 2017 - Present



Roxie Theater

• San Francisco Bay Area

• Programming assistant of Japanese film series

  • Mar 2014 - Present

  -Assist programming monthly film series "Roxie Kids" -Assist programming monthly film series "Nippon Nights" -Assist programming monthly film series "Roxie Kids" -Assist programming monthly film series "Nippon Nights"



Committee of Cinematsuri

• アメリカ合衆国 District Of Columbia Washington

• Committee Member

  • May 2016 - Mar 2017



Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America

• San Francisco

• Administrative Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - Mar 2016

  -Manage the bookkeeping and disbursement of Account payable -Manage the website renewal and update -Plan and Edit the seasonal newsletter -Make proposals of new projects -Manage the bookkeeping and disbursement of Account payable -Manage the website renewal and update -Plan and Edit the seasonal newsletter -Make proposals of new projects



Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Producer

  • Nov 2007 - Mar 2014

  Planned and organized marketing activities for annual Short Shorts Film Festival, an international event with 4,000+ entries from over fifty countries. Oversaw on-site management of actors & athletes, and facilitated production, distribution & sales for partners and customers. - Landed new large corporate sponsors (Sharp, Moet et Chandon, Nestle Japan, All Nippon Airways) through effective business outreach, resulting in $20M+ of additional commercial funding. - Acquired legal licensing and customs formalities for domestic and foreign media, and managed visual content sales & distribution for $50M contract via corporate sites, iTunes, and Yahoo!/ GyaO. - Produced 10 short films with $5M budgets each, and ensured that partner brands (Japan Football League, Tokyo Sky Tree, City of Tokyo and Local governments, and Japan Tourism Agency) were highlighted and promoted creatively throughout media productions. Show less



New Select Company, Ltd.

• Tokyo, Japan

• International Contents Acquisition For Distribution

  • Apr 2007 - Sep 2007

  Negotiated and distributed international feature films and media contents to over ## Japanese theaters, DVD and VOD partners nationally. - Conducted market research for European films and TV series, including feature film, 2 Days in Paris,” and German TV series, “Special Unit.” Grew the negotiated licensing deals to $50M. - Partnered with PR teams to develop special promotions for targeted audience segments, and organized press preview events which led to 300+ published magazine and internet articles, and reached more than 0.1M customers. Show less



Yokohama Convention & Visitos Bureau.

• Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

• Film Commission and City Promotion

  • Mar 2001 - Mar 2007

  Attract tourists and conventions to Yokohama city from inside and outside Japan, and sales promotion of the city to visitors from around the world. - Attracted more than 200 film/TV drama/music video/ commercial video production teams to bring their productions to the city, and negotiated and arranged all shooting locations. - Managed multiple tourism campaigns leveraging regional film shooting locations, increasing the number of tourists 1.5% more than the previous year. - Partnered with local businesses to develop citywide promotions and enhance local economic activities, which increased the page views of official website by more than 1M per a month. Show less