Experience

Japanese-American Society of New Jersey

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• English Second Language Teacher

  • Feb 2023 - Present

  • In my current role, I develop and teach all English as a Second Language curriculum for private and group classes. • In my current role, I develop and teach all English as a Second Language curriculum for private and group classes.



Usagi&Me

• New York, New York, United States

• Founder

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  • Established, managed, and designed for this ecommerce gift boutique.  • UX / UI, CMS, SEO, HTML, and CSS, brand / product management, online retail merchandising, and social media marketing. • Established, managed, and designed for this ecommerce gift boutique.  • UX / UI, CMS, SEO, HTML, and CSS, brand / product management, online retail merchandising, and social media marketing.



Freelance

• Freelance Designer

  • Aug 2004 - Jun 2023

  • Designed / managed recurring projects by studios /independent clients (L'Oréal, Raison Pure, Spring Design Partners, Alessandro / Weber Design, and Interbrand, and more) in various fields: food, beverages, wines / spirits, consumer packaged goods (CPG), health / beauty, music artist branding, and education. • Designed / managed recurring projects by studios /independent clients (L'Oréal, Raison Pure, Spring Design Partners, Alessandro / Weber Design, and Interbrand, and more) in various fields: food, beverages, wines / spirits, consumer packaged goods (CPG), health / beauty, music artist branding, and education.



JLL

• United States
• Real Estate
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Graphic Designer

  • Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Collaborated with teams across the US Northeast region to realize effective marketing materials for the JLL brand, property marketing, and sales enablement.  • Examples of materials: interactive sales enablement presentations, property branding, brochures, social posts, and websites. • Collaborated with teams across the US Northeast region to realize effective marketing materials for the JLL brand, property marketing, and sales enablement.  • Examples of materials: interactive sales enablement presentations, property branding, brochures, social posts, and websites.



ViaTouch Media

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Lead

  • Jan 2018 - Oct 2022

  • Collaborated with all stakeholders including C-suite leadership, marketing / sales teams, vendors, and clients on all internal, external, and client-branded materials. • Evolved and ensured a clear brand vision for the ViaTouch and the company‘s flagship brand, getVICKI.  • Developed effective sales enablement marketing materials which brought in clients Carnival & Princess Cruise Lines, Estée Lauder, and 7Eleven. • Realized design of video, websites, getVICKI SaaS remote management dashboard, and the getVICKI rewards app. Show less



Mango Concept

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Director

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Established / oversaw visual direction of BeePopulate, an educational mobile game app.  • Incorporated UX methodologies including competitive research, developing a narrative, storyboarding, and prototyping. • Established / oversaw visual direction of BeePopulate, an educational mobile game app.  • Incorporated UX methodologies including competitive research, developing a narrative, storyboarding, and prototyping.



Alessandro / Weber Design (A/W Design)

• Senior Designer

  • Mar 2004 - Oct 2014

  • Handled each stage of the design process from planning and conception to production. • Managed clients, freelancers, vendors and illustrators.  • Projects ranged from packaging, new product innovation, conceptual design, corporate identity and print. • Assisted with focus groups for Coca-Cola China (Minute Maid) in Shanghai, Shenyang and Guangzhou. • Art-directed, co-managed, and designed Goya Foods’ product catalog redesign. Helped implement Goya‘s first ever searchable in-house CMS database as a product, reference, and on-demand printing resource. Show less



Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Language Teacher

  • Jul 1999 - Jul 2001

  • Team-taught with a Japanese teacher of English in the city‘s junior high schools.  • Conducted activity clubs in elementary schools.  • Taught community English classes for the local cultural center for students of all levels • Team-taught with a Japanese teacher of English in the city‘s junior high schools.  • Conducted activity clubs in elementary schools.  • Taught community English classes for the local cultural center for students of all levels