1. SHOKO ARAKI
Garden Grove, CA
714.392.3056 | saraki313@hotmail.com
LinkedIn.com/in/ShokoAraki
OBJECTIVE: Administrative Assistant
SKILLS
Attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills
Experience in customer service, event assistance & planning, calendaring, team player
Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, travel expense reports, correspondence, Publisher
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
WORK EXPERIENCE
Orange Coast Gakuen Japanese Language School, Huntington Beach, CA Mar. 2008 – Present
Board of Trustees Secretary (volunteer)
Planned and assisted in severalcultural and social events
Marketing communications, correspondence, customer service, event planning, public relations
One More Production (OMP), Garden Grove, CA March 2016 - Present
Public Relations and Communications Associate (volunteer)
Promote musicals through press releases,calendar listings, promo videos, team planning
Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), Orange, CA March 2016 - Present
Social Media and Marketing Associate - Staff (volunteer)
Promote festival through press releases,calendar listings, social media posts
Conducted “live” posts to social media during the 4-day Viet Film Fest 2016 (April)
Pan Pacific Film Festival (PPFF) and Global Media & IT, Anaheim, CA Sept. 2015 - Present
Staff (Coordinator) – Post Production Department (Intern 9/2015-11/2015) (volunteer)
Communication assistance and planning of upcoming educational project
Legacy Engineering, LLC, Irvine, CA May 2004 – Jul. 2015
Office Manager
Customer service, streamlined office procedures,calendaring, report assistance,database maintenance
Resolved security issues and payroll inquiries with 100% satisfaction
Taiga Company, LLC (DBA Sakura Saku), Cypress, CA Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2014
Administrative Assistant (on-call)
Correspondence, flyers, updated menus, database management, social media marketing
KSA Enterprise, Cypress,CA
Administrative Assistant (on-call) Jan. 1993 – Dec. 2015
Correspondence, database maintenance,marketing/distributor agreement reviews,payroll, invoicing
Orange Coast Gakuen Japanese Language School , Huntington Beach,CA
Events Coordinator – Discover Japan (Co-Founder) Jan. 2005 – Feb. 2009
Planned and organized all aspects of the event including recruiting volunteers, presenters,selecting
cultural arts & martial arts,training volunteers, layout, scheduling, flow of students, teacher
coordination, budgeting, mapping, correspondence, materials purchases,and advertising.
UCI Temporary Services, Irvine, CA Jun.1992 – Apr. 1993
Administrative Assistant (UCI Extension ESL)
Customer service, student visa processing, special projects, phones
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EXPERIENCE (CONTINUED)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Personal Assistant, Elderly Person,private home, Fountain Valley, CA
Documentation Analyst, AdmiralComputers Services, Inc., Long Beach, CA
Data Processing Supervisor, American Ensign Van Lines, Inc., Long Beach,CA
Data Entry Clerk, Donald Vess and Associates,Orange, CA
Secretary/Bookkeeper, Brea Chamber of Commerce,Brea,CA
Secretary/Bookkeeper, Pacific Zap,Garden Grove, CA
EDUCATION
B.A., Business Administration & Economics - California State University - Fullerton, CA B.A.
Japanese Language (10 years) - Japanese Language School Unified System, Los Angeles, CA Certificate
ADDITIONALTRAINING
Numerous webinars and courses in marketing, social media and photography
Numerous courses in MS Office (Advanced Excel, Advanced Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Various accounting coursework taken at university
Set Design (Mural) at Garden Grove Christian School, Garden Grove, CA
Certificate, Video Editing Internship - Global Media & IT (PPFF),Anaheim, CA
Numerous publications (available upon request)
COMMUNITYSERVICE/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
Orange Coast Gakuen Japanese Language School
Mariners Church Huntington Beach
Pan Pacific Film Festival
One More Productions
Viet Film Fest
SOCIAL MEDIALINKS
www.Facebook.com/OrangeCoastGakuen
www.LinkedIn.com/in/ShokoAraki
www.Facebook.com/VietFilmFest
www.orangecoastgakuen.edublogs.org
