1. SHOKO ARAKI
Garden Grove, CA
714.392.3056 | saraki313@hotmail.com
LinkedIn.com/in/ShokoAraki
OBJECTIVE: Marketing position utilizing social media, writing, and marketing skills
SKILLS
 Proficient in social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube), blogging, press releases
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 Experienced in Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Outlook, Premiere Pro Cc,Lightroom, Facebook Analytics
 Detail-oriented professional
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Orange Coast Gakuen Japanese Language School, Huntington Beach, CA Mar. 2008 – Present
Marketing Communications Associate/Board Secretary (volunteer)
 Create content for blogs, social media, press releases, newsletter articles
 Increased Facebook Likes from 20 to 100, a 400% increase,in one year
 Increased Facebook Reaches 66%,in one week using Facebook Analytics
 Created a promotional video on YouTube with 10,000 + views
One More Production (OMP), Garden Grove, CA March 2016 - Present
Public Relations and Communications Associate (volunteer)
 Submit press releases to 230 media outlets, 24 calendar listings, created promotional videos
 Marketing efforts resulted in OMP’s First Extended Show in its 12-year history
 Explore marketing ideas to promote events and create promotional videos, update media list
Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA), Orange, CA March 2016 - Present
Social Media and Marketing Associate – Staff (on call) (volunteer)
 Submit press releases to severalmedia outlets and 24 calendar listings
 Conducted “live” posts to social media during the 4-day Viet Film Fest 2016 (April)
 Worked in a collective team of 62 volunteers at the event
Pan Pacific Film Festival (PPFF) and Global Media & IT (GMIT), Anaheim, CA Nov. 2015 - Present
Staff, Project Communications Coordinator – Post Production Department (volunteer)
 Coordinate Communications for project, assist in planning upcoming educational program
PPFF and GMIT, Anaheim, CA Sept. 2015 – Nov. 2015
Video Editing Intern – Post Production Department
 Edited interview videos for PPFF using Premiere Pro CC software (with stills, B-rolls, animation)
Legacy Engineering, LLC, Irvine, CA May 2004 – Jul. 2015
Office Manager (Social Media)
 Set up Facebook page, Google + listing and Yahoo listing
 Marketing mailing assistance,employee & payroll processing, security assistance,special projects
KSA Enterprise, Cypress, CA Jan. 1993 – Dec. 2015
Marketing Administrative Assistant/Office Manager, on-call
 Reviewed marketing/distributor agreements,composed correspondence and prepared documents
 Invoicing, database maintenance,packing/shipping, payroll, phones, data entry (QuickBooks)

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EXPERIENCE(CONTINUED)
Taiga Company, LLC (DBA Sakura Saku), Cypress, CA Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2014
Marketing Assistant, on-call
 Created & maintained Facebook page, flyers, menus and composed correspondence
Japanese Restaurant General Manager’s Ghost Writer Nov. 2011 – Apr. 2012
Content Writer, part-time
 Increased Facebook audience engagement by 408%, in two months
 Collaborated with web designer to redesign website and provided copy
 Assisted with hiring process,payroll processing and setting up payroll excel spreadsheet
EDUCATION
B.A., Business Administration and Economics - California State University - Fullerton, CA 1983
Video Editing Internship - Global Media & IT (PPFF), Anaheim, CA Certificate
Japanese Language (10 years) - Japanese Language School Unified System, Los Angeles, CA Certificate
PUBLICATIONS
“Mochitsuki at Orange Coast Gakuen,” Huntington Beach News, Feb. 2016, hbnews.us
“Orange Coast Gakuen Celebrates 40th
Anniversary,” The Rafu Shimpo, Oct. 2015,rafu.com
“On the Radio,” Torrid Literature Journal, Evolution Volume V, Jan. 2013, 7, torridliterature.com
“Holy Rap,” LittWorld Online Blog, 2012, LittWorldOnline.org
“Good Old Dagwood,” Fireside Dreams,short stories, 2012
“The Magic Seed,” The Golden Road, short stories, 2009
Complete Publication List Available Upon Request
ADDITIONALTRAINING
Numerous webinars and online courses in marketing, social media and photography
Numerous courses in MS Office (Advanced Excel, Advanced Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Certificate, English Literature 1 at Education PortalAcademy
Professorship, Urasenke School of Tea Ceremony in Kyoto, Japan
SOCIAL MEDIALINKS
www.Facebook.com/OrangeCoastGakuen
www.LinkedIn.com/in/ShokoAraki
www.Facebook.com/VietFilmFest
www.orangecoastgakuen.edublogs.org