Job: Tour and Docent Coordinator – Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens (Florida, USA)
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Position: Tour and Docent Coordinator
Posted by: Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Location: Delray Beach, FL, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Wendy Lo (Toyama, 2002-2005) for passing along the following job opening.
The Tour and Docent Coordinator reports to the Curator of Education will manage the coordination and scheduling of tours for adults and children.
They are also responsible for the scheduling, coordination, implementation of docents schedule and program. The position will assist with the Curator of Education in docent training. The position will also work with registrations of cultural demonstrations. Must be available to work and assist evenings and weekend museum events as needed.
Application Process: Send resume to Wendy at <wlo@pbc.gov>.
This is a position at Morikami Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We have an excellent work environment, which in addition to salary, offers benefits including paid sick time, vacation, and personal time and 401k. Morikami Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Job: ESL Teacher – Japanese Children’s Society (Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: ESL Teacher
Posted by: Japanese Children’s Society
Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA
Contract: Full Time
Description:
- Position: ESL Teacher
- Schedule: Friday mornings, 8:20 AM – 12:20 PM
- Class Structure: Four 40-minute classes
- Student Demographic: Children who speak Japanese
- Compensation: $30 per class
- Requirements: No teaching license required, but previous teaching experience is preferred
Applicatino Process: To apply, please send an email to fujita.mayuko@nyikuei.org
Job: Account Manager – Pasona North America (Dublin, OH, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Account Manager
Posted by: Pasona North America
Location: Dublin, OH, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Lauren Tanaka (Osaka, 2017-2020) for passing along the following job opening.
Sales Representative is responsible for generating existing and new customer sales, and for increasing account penetration and market share. Client interactions may include program presentation, client follow-up, and end user sales support.
Primary Responsibilities
- Under direct supervision of the Branch Manager and/or Assistant Sales Manager, facilitate as an extension of the outside sales force to proactively grow our client base.
- Sells a variety of merchandise such as fasteners, screws, nuts, bolts, screw machines and related items to the company’s business services.
- Create and deliver qualified opportunities to the Sales Representatives by compiling lists of prospective customers, for the use of sales leads, based on information from newspapers, business directories, internet, networking, and other sources.
- Displays or demonstrates products using samples and/or catalogs to emphasize sellable features.
Job: Outside Sales Representative – Pasona North America (Irvine, CA, USA)
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Position: Outside Sales Representative
Posted by: Pasona North America
Location: Irvine, CA, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Lauren Tanaka (Osaka, 2017-2020) for passing along the following job opening.
This position of Outside Sales representative is responsible for developing relationships with customers and growing accounts in their assigned territory through the promotion and selling of the company’s products to commercial.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinates and determine sales distribution by establishing sales market, quotas, and goals.
- Reviews production schedules and determine sales potential and inventory requirements to manage current and new customers.
- Develops marketing strategy aligned with established objectives, market characteristics and cost factors.
- Develops and direct marketing activities to promote products in coordination.
- Attends food shows to generate new sales leads.
- Customer service – handles customer inquiries by phone or email. Resolves customers complaints by investigating problems; developing solutions; preparing reports; making recommendations to management.
JQ Magazine: Nippon in New York – FLOW, YOASOBI, Anime NYC
By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.
In the dog days of summer, it’s best to escape the heat in a place that’s cozy and cool. For those into both cutting-edge and classic anime, this month offers a diverse trio of theatrical revivals—all in the comfort of indoor air conditioning.
This month’s highlights include:
August 2-8
Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, 144 West 65th Street
$16, $19
A noted influence on Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa, among many others, Shinji Sōmai was a consummate filmmaker’s filmmaker, and Moving is one of his most remarkable achievements. It follows the gradual, frequently messy untangling of love between a divorced couple in Kyoto as experienced by their 11-year-old daughter Renko (Tomoko Tabata, giving easily one of the greatest child performances in film), but evolves into something altogether stranger and more elemental by its conclusion. What’s so exceptional about Moving is its frank understanding of adolescent feeling and the emotional fluctuations borne out by loss and growing up, rendered in an exquisite color palette and via dexterous long takes. It’s a film that is as genuinely heartbreaking as it is funny and touching. This August, Film at Lincoln Center is thrilled to present the long overdue New York theatrical release of Moving in its brand-new 4K restoration, which won the Best Restored Film Award at the 2023 Venice Classics. A selection of the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. A Cinema Guild release. Screenings feature an exclusive video introduction from Ryûsuke Hamaguchi!
August 3-7
Various theaters
Various prices
From Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki! Perfect for audiences of all ages, Ponyo centers on the friendship between five-year-old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Ponyo, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After a chance encounter, Ponyo yearns to become a human so she can be with Sosuke. As to be expected with Miyazaki, the film is awash in pure unbridled imagination and visual wonder–but it is the tender love, humor, and devotion exhibited by Ponyo and Sosuke that form the emotional heart of the film.
Sunday, August 4, 8:00 p.m.
FLOW – 2024 Anime Shibari Tour
Hammerstein Ballroom at Manhattan Center, 311 West 34th Street
From $44
Fresh from their 20th anniversary, FLOW will be playing an anime song ONLY concert all around the world! After debuting in 2003, FLOW has an established reputation for hit anime works, including themes for anime series Naruto (“GO!!!,” many others), opening themes for Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (“COLORS,” “WORLD END”), and the opening theme for Tales of Zestiria the Cross (“Kaze no Uta”). They have written songs for numerous other anime works as well. Since 2006 they have been active playing shows not only in Japan but overseas, performing over 60 live performances in 19 countries in Asia, North America, South America, Europe, and the Middle East, transcending borders as a live band. Heavily streamed, their song “Sign” for the opening of Naruto Shippuden has been played over 120 million times worldwide on Spotify.
Read MoreJob: Boarding Assistant in Boy’s Residence Hall – Keio Academy of New York (Purchase, NY, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Boarding Assistant in Boy’s Residence Hall
Posted by: Keio Academy of New York
Location: Purchase, NY, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Keio Academy of New York for passing along the following job opening.
Description:
- Ensure to provide the save environment for the Residence Hall.
- Ensure that students follow daily schedule and the Residence Hall policies set by the school.
- Provide support and supervision for students during non-academic hours. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, manning the dormitory offices to handle requests and questions from students, supervising house sports practice/club activities/library hours/evening study hours/dining hall, and coordinating with nurse to care for sick students.
- Be available to students, as necessary, to support their personal, educational and academic needs.
- Review and confirm multiple forms submitted by parents and students.
- Answer questions and concerns from parents. Back-up Head of House when they are off-duty.
Job: Travel Consultant, Japan Specialist – Inside Travel Group (Remote/Hybrid, Broomfield, CO, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Travel Consultant (Japan Specialist)
Posted by: Inside Travel Group
Location: Remote/Hybrid, Broomfield, CO, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Inside Travel Group for passing along the following job opening.
As a Travel Consultant, you will use your extensive understanding of Japan to create unforgettable cultural adventures for our clients. Exceptional time management, confidence, communication, and organisation are a must for efficiently prioritizing tasks and providing top-notch service for both new clients and ongoing bookings. High performance will be rewarded with sales and customer service-based commission, along with regular familiarisation trips to our destination countries to enhance your knowledge.
What You Will be Doing:
- Consult with customers to identify their individual holiday requirements.
- Create high-quality tailor-made itineraries based on customer requirements.
- Work to achieve individual and team sales targets.
- Co-ordinate all aspects of the customer booking to ensure successful delivery of trip.
Job: Tour Guide – Machinovate Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Tour Guide
Posted by: Machinovate Co. Ltd.
Location: Osaka, Japan
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Kimberly Matsuno (Niigata, 2019-2022) for passing along the following job opening.
【Job Description】
This role is ideally-suited to applicants wanting to establish a long-term career in Japan with true potential for professional growth, a varied and dynamic work environment, and key responsibilities in a leading destination management company.
This role necessitates a natural enthusiasm for life in Japan, an ability to communicate well with others (including groups and a range of nationalities), punctuality and professionalism in all aspects of your work, basic record-keeping and money handling, and a willingness to adapt to the needs, expectations, and personalities of guests, partner organizations and colleagues.
Applicants must have fluent spoken and written English, with an ability to produce high-quality written content quickly, consistently and independently for publication on our website and in printed material.
We are seeking to add to our team with a full-time position for the right candidate. Applicants living in Osaka. Experience with tour guiding in Japan or abroad is advantageous however not essential. Applicants must have fluent English and a minimum of basic to conversational Japanese.
Job: Admissions Concierge – Temple University, Japan Campus (Tokyo, Japan)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Admissions Concierge
Posted by: Temple University, Japan Campus
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ) for passing along the following job opening.
OVERVIEW OF POSITION
TUJ seeks a motivated and outgoing Admissions Concierge to support newly admitted undergraduate program students. The Admissions Concierge will focus on providing prompt and exceptional service to students from the point of admission to matriculation with a mindset of increasing the yield of admitted students and achieving a qualified and diverse student population.
The Concierge will also assist with continuing our current growth by developing new yield initiatives and assisting with recruitment activities. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and organization skills, and student recruiting and sales and/or marketing experience. Previous experience in the education sector is preferred. Some weekend and evening work will be required.
Read MoreJob: Center Director – CIEE Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Adjunct Lecturer for Religion and Society Course
Posted by: CIEE Tokyo
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Michele Fujii (Shiga-ken, 2010-2013) for passing along the following job opening.
Who We Are
CIEE is a nonprofit study abroad and intercultural exchange organization that transforms lives and builds bridges between individuals and nations through study abroad and international exchange experiences that help people develop skills for living in a globally interdependent and culturally diverse world.
Why Work With Us Are
You will change the world. CIEE builds bridges between different people, different countries, and different cultures. We help young people participate in high-quality international exchange and study abroad programs that bring the world together. We change lives, our alumni change the world. Be part of the change!
You will be part of a fast-paced, international, diverse, and collaborative team of professionals. CIEE operates the largest nonprofit network of study-abroad locations, with facilities and staff in 29 countries. Additionally, we help international participants from over 140 countries come to the USA each year. Committed to excellence and solving whatever problem the world throws at them, CIEE professionals work on international teams and are dedicated to advancing our 75-year-old mission to make the world a more peaceful place.
Who You Are
The Center Director of CIEE Tokyo will have the overall responsibility for the management of all aspects of the Center, overseeing the planning and delivery of all CIEE programs, recruiting, and developing the Center’s core team, and ensuring the highest levels of quality and customer satisfaction. The program portfolio is comprised of Semester, Full-year, and Short-term (Summer, January, and Custom) opportunities for pre-college, college, and post-graduate students. All CIEE programs are defined by the highest standards of educational quality, providing access to students of diverse backgrounds.
Read MoreJob: Customer Service Representative – Quick USA (Reynoldsburg, OH, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Customer Service Representative
Posted by: Quick USA
Location: Reynoldsburg, OH, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Carlos Medina (Oita-ken, 2019-2022) for passing along the following job opening.
A Japanese Logistics company in the Reynoldsburg, OH area is looking for a full time Customer Service Representative to join their team to Receive and process export/import client’s shipments via truck, airline and steamship companies. Responsible for executing all functions related to the successful operation of this position and providing top notch customer service with continual improvement in mind.
This is an entry level position, so people with interest in learning the intricacies of logistics related tasks such as exporting and importing while providing excellent customer service are encouraged to apply.
The Salary range for this position would be between 40k-46k based on skills & experience.
Your main responsibilities would include the following:
- Customer Service (include sales support)
- To maintain existing clients which currently consists of about 60 clients.
Job: Adjunct Lecturer for Religion and Society Course – CIEE Kyoto (Kyoto, Japan)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Adjunct Lecturer for Religion and Society Course
Posted by: CIEE Kyoto
Location: Kyoto, Japan
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Michele Fujii (Shiga, 2010-2013) for passing along the following job opening.
CIEE Kyoto is recruiting for the following positions:
Adjunct Lecturer for “Religion and Society” Course
- (September 9 – December 19, 2024)
- 45 Contact Hours
- Remuneration 400,000 JPY
- Teaching location: Shijo Karasuma (3-minutes from station)
- 5-10 students
- Monday and Wednesdays, 11:30am -1:00pm OR Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30 – 5:00pm
Students will be university undergraduate students from the United States. Courses will be taught in English in downtown Kyoto.
For more information about the program:
https://www.ciee.org/go-abroad/college-study-abroad/programs/japan/kyoto/ancient-modern-japan
Application deadline: Monday, July 22, 2024 17:00
Job: Sake Professional – Sake Secret (Long Beach, CA, USA)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Sake Professional
Posted by: Sake Secret
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Greg Beck (Hiroshima-ken, 2006-2011) for passing along the following job opening.
Description:Retail Sale Shop Sales and Sale Bartender
BIG NEWS SAKE LOVERS:
Sake Secret is Now Hiring!
Sake Secret is L.A. County’s ONLY Sake Specialty Shop, located in Downtown Long Beach.
Before applying, please read below:
We are looking for *Japanese-bilingual* part-time help 2-4 days a week with the potential for future full-time employment, management, and more!
Generous hourly wages based on knowledge and experience, 100% of tips from Sake Bar service, and free training and fees covered for Sake Sommelier study and certification!
The most important requirement is passion for learning, sharing, and growing Sake knowledge with our expanding community!
If you’re a native English speaker, conversational Japanese language ability is preferred. 日本人なら日常レベルの英語が最低限です。All other languages are a significant bonus! Availability to work nights and weekends preferred.
Application Process: If this sounds like you, please email a one page resume and cover letter to greg@sakesecret.com with “Professional Sake Lover” in the subject line.
JQ Magazine: Nippon in New York – Kurosawa, JAPAN CUTS, AniTOMO Con
By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.
After the outdoor fireworks, enjoy some summer events in the cool indoors, whether it’s taking in North America’s largest annual Japanese film festival, checking out a Kurosawa or Studio Ghibli classic, or enjoying an anime con, Brooklyn-style!
This month’s highlights include:
July 5-18
Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai
Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street
$11 members, $17 general
The epic 1954 masterpiece returns to the big screen, remastered for the very first time in 4K by Toho! In 16th century Japan, as proud samurai end up as masterless, wandering ronin and farmers are terrorized by marauding bandits, a village patriarch counsels resistance. How? Hire samurai, “hungry samurai.” Under the calm leadership of Takashi Shimura (Kurosawa regular and Ikiru and Godzilla star), that magic number enlist for a war against 40 mounted bandits, winding up at the most hair-raising battle ever filmed. One of the most influential films of all time, but nothing can top the original: Kurosawa’s orchestration of swords, spears, arrows, men, horses, rain, wind, and mud; blazing tracking shots; giant close ups; chiaroscuro lighting; telephoto lenses that put us underfoot as horses crash amid struggling men; deep focus shots that render the tip of a sword poking into the lens equally clear with scurrying figures fifty feet away, transitions that effortlessly whip us from scene to scene; and ensemble performances that give three dimensionality to every character, topped by Toshiro Mifune’s eventual transition from manic goofball to tortured, self-hating tragic hero. Voted in the 1979 Kinema Junpo critics poll as the Best Japanese Film ever.
July 10-21
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street
$5-$25, based on film category/event
North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film returns for its 17th year this summer at Japan Society! Join us July 10-21 for 30+ curated films from across Japan featuring major blockbusters, indie darlings, up-and-coming filmmakers, restorations, documentaries, experimental and short films, and anime. JAPAN CUTS is a showcase of the latest in Japanese cinema, featuring both today’s most popular actors and directors as well as tomorrow’s pioneering talent. Become part of our passionate filmgoer community for premieres, parties, and celebrity guests in the heart of America’s biggest city! This year’s festival features three International Premieres, 14 North American Premieres, five U.S. Premieres, three East Coast Premieres and four New York Premieres, plus three parties during the course of the festivities!
“We couldn’t be more amazed by this year’s festival,” says Peter Tatara, Director of Film at Japan Society, who organized this year’s festival with Japan Society Film Programmer Alexander Fee. “This year’s JAPAN CUTS presents an abundance of powerful, engaging and unexpected films together with rare appearances from some of their most imaginative creators. JAPAN CUTS is a reflection of the breadth of Japan’s contemporary film industry, and this year absolutely celebrates the scope and storytelling of what Japanese cinema brings to the world.”
Leading this year’s guests, JAPAN CUTS will present acclaimed actor Mirai Moriyama (Shadow of Fire) with the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film and acting legend Tatsuya Fuji (Great Absence) with a Lifetime Achievement Award! Further guests include directors Gakuryu Ishii (The Box Man), Ema Ryan Yamazaki (The Making of a Japanese), Kei Chika-ura (Great Absence), Masanori Tominaga (Between the White Key and the Black Key), Noriko Yuasa (Performing KAORU’s Funeral), Shinya Tsukamoto (Shadow of Fire), and actress Tomoko Tabata (Moving)! Click here for tickets to all films, and here for the complete list of special guests.
July 13-17
Various locations
Various prices
From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki comes an epic masterpiece that has dazzled audiences worldwide with its breathtaking imagination, exhilarating battles, and deep humanity. Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. The English-language version features the voice talents of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton (July 14 and 16 screenings).
Read MoreJob: Communications Assistant – Japan Center for International Exchange (New York, NY)
Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Communications Assistant
Posted by: Japan Center for International Exchange
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid—in person and remote)
Contract: Full Time
Thanks to Staci Custus (Kagoshima-ken, 2016-2019) for passing along the following job opening.
Description: JCIE/USA is seeking a mission-driven individual to join our dynamic and productive team in New York, led by the Executive Director based in the Washington DC area. The majority of the position’s time will be spent on supporting the policy advocacy and communications work of JCIE’s Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) initiative. The remaining time is expected to be spent supporting JCIE/USA’s broader global health and organization-wide communication activities.
This position is suitable for an individual with a couple of years of professional experience in managing communications and outreach work at a non-profit organization, who is interested in issues related to Japan and global health. An ideal candidate would be able to start as early as late August 2024.
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