{"id":34244,"date":"2014-03-18T21:48:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T01:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34244"},"modified":"2014-03-18T21:48:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T01:48:50","slug":"job-convention-manager-japan-national-tourism-organization-jnto-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/18\/job-convention-manager-japan-national-tourism-organization-jnto-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Convention Manager @ Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Thanks to <strong>JETAANY President Monica Yuki<\/strong> for passing on this very JET-relevant listing which she received directly from JNTO. \u00a0(BTW, I think the position was previously held by a JET alum as well.)\u00a0Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-3wjUwqwjyI\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/17\/master-ballers-collections\/\">podcaster<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Jon Dao (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755165&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Convention Manager<br \/>\n<strong>Posted By:\u00a0<\/strong>Japan National Tourism Organization<strong><br \/>\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>NYC<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Salary:\u00a0<\/strong>3,650 USD per month (Gross)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Convention Manager is responsible for promoting Japan as a business, event and convention destination to the North American convention market.\u00a0The position is subject to a three-month probation period. The candidate\u2019s skill and ability will be assessed during this time. The employment to the full-time position will be decided upon the end of the probation period. Notwithstanding, employment is at will and either party may terminate employment at any time upon two weeks\u2019 notice.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Job Requirements:<\/li>\n<li>Business English fluency<\/li>\n<li>Experience in sales and marketing<\/li>\n<li>General knowledge of Japan\u2019s geography and culture<\/li>\n<li>Ability to multi-task<\/li>\n<li>Negotiation and time management skills<\/li>\n<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Primary computer skills such as proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point, and current online tools and social media (File maker Skill preferred)<\/li>\n<li>Excellent interpersonal skills<\/li>\n<li>Experience in MICE and\/or hospitality or tourism industry preferred<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other Skills and Abilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detail-oriented and organized work style, ability to meet deadlines<\/li>\n<li>Japanese fluency preferred<\/li>\n<li>Ability to problem-solve and utilize resources effectively<\/li>\n<li>Self-motivated, flexible and creative<\/li>\n<li>Ability to identify priorities, ask the right questions and anticipate problems before they arise<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Submit your resume with a cover letter by <strong>March 24, 2014<\/strong> to Mr. Naoki Kitazawa at the e-mail address below: Interviews will take place soon after this deadline, we will contact the selected candidates for the interview. In the interview, each candidate will be given a short test on knowledge of Japan, and will be asked for a 5-minute presentation on how to attract international conferences to Japan.<\/p>\n<p>kitazawa @ jntonyc.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to JETAANY President Monica Yuki for passing on this very JET-relevant listing which she received directly from JNTO. \u00a0(BTW, I think the position was previously held by a JET alum as well.)\u00a0Posted by\u00a0blogger\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12).\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Position:\u00a0Convention Manager Posted By:\u00a0Japan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8Uk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34248,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34244\/revisions\/34248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}