{"id":35804,"date":"2014-08-04T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35804"},"modified":"2014-08-04T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T18:14:38","slug":"job-special-events-assistant-japanese-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/04\/job-special-events-assistant-japanese-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Special Events Assistant, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NYC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(Kyoto<\/span><\/a>-fu, 2013-Present)<\/strong>, organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Click here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Position<\/i><\/strong>:\u00a0Special Events Assistant<\/em><\/span>
\nPosted by<\/b>:\u00a0Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.<\/em><\/span>
\nLocatio<\/i>n<\/em><\/strong>: New York, NY<\/em><\/span>
\nType<\/em><\/strong>:\u00a0Part-time temporary (3 days \/ week),\u00a0August \u2013 December 2014 (with the possibility of extension)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Overview:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc. (JCCI) seeks a Special Events Assistant with an interest in non-profits, event planning, and U.S. \u2013 Japan relations to help in organizing events, lectures, and fundraisers. Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n

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  • Clerical work: data entry, filing, simple accounting, e-mail, phone, and letter correspondence with members<\/li>\n
  • Assistance in preparation for Charity Golf Tournament: communication with attendees, venue, and donation recipient; day-of assistance at event<\/li>\n
  • Assistance in preparation for Annual Dinner gala: copyediting event invitations, programs, and seating charts; coordination with vendors (hotel, florist, stage manager, etc.); correspondence with guests (handling RSVPs, ticketing, acknowledgement letters, etc.)<\/li>\n
  • Copyediting postcards, posters, fliers, correspondence, and meeting minutes<\/li>\n
  • Assistance with other events: planning, communicating with attendees and vendors, set up, registration, coat check, greeting attendees.<\/li>\n
  • Participate in staff meetings and meetings with members<\/li>\n
  • Additional responsibilities as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Meet and network with executives from top Japanese and American corporations<\/li>\n
    • Gain valuable experience in handling a range of responsibilities for a small but active non-profit<\/li>\n
    • Participate in fun events like Golf Tournament and Annual Dinner<\/li>\n
    • Build skills in communications, event planning, and promotion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Preferred Qualifications:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Interest in non-profits, business, event planning, public relations, and intercultural communication<\/li>\n
      • Some knowledge of Japanese language and culture is not required, but beneficial<\/li>\n
      • Web and graphic design skills an advantage<\/li>\n
      • Comfortable communicating with business leaders and people from different cultural backgrounds<\/li>\n
      • Excellent writing and verbal skills<\/li>\n
      • Detail-oriented and able to multi-task<\/li>\n
      • Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision<\/li>\n
      • Creative, enthusiastic, and eager to learn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        How to apply:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Please send cover letter and resume to\u00a0info@jcciny.org. No phone calls, please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse\u00a0(Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai. \u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position:\u00a0Special Events Assistant Posted by:\u00a0Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc. Location: New York, NY Type:\u00a0Part-time temporary (3 days \/ week),\u00a0August \u2013 December 2014 (with the possibility of extension) Overview: The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35804","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-9ju","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804","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\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35804"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35805,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35804\/revisions\/35805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}