Yuuki Ito

Hello! My name is Yuuki Ito, and I am a strengths-based community developer and educator. I am currently living and working in Miyazaki, Japan as a Coordinator of International Relations, where I facilitate cultural/language events, translate/interpret, and work with various hall departments and business to meet communication and visual communication needs.

Coordinator of International Relations May 2022 - Current Board of Education, Morotsuka Village Office, Morotsuka, Miyazaki, Japan

• Designing and printing of marketing materials for various Village Office departments
• Consults and develops brochures and signage for village businesses and schools
• Facilitates community events focused on the exchange of culture, language, and ideas

• Leading a team of three to deliver monthly social media content, and an email newsletter
• Mentoring team members in visual communication and content curation

Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers, Western Chapter

• Designing and coordinating graphics for various social media platforms.
• Developing a branding guideline in order to consolidate future visual communications.

Alberta Human Ecology & Home Economics Association (AHEA) @aheanews (Instagram)

• Designing and coordinating graphics for Instagram and Facebook.
• Developing a branding guideline in order to consolidate future visual communications.

• Assisted adults with disabilities to obtain employment through community employer partnerships
• Designed marketing materials, including greeting cards decorated by client members

Assistant Proctor 2013 - 2021

Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

• Assisted in the proctoring of the bi-annual Japanese Language Proficiency Test

ASSIST Community Services Center, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Delivered a Sexual, Gender, Romantic Minority sensitivity training for front line staff

Liz John-West - City Council for Ward Métis, Edmonton, Alberta

• Designed various graphic designs for a social media election campaign

• Facilitating virtual programming in areas of employment, driver safety, and physical activity.
• Designed web pages, digital signage, social media graphics, presentations, and assets.

• Planning and delivery of after school programs to children ages 6-17.
• Designed web pages, digital signage, social media graphics, presentations, and assets.

• Demonstrated analytical leadership by coordinating and supervising a team of 4 staff
• Engaged in in-person and social media program promotion

Match Facilitator May 2019 – September 2019  Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters Of Edmonton & Area , Edmonton, Alberta

• Planning and delivery of after school programs to children ages 6-17.

• Planning and delivery of after school programs to children ages 6-17.
• Designed and distributed social media graphics and posters.

• Providing weekly seminars to prepare interns for community health work in Tanzania
• Understanding and developing a curriculum, lesson plans, and presentations

• Organized and facilitated team meetings, and provided mentorship and ongoing feedback.
• Designed digital signage, social media graphics, posters, infographics, and reports.

• Conducted intake and referrals and ensured confidentiality of community members.
• Improved competencies in working with various cultural groups, ages, and, ability

Human Ecology Students’ Association, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

• Distributed event promotional material and news on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and in-person

• Used a strengths based approach in assisting clients in creating cover letters and resumes.

• Conducted evaluations of group dynamics through an anonymous survey

• Engaged in capacity building of local Tanzanian NGOs with an anti-oppressive lens.
• Designed digital signage, social media graphics, posters, reports, brochures, and presentations.

VP Finance – Faculty of ALES Undergraduate Association September 2017 – May 2018 Faculty of Agricultural, Life, and Environmental Sciences (ALES), University of Alberta

• Collected receipts and reimbursed money spent by students.

• Assisted in student recruitment, improved marketing efforts through the Delphi survey method 

Alberta Human Ecology & Home Economics Association, Alberta, Canada

• Designed and reported on the effectiveness of social media content and outreach operations

STEM Fellowship, University of Alberta

• Engaged team members on group dynamics, interviewing, and event planning

Department of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta

• Designed and facilitated Community Service Learning (CSL) volunteering activities

Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences

• Conducted research, data entry, and analysis to present findings

Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

• Conducted and entered data entry of structured phone interviews

Multiplying Equality, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB

• Co-lead a team of 11 to distribute winter clothing to over 200 community members

• Tutored ESL students ages 5-12 in language arts, social studies, and mathematics

Alberta Gerontology and Geriatrics Association, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada

• Conducted an environmental scan for a published study

• Performed data entry and developed graphics for a recreational facility food environment study. 

• Placed orders, served customers and coordinated delivery orders

ZenWire, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Oversaw six team members in production and marketing of Giordano clothing advertisements

• Assisted in Japanese language instruction

Education 

University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 2014 – June 2019

BSc in Human Ecology, Major in Family Ecology, Minor in Community Nutrition