Kevin (Kazuhito) Naruse Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

● Led the digital transformation of Painted Brain by migrating to Google Cloud, resulting in a 30% reduction in operational costs.○ Manage all aspects of the organization’s digital marketing strategy, including the deployment and maintenance of technology and online platforms.● Directed cross-functional teams to optimize communication and project workflows, improving overall operational efficiency.

Los Angeles, California, Us

● Directed cross-functional teams to optimize communication and project workflows, improving overall operational efficiency.○ Deployed open-source software to automate and streamline to maximize cost-effectiveness.● Served as chief editor of the company blog with a community of over 10 regular contributors

Los Angeles, California, Us

○ Starting in 2016, with no ad spend, increased the total social media following by 30,000 within the 1st year across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.○ Grew social media presence by over 115K followers, achieving 500,000 monthly views with no ad budget by utilizing SEO, content marketing, and data-driven strategies.

Huntington Park, California, Us

Managed Strategy and implementation for Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and website channels for the division of the agency (at the time a fiscal sponsor of Painted Brain). Work included analytics, demographic targeting, and community management.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Developed Wordpress plugins, themes, templates, and data structures for SEO using PHP 5.5, Javascript, JSON, and JSONP.

Los Angeles, Us

Assisted the lead web developer in maintaining a Wordpress based multi-site and online content management system. Performed regular browser testing to assure optimum site performance. Handled front and back-end code, site SEO, troubleshooting, and updates.

Toledo, Ohio, Us

Go Wireless Verizon2006 * 2009Managed retail operations & sales, business development, staffing/scheduling/establishing discipline, & local area marketing to grow revenue & new contracts for home store; Took initiative in 2006 LA Valley district hiring crisis - recruiting/interviewing 17 staff. Authored multimedia sales training manual adopted by SoCal Region. Achieved +160% increase on home store in overall gross profitability, & revenues on accessory sales - Won three (3) sales awards in 2008 for home store.

Northridge, Ca, Us

I worked with youth from middle to high school students as an instructor as part of my undergraduate internship. One day each weekend I taught group classes in public speaking techniques.

Took the helm of a start-up e-commerce venture & online shop for real estate photography print & online promotions. Responsible for growing new business & managing existing clients for customized property websites, virtual tours, & print ads via cold calls, sales presentations, posting classified property ads on Craigslist, and drafting/sending a regular email newsletter. Took photos and Photoshopped images when required. Managed a database of estate agents & contacts, regularly updated w/MLS. WITHIN 2 MONTHS established a fully streamlined operation & financial solvency.

Toledo, Ohio, Us

In addition to a primary role as Sales Rep - took a leadership role in the Grand Opening of new Go-Wireless store location, handling technical issues, installing computer system & temporary Internet connection on the same day; while devising & implementing new paperwork processing system to process contracts and invoices. Ensured all systems were running & sales operations were successfully processed.