Edita hovhannisyan

EDITA HOROUPIAN

1666 Willowmont Ave.,

San Jose, CA 95124

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Nine years of working experience as a Certified Court Interpreter, PR Officer, Executive Assistant, and Office Manager. ______________________________________________________________________________

EDUCATION

MA degree in International Journalism, Department of Armenian Philology and Literature,

Yerevan State University- Yerevan, Armenia, (1999)
Junior Achievement certificate in Applied Economics - Yerevan, Armenia (1994)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Day School—San Francisco, CA (2007 till present)

Special Project Coordinator—PR Officer

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  Working on KZV’s Process of WASC Accreditation (Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accrediting Commission for Schools) by preparing the school’s students’ and parents’ demographic profile
  
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  Leveraging KZV’s Alumni, creating, and maintaining a Database for Alumni
  
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  Collaborating and improving communication with different organizations with other SF ethnic and non-ethnic schools
  
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  Corresponding with major donors and contributors of the school and educational institutions for fostering educational purposes
  
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  Modernizing the KZV website, print materials, publishing pamphlets and booklets for promoting the school
  
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  Enrich KZV’s offerings by organizing various educational and cultural events. Inviting ambassadors, writers, artists, authors, filmmakers to the school
  
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  Recruiting new students for KZV by fostering a marketing campaign for the prospective parents
  

Lionbridge, Washington DC (2003 till present)

Certified Court Interpreter

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  Interpreting court case hearings in the Immigration and Criminal Courts of San Francisco, California and occasionally other states throughout the United States.
  

Armenian Rugs Society- San Francisco, CA (2002)

Office Manager

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  Organized and planned events and meetings for the Board of Executives
  
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  Organized an Exhibition of the Armenian Rugs in the Presidio Herbst International Exhibition Hall
  
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  Organized guided tours for visitors
  
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  Sales of literature on rugs, rugs and crafts
  
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  Cash handling, sales of tickets for admittance to the exhibition
  
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  Customer service, customer relations
  

American University of Armenia- Yerevan, Armenia (1998-2001)

Public Relations Officer

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  Wrote Press-releases for mass media
  
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  Ensured timely flow of news items by appraising printed, electronic and digital information relevant to Armenia and AUA
  
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  Maintained published data regarding AUA and conducted regular monthly press review and analysis
  
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  Designed and organized promotional campaigns to present AUA’s mission, objectives and activities
  
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  Organized press conferences, round table discussions and provided publicity on special events
  
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  Composed presentations on different facets of AUA Research Centers and Colleges, published AUA newsletter
  

“Span Consultants” - Netherlands, Utrecht (2000)

Executive Assistant

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  Correspondence for senior consultants
  
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  Assistance in project proposal writing
  
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  Recruiting of suitable teams for proposals
  
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  Organizing workshops, interpreting and translating
  

Internet Access and Training Program, (IREX) -Yerevan, Armenia (1998)

Internet trainer

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  Consulted on end users applications of the Internet
  
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  Monitored the public access site and advised on technical and administrative problems
  
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  Assisted the Regional Coordinator in organizing seminars and conferences on new information technology
  

Newspaper “Aravot”- Yerevan, Armenia (1995-1998)

General Assignment reporter

PUBLICATIONS

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  Compiled and edited “A DECADE OF ACHIEVEMENT” book dedicated to AUA’s 10th Anniversary
  
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  Wrote 150 articles in “Aravot” and more than 100 articles for National State Radio station
  
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  Translated and published more than 50 articles for “3Noor Children’s Institute”
  
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  Researched and wrote a report for “Taniq” Human Rights Protection Center
  
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  Closely contributed to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia
  

SKILLS

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  Fluent in English, Armenian, and Russian
  
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  Proficient in Office 2000, Microsoft Project, Quark Express, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Access, QuickBooks Pro.
  

References are available upon request