John Flyr

JOHN FLYR English Teacher / Graphic Designer EDUCATION Ashford University PROFILE Driven designer with 4+ years’ experience. English teacher for 4+ years with 2+ years’ experience training teachers in Japan. Skilled at communicating and developing relationships. I enjoy interacting with people with various backgrounds. CONTACT- LANGUAGE B a c h e l o r ' s i n G ra p h i c D e s i gn / 3 D An i m at i o n 2008 - 2010 DMACC Des Moines Area Community College As s o c i ate i n Ar t s 2005 - 2008 EXPERIENCE Link Interac Inc. Head Teacher / ALT I taught Junior high school students English in Tokyo, Japan. I made original lesson plans tailored to each class. I also designed all the worksheets the students use. I helped the students with speeches and worked with them one on one to help them improve. I have done countless English camps where I have helped to lead and to guide fellow teachers and students to ensure everything goes smoothly. After a year I was promoted to Head Teacher. I was responsible for monitoring the other teachers in my area and wrote reports based on the observations. I then relayed information between the company and the teachers to ensure quality control and satisfaction between both parties. English M a r, 2 0 1 7 - Nov, 2 0 1 9 Japanese WINBE Native Basic SKILLS Adobe Illustrator logo design Adobe Premiere video editing Adobe Photoshop photograph editing Microsoft word lesson planning Link & Motivation Inc Ta c t K o d o m o m i r a i C o . L t d . Sub-leader / English Teacher I taught children and adults English from ages 3 years old to 82 years old. I taught songs, vocabulary, phonics, grammar and spelling. After 6 months of working at Winbe I was promoted to sub-leader. Where I helped with our monthly training for our teachers and replied to people's monthly reports. I also made phone calls to native instructors to check in and work through problems they may have. I also responded to our web forum where teachers can ask questions. J u l, 2 0 1 5 - M a r, 2 0 1 7 G I A D C Gannett Imaging and Ad Design Center Production Coordinator / Digital artist I designed animated banner ads for online websites. Other duties were reviewing ads created by new hires, and guiding them on design tips while ensuring they are following our standard procedures. After working there for a year I was promoted to production coordinator. If a client had a problem with an ad I would be the person they could call and I would relay the information to the artist. Also iff there was an issue with an advertisement, I would call them and advise possible solutions. O c t, 2 0 1 1 - M ay, 2 0 1 5