Takara (Swoopes) Bullock

Current

• Digital Media, E-Commerce & Web Services Industry Specialist at Optia Partners K.K. Tokyo

Past

• Fulbright Fellow at U.S. State Department Fulbright Commission
• Sales & Marketing Manager at Grady Management Inc.
• Intern, Operations Coordinator at Teach For America

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Education

• Tohoku University
• Cornell University
• Howard University

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Industry

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Takara (Swoopes) Bullock’s Summary

Takara is a senior industry recruiter and primarily assists international companies operating and/or entering Japan, with finding talent. Among the candidates she recruits, 95% are native Japanese speakers with English ability.

Positions include mid to executive-level professionals working in sales, marketing, PR, business development, web development/programming, and operations. Industry focus includes bilingual professionals working in e-commerce/ecommerce, online travel, mobile marketing, online fashion, interactive advertising, web design and development, and social media.

If you need talent for your web-focused opening, division, or company in Tokyo, Takara is the recruiter you should know. She has been awarded "Most Valuable Consultant" and "The Most Committed Worker" awards by senior partners and company directors of Optia Partners, K.K. and was the company's first female recruiting consultant hire.

E-mail: takara@optiapartners.com

BACKGROUND
Takara is from Decatur, Alabama and is a cum laude graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C.. She is also a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship in Japan, sponsored by the U.S.-Japan Fulbright Commission where she attended Tohoku University in Sendai Japan and conducted graduate research on "Higher Education, and the Career and Family Choices of Japanese Women."

Takara’s prior experience includes three years in marketing and sales in the Washington, D.C. Metro area. She interned with Teach For America (TFA) and also served in the U.S. Army National Guard, where she specialized in the IT with the Signal and Communications Corp for three years.

HOBBIES
Takara is a new media and technology enthusiast with a passion for user-experience and design functionality. Hobbies include blues & and old-school R&B and Hip-hop, blogging, traveling with her husband, graphics design and crafts, personal development, and developing new business ideas.

Takara (Swoopes) Bullock’s Specialties:

Online marketing & advertising, web services, mobile advertising, online software, SAAS, ecommerce, web design and development, interactive advertising, online fashion, business development, sales, e-commerce, fashion e-tailing, SEM/SEO, CRM, e-mail marketing, social networking, mobile applications, and corporate giving.