Travel - Visited over 30 countries
Chika Osaka 大坂 千夏
Video Producer / Reporter
Summary
Japanese TV producer and reporter with over 14 years of experience in all aspects of video content production serving 780 TV broadcasters in 100+ countries and 2000+ media customers in 128 countries. Bilingual visionary creator, anchor, storyteller and client specialist with demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
Overview
3
3
Languages
1
1
year of post-secondary education
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Producer/Reporter
Thomson Reuters
New York, NY
04.2013 - Current
- Launched, developed and ran video programmings for 7 shows for 6 networks including one of Japan’s main TV networks TBS & NHK.
- Anchored TBS's daily live TV show (Business Click) and market report on Yahoo Japan and reuters.com in Japanese.
- Renewed and extended TBS's Business Click contract by 7+ years.
- Identified target audience and created video strategy for 7 shows across 5 countries.
- Kept up to date on client wishes throughout creative and editorial process.
- Developed and maintained relationships with executives from 6 international networks.
- Edited and produced visually compelling, insightful and newsworthy videos for various international stakeholders, while fulfilling their editorial requirements and audience.
- Led editorial strategy for various programs, including story and guest ideas, news coverage, team resources, budget and field operations.
- Collaborated with multiple internal and external stakeholders to deliver visually compelling, fair and client-minded video content.
- Guided production, engineering and editorial teams in Japan, China, Australia and the U.K.
- Produced viral video about a Chinese jianbing (crepe) craze in NYC, which generated over 4 million hits in one day.
Producer
TV Asahi
New York, NY
02.2011 - 03.2013
- Produced over 300 video content, from breaking news, to entertainment, to U.S. election, and to U.N. General Assembly for TV Asahi’s Japanese audience.
- Spearheaded video operations in studio and field including content strategy, team resources and budget.
- Interviewed heads of state, ministers, celebrities and newsmakers in English and Japanese.
- Guided producer and engineering teams in best story development practices and visual design concepts to encourage innovation in production technique.
- Translated English interviews and news articles into Japanese.
- Collaborated with network executives to define and propel organization's mission and vision.
- Presented production ideas and determined creative scenarios for production and delivery.
- Generated story ideas through field interviews, networking and social media.
Producer
Thomson Reuters
Tokyo, Japan
02.2008 - 02.2011
- Produced video content for 780 TV broadcasters in 100+ countries and 2000+ media customers in 128 countries.
- Developed and maintained business relationships with main Japanese broadcasters (NHK, TBS, NTV, Fuji TV, TV Asahi and TV Tokyo), entertainment giants (Sony Music, Warner Music, Toho and Oriental Land) and ad agencies (Dentsu and Hakuhodo).
- Orchestrated license agreements for music and footage, talent releases and distribution contracts.
- Led TV coverage for entertainment, culture, sub-culture and all oddly enough news coming out of Japan.
- Collaborated with producers, TV crews, photographers and interviewees to create video content, new ideas and segments.
- Wrote TV scripts and Reuters news stories in English.
- Simultaneously translated Japanese press conferences and interviews into English.
- Managed project budgets, production and travel costs.
- Promoted Reuters' services by giving exciting and dynamic presentations to clients and partners.
Education
MA - Broadcast Journalism
The City University Of New York, Graduate School Of Journalism
New York, NYBA - International Economics
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, JapanCommunications Major
New York University, Steinhardt School Of Education
New York, NY 08.2004 - 08.2005
Other Experience
09/2007 - 12/2007 Intern
CNN, New York, NY
- Interviewed heads of state and ministers at the U.N. General Assembly.
- Assisted on-air reporters during live newscasts.
02/2007 - 09/2007 Freelance Producer / Researcher
ESPN, New York, NY
- Simultaneously interpreted Japanese baseball player interviews on live TV.
- Researched Japanese baseball players and figure skaters in Japanese and complied a report in English.
- Interviewed Japanese baseball players in the U.S.
- Coordinated and collaborated with camera crews, producers and executives to execute a flawless live TV experience.
11/2005 - 03/2006 Intern
CNN International, Tokyo, Japan
- Produced business packages for CNN International “The Global Office.”
- Conducted interviews with key newsmakers in Japan, including Shintaro Tsuji, Founder and CEO of Sanrio, maker of Hello Kitty.
- Translated Japanese interviews into English.
- Researched stories out of Japan for international audiences.
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Interests
Beyoncé - Avid Beyhive member / concert goer
Timeline
Producer/Reporter
Thomson Reuters
04.2013 - Current
Producer
TV Asahi
02.2011 - 03.2013
Producer
Thomson Reuters
02.2008 - 02.2011
Communications Major
New York University, Steinhardt School Of Education
08.2004 - 08.2005
BA - International Economics
Aoyama Gakuin University
MA - Broadcast Journalism
The City University Of New York, Graduate School Of Journalism
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