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Keiji Obata
General Partner, Creative Director
Founding partner of Littlefield+Company,
Keiji is a graduate of Kyoto University of Education, where he was
awarded a B.A. in Art Education. He later earned a B.F.A. in Media
Arts from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Keiji has over 20 years of
experience in graphic design and advertising. Before establishing
Littlefield, he was a creative director at design communications
firm in New York City. His professional experience includes work
for international projects in the United States, South America,
Europe, Asia and Japan. He also has extensive knowledge of the interior
design and architecture industries and has written regularly for
various design publications.
His projects have won many
awards from ADCNY, Society of Illustrators, Best Financial Ads and
Commercial Photo Magazine.
obata@elittlefield.com

Junko Mayumi
Partner, Senior Designer
Junko is a graduate of Parsons
School of Design with B.F.A. in Communication Design. As a Littlefield
partner, she is responsible for all phases of design projects, from
concept development to production management.
Prior to joining Littlefield,
she was a senior designer at the New York firm, Designframe. Her
experience includes design projects for prestige brands like Tiffany
& Co. and L.S.Collections, as well as home furnishing brands
such as Martex, F.Schumacher and Waverly.
She has won numerous awards
including the AIGA Certificate of Excellence, Communication Arts
MagazineÕs Award of Excellence and Photo/Design MagazineÕs Gold
Award.
mayumi@elittlefield.com

Paula Rice Jackson
Special Projects
Paula is an experienced editor-in-chief,
PR specialist, television producer of arts programming and director
of cultural institutions.
A graduate of Sarah Lawrence
College with a masters degree in communications from the New York
Institute of Technology, Paula's editorial career began at House
& Garden, where she served as travel editor and also health
editor. In 1981 she moved to House Beautiful and was appointed Senior
Writer. In 1985 she joined Interiors magazine as Editor-at-Large
and served as Editor-in-Chief between 1989 and 1994.
After leaving Interiors, she
became the chairwoman of the restoration committee of Edith WhartonÕs
former home, The Mount, in Lenox, MA.
A seasoned PR and special
projects consultant, Paula has worked with Littlefield on numerous
projects for clients that include the Matsushita Electric Lighting
Group, Ultrasuede, Toli and many others.
jackson@elittlefield.com

Akira Hatori
Manager/Producer, Tokyo Office
Akira majored American and
English literature in the Chuo University in Tokyo. His professional
writing experience spans more than 15 years and includes on-staff
assignments for marketing and advertising agencies in Tokyo. His
versatile writing style has garnered superb results for such diverse
consumer, retail and business-to-business accounts as Yamaha Motors,
Toyota, Sanyo, Daiei Group, Tokyu Group, Takashimaya, Corning and
TimeWarner, among many others.
He represents Littlefield
in Tokyo and is responsible for development and management of projects
in Japan.
hatori@elittlefield.com

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