• Interpret and translate both non-technical and technical documents that meet company and client-driven deadlines.• Effectively manage translation projects while providing constructive feedback to external vendors.• Perform testing and troubleshooting on company software to verify in-context translation accuracy.• Collaborate with diverse business units including: o Marketing to understand marketing communication style, tone, product naming, and brand strategy for events, collateral, product offerings, company website, etc. o Product Management to learn about OneTrust product offerings and increase the localization readiness of our code and UX design. o Localization to discuss and improve translation processes, tone, terminology, software usage, key ideas, evangelization projects within the organization, etc.

• Managed the Spanish localization needs for a Japanese multinational specialized in JRPG mobile games (including the Final Fantasy franchise) for a total period of 3 years, while directing my own team of Spanish collaborators as a middle-point project manager and lead translator for an average of 150,000 words per month.• Worked as a translator, proofreader, localization project manager and/or LQA tester on various projects (over 3 million source words from 100+ video game projects) for several direct clients or LSPs.• Coordinated a group of over 25 freelance collaborators from over 10 language pairs when needed in order to have the capability and resources to provide full localization services (translation, proofreading and linguistic testing) for video game studios without intermediaries.• Maintained the financial accounting of the business, including tracking growth by contrasting costs, gross profit, and net earnings, as a way to foresee future trends and ensure long-term stability.• Budgeted projects, services, and language rates (end to end) for direct clients, based on their needs, under consolidated invoices.• Responsible for the PR and marketing services, resources, and know-how of the business for new prospective clients with the aim of continually growing and avoiding stagnation.• Networked with key industry colleagues to establish connections for future potential collaborations and/or referrals.Portfolio Examples: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, Heroine’s Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok, Space Haven, The Alchemist Code, The Inner World – The Last Wind Monk, Total War: Rome II, Total War: Warhammer, War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, World of Tanks Blitz, etc.

• Ownership of Spanish linguistic quality for multiple business units, including Sales Navigator and LinkedIn’s main UI for general users.• Managed all translation assets from English into Spanish (es-ES and es-LA).• Created and maintained glossaries, style guides and TMs.• Performed linguistic QA and opened/resolved linguistic bugs as necessary.• Worked with internal stakeholders and external vendors to provide timely and market appropriate localized products.

• Identified and reported in a standard format, which was easy to understand and reproduce, all the linguistic errors from the verified product.• Evaluated the global functioning of each assigned game and ensured that it met all validation requirements.• Assured impeccable grammar and in-context translation/terminology quality, consistency, and accuracy.• Maintained the department’s wiki, which included all the main on-boarding documents and SOPs, in order to streamline the processes that new colleagues had to learn and follow.• Streamlined communications among different groups involved in the localization process, including informing the lead tester and/or localization manager about the status of the daily localization tests and overall language quality, while constantly coordinating my work with other peers from different language combinations.• Presented the overall localization status of projects, including issues and potential solutions, at weekly team meetings.Portfolio Examples: Anno 2205, Heroes of Might & Magic VII, Tom Clancy’s The Division, Trackmania Turbo, Trials of the Blood Dragon, Steep, Watch Dogs 2, etc.