Chris Snyder Email & Phone Number

Burbank, California, United States

• Lead the daily operations of the localization coordinator and editor teams, identifying potential challenges and applying constructive solutions.
• Design and implement company-wide localization workflows, including budget creation, allocation of resources, as well as testing and selecting the most qualified vendors and linguists.
• Identify and document new processes in conjunction with team leads and vendors, maintaining metrics and overseeing process improvement initiatives.
• Mentor, empower, and evaluate localization team members, holding weekly team and lead meetings, as well as bimonthly one-on-one meetings with all staff.
• Cultivate relationships with key stakeholders across the company, current and prospective clients, and vendors to remain up to date with industry trends and best practices, emerging technologies, and new sources of.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Directed multilingual projects from end to end with third-party vendors and individual translators and editors, onboarding new vendors and tools to meet client specifications and timelines.
• Consulted in the development of localization production workflows and software applications.
• Created, reformatted, and performed quality control of English subtitles for foreign-language content, templates for translation into other languages, subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), Line 21 closed.

Hollywood, CA

• Managed a team of coordinators and editors in the production of multilingual subtitling, closed captioning, audio description, and dubbing projects, including the pre-production planning, creation, quality control, and.
• Liaised with the scheduling and client services teams, both in Hollywood and internationally, to ensure deadlines were met and client specifications were properly communicated and followed.
• Worked with vendors and clients to test new localization technologies and automation to streamline production processes while retaining the highest content quality and adhering to industry technical standards.
• Led initiatives to gain efficiency and improve quality through onboarding and training of new vendors.
• Developed localization workflows and performed both on-site and remote training for facilities in Bangalore, India and Sydney, Australia.
• Designed and maintained the localization software infrastructure for the Hollywood facility.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Guided English template subtitling file creation to ensure quality, adherence to client specifications and accurate translation to all languages.
• Oversaw the creation and maintenance of all English-language show guides, glossaries, and key names and phrases documents to ensure consistency amongst seasons and projects as well as across all languages.
• Trained all incoming employees in subtitle-editing software operation, client specification, and in-house style.
• Contributed to the research and development of proprietary subtitling software.

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Served as first point of contact for all employers recruiting job-seekers.
• Organized and planned career fairs and other recruiting events to connect graduating students with employers, from location and equipment rentals, catering, and booth setup to on-site support.
• Designed marketing materials for both students and employers, including website graphics, pamphlets, and informational materials.
• Managed database and financial records of organizations recruiting with the department.