David Fehrmann Email & Phone Number

Within 23 Wards, Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan

Berlin Area, Germany

I am managing a games localization team of 25+ people, including project managers, games translators and LQA staff since January 2015. I believe that openness and transparency helps a team to understand the challenges of the business and facilitates a clear understanding of their individual contribution to the success of the company and thus ultimately provides opportunities to develop their own skills and career.Core duties:- Reporting into the Board of Directors- Creation and controlling of the budget of the Games Division- Creation and presentation of quarterly reports- Team management and HR related tasks- Supervision of all running projects- Sales and business development- Company representation at trade showsManagement philosophy:- Open book management- Communication streamlining- Teamwork and individual development- Business optimization through KPI analysis

Berlin

I am leading a team of internal and external localization specialists for video games and manage the adaption of various games, ranging from small mobile titles up to multimillion words MMOs form English/Japanese -> German.In my experiance, the cornerstones of top quality localization are linguistic talent, experience, good organization and documentation, as well as dedication to the job.Localization (EN/JP -> DE)- Translation and Editingo In-game Textso Web Textso Audio Scriptso Subtitleso Manualso TCG Card Texts- Quality Assurance (LQA)- Documentationo Style Guideso Glossaries/Termbaseso Characterization Guides- Customer LiaisonTeam Management / HR- Team Coordination- Coordination of Freelance Resources- Performance Evaluation- Applicant Selection- Test Evaluation- Job Interviews

Tokyo, Japan

Miyakojima, Japan