Maria Yushina Email & Phone Number

Belgrade, Rs

Белград, Сербия

• Worked with multiple AAA titles• Participated and provided input on meeting and cross-team calls, wrote follow-up emails• Provided feedback reports and collected and analyzed feedback• Provided ad-hoc translations and suggested text edits for in-game texts• Identified project risks within my area of expertise and developed mitigation strategies for these risks (for example, during the cultural assessment I provided my thoughts on what can should and shouldn't be presented to… Show more • Worked with multiple AAA titles• Participated and provided input on meeting and cross-team calls, wrote follow-up emails• Provided feedback reports and collected and analyzed feedback• Provided ad-hoc translations and suggested text edits for in-game texts• Identified project risks within my area of expertise and developed mitigation strategies for these risks (for example, during the cultural assessment I provided my thoughts on what can should and shouldn't be presented to the Russian audience)• Provided status reports on the current state of the project and interpreted specific aspects of QA/LQA findings for management• Documented, tracked, and verified defects and fixes in Jira• Created test plans, test strategies, and checklists• Performed functional, regression, and localization testing• Communicated regularly with the team with test results• Collaborated with other team members and members outside the team to reach the project's goals• Onboarded new team members• Managed outsource testing team and their tasks• Escalated outstanding issues further up• Communicated with developers providing requested information to ensure swift delivery of required bug fixes• Drove the product quality improvement initiatives• Suggested and implemented process improvements• Created and updated project documentation in Confluence Show less

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Took part in the recruitment of new employees, coached and onboarded them• Created environment oriented to open communication and trust• Coached employees to improve quality assurance and manage the daily operation of the QA according to established guidelines and projects' needs• Led the QA team and assisted in directing testing activities• Ensured the department workload is organized and activities are completed by the date promised• Ensured adherence to the established… Show more • Took part in the recruitment of new employees, coached and onboarded them• Created environment oriented to open communication and trust• Coached employees to improve quality assurance and manage the daily operation of the QA according to established guidelines and projects' needs• Led the QA team and assisted in directing testing activities• Ensured the department workload is organized and activities are completed by the date promised• Ensured adherence to the established processes• Suggested and implemented measures for quality assurance• Developed solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the QA department, introduced, filled, and updated Wiki space for QA members• Helped with performing localization, function, and regression testing when needed• Created test plans for both Localization and Functional testing for mobile, web games, and web platform• Evaluated timeframes needed to perform comprehensive testing• Communicated with other departments to reach common goals• Provided feedback on project risks within my competence• Gave feedback and suggested improvements on checklists and test cases created by my subordinates Show less

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Provided regular status updates to management and followed approved escalation paths• Established and maintained test cases and test data• Performed functional, regression, and localization testing• Used test management tools to document, track and verify bugs and fixes• Raised my concerns and suggested to QA management• Assisted Junior QA team members and helped with onboarding

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Performed functional, regression, and localization testing• Documented, tracked, and verified defects and fixes• Used Mantis test management tool to forward localization issues to the localization studio• Communicated with localization studio representative about the current state of localization and text edits required by the project's direction• Ensured that marketing materials comply with the existing localization of the game and glossary• Examined game logs to detect… Show more • Performed functional, regression, and localization testing• Documented, tracked, and verified defects and fixes• Used Mantis test management tool to forward localization issues to the localization studio• Communicated with localization studio representative about the current state of localization and text edits required by the project's direction• Ensured that marketing materials comply with the existing localization of the game and glossary• Examined game logs to detect usage of the third-party software by players (identified cheaters)• Banned players who violated Terms of Service and License Agreement and lifted bans during appeals• Helped players resolve their in-game issues by using Game Master tools (recovering lost items, teleporting stuck players, etc.)• Troubleshot, diagnosed, documented, and resolved players' technical issues via Helpdesk Software Show less

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Professional Retraining, Language Interpretation And Translation (English)