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Malmo, Skåne County, Sweden

• Oversaw end-to-end localization projects using various Translation Management Systems (TMS) and Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools, driving localization of in-game and out-of-game text, subtitles, audio, marketing materials, and trailers for up to 45 languages (European, Asian, MENA), maintaining glossaries and translation memories and ensuring projects completed on-time and within budget.• Managed multiple projects concurrently, ranging from AAA to mobile titles, performing project set-ups and kick-offs, owning and managing budgets, building and maintaining project schedules, anticipating risks and proactively solving problems.• Led internal and external interconnected production teams, including translation, audio recording, audio post-production, and LQA.• Facilitated effective communication and collaboration across diverse teams, senior management, clients, vendors, and studios, cultivating positive relationships and ensuring the alignment of all stakeholders by providing status updates and reference materials, handling arising questions, and resolving issues.• Organized over 5000 hours of localized RU VO recordings, from casting and preparing recording sessions to conducting thorough technical and narrative checks of recorded files to ensure high-quality content, achieving a 99.9% QA-verified error-free delivery rate.• Streamlined localization, VO production, and LQA workflows, reducing task and asset management time by up to 80% by designing and programming a new project management server in Jira Cloud, implementing automation and new software, and writing Excel VBA macros.• Improved efficiency of the casting process by building a comprehensive database of more than 1000 actors.

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Led day-to-day testing operations, providing necessary documentation and guidance to the team.• Gathered feedback from the team and created reports of the progress, assessed and tracked bugs.• Implemented a software change for the LQA team, improving the processes of capturing and reporting bugs.• Completed the training for the Producer position.

Moscow, Russian Federation

• Worked closely with project managers and developers to create and execute test plans, and report on the status of the project.• Tested game translation quality, consistency, accuracy, and implementation by playtesting and executing test cases, analyzing results, reporting and tracking defects, and verifying fixes.