Jin Bae Email & Phone Number

El Segundo, Ca, Us

Team Management:Oversee the translator and editor teams to ensure precise and timely localization.Manage the in-house team to uphold strict standards across all comic/novel series.Localization Strategy:Develop tailored localization strategies for each series to meet specific content needs.Production Efficiency:Optimize production workflows for a diverse catalog of over 400 in-house series and over 1,000 pre-localized series.Implement strategies to expedite processes while maintaining uncompromised quality.Genre Glossaries and Narrative Cohesion:Create and establish genre glossaries to strengthen and solidify each genre’s narrative tropes and worldviews.Ensure localized content is cohesive and aligned with genre standards, enhancing narrative consistency.Brand Integrity and Communication:Ensure brand integrity is secured by setting localization directions for the teams to address issues found in deliverables.Serve as the key liaison with HQ, Kakao Entertainment, to align on localization directives and production requirements.Guideline Management and Team Development:Update translation and quality control style guides to reflect current industry trends, and/or to set the trends by leading the industry with innovations.Recruit and onboard translators and quality control editors to meet the corporate’s expanding needs.

El Segundo, California, Us

• Main Translator for Nexon's Kartrider: Drift.• Main Translator for PC games with extensive legacies such as Vindictus and Counter Strike: Nexon Studio.• Back Up Translator for MapleStory. Substantial experiences working on Mabinogi and mobile titles such as MapleStory M, Blue Archive, and Kartrider Rush+.• Localized lore, UI, events, patch notes and update contents for each title via CAT Tool. • Streamlined the localization by customizing the CAT Tool to accommodate the differences in each game.• Provided spoken and/or written Korean to English interpretation support between the team members and managements of Nexon America and Nexon Korea.• Provided translation/interpretation support in voice over recording sessions, supporting the teams to operate seamlessly, securing quality assets and optimizing Nexon’s time management with studios.•Took on Localization Project Manager responsibilities in cases of department members' absences and extensive leaves.

El Segundo, California, Us

• Main Translator for PC games with extensive legacies such as Vindictus and Counter Strike: Nexon Studio.• Back Up Translator for Nexon’s Kartrider: Drift and Mabinogi, with substantial experiences working in MapleStory and mobile titles such as MapleStory M, Blue Archive, and Kartrider Rush+.• Localized lore, UI, events, patch notes and update contents for each title via CAT Tool. • Streamlined the localization by customizing the CAT Tool to accommodate the differences in each game.• Provided spoken and/or written Korean to English interpretation support between the team members and managements of Nexon America and Nexon Korea.• Provided translation/interpretation support in voice over recording sessions, supporting the teams to operate seamlessly, securing quality assets and optimizing Nexon’s time management with studios.• Assisted the project managers in establishing general forecasts of expected workloads, processed JIRA tickets, and addressed LQA issues that required bilingual support.

• Produced and delivered translation and/or written assets to international brands that required rebranding efforts to settle successfully in the U.S. market.• Displayed specialties in fashion, cosmetics, entertainment, tech, and blockchain.• Translated and created pitch decks for B2B investment proposals, PLP, and PDP.• Wrote both copywriting and technical writing contents that aligned with the brand voices and tones as well as the creative direction of each business. • Notable clients include LG Electronics, Goyang City, Kabam (Netmarble), REOB, and PPI PIPE.

Localize text & graphics for product, service, and investment attraction for B2B/B2C purposes.Analyze legal texts and regulations to ensure compliance with the U.S. and KOR governments.Provide brand consultation to corporates if rebranding is desired/required to accommodate the new market.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Managed product development from concepts and manufacturing, to quality control, FDA regulation compliance, and product positioning for roughly 2000 SKUs.• Negotiated the best possible pricing with renowned factories located in South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Indonesia.• Supervised the optimization of inventory space by scheduling individual factories and carriers on shipments and delivery dates, in coordination with the warehouse team.• Coordinated project management with Disney, BT21, LINE, and San Rio to ensure that the collaboration between the two parties were ideally executed.

• Directed branding & marketing campaigns catered to international musicians touring the U.S.• Overlooked the tours on and off set to ensure that the execution of each show were aligned with the interests of the labels and the artists.• Written contracts, company policies, and PR content.

• Styled male models for photoshoots.• Written product descriptions for Amazon, Store-Farm, and etc.• Written blog content designed to draw in web traffic via SEO. • Established E-Commerce import contracts with mainstream fashion brands and slashed up to 20% of the costs by negotiating prices and conditions.(ex. Coach, Vans, Converse, Dr Martens, and Michael Kors)

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters