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San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

Collaborated with policy, legal, engineering, data, vendor management, and product teams in the development, implementation, review, and creation/adjustment of safety features and policies for new/existing product features and policy rolloutsAnalyzed existing community guidelines and internal-facing guidelines to identify policy gaps; Conducted discussions.

San Francisco, California, US

Developed and led trainings for child safety best practices for the entire team, while hosting shadow/reverse-shadow sessions as well as office hours to maintain team efficiency across this sensitive topicEngaged in child/youth safety and advocacy initiatives in the Tech Coalition via signal and classifier sharing, with regular meetings to share and.

San Francisco, California, US

Regularly responded to legal data requests (terrorism, threats of violence/mass violence, violent extremism, child sexual abuse) received from law enforcement agencies, and sending out the requested information in compliance with strict internal SLAs.Investigated cases of Child Sex Exploitation, submitting CyberTipline referrals to NCMEC when.

San Francisco, California, US

Performed deep-dive investigations and fact-checking for cases escalated into the Safety reports queue where reported users were flagged for engaging in TOS-violative behavior ranging from hateful conduct, threats of violence, sexual harassment, youth safety violations, etc.Selected by Law Enforcement Response team as a volunteer analyst and trained from.

Los Gatos, CA, US

Full-cycle management of multiple subtitle asset deliveries (30+ languages), budget allocation, and localization operations for Netflix’s documentaries and kids & family content verticalsManaged activities for new and ongoing projects with multiple production departments, technical teams, senior leadership, and clients to ensure that delivery requirements.

Collaborated with design, marketing, and engineering teams to research, develop and implement initiatives targeting the APAC/ASEAN market while delivering a service “style” that maintains Well Played’s visionResponsible for setting up and running operations of livestream and production of content (Japanese-English) for Bandai Namco’s official “Tekken.

Minatoku, Tokyo, JP

Utilized direct sourcing techniques to develop a strong network of passive candidatesDeveloped and implemented recruitment metrics to enhance metrics reportingSupported the offer process, partnering with HMs across compensation, HR, and orientation team/departmentsProactively developed relationships with best-in-class talents to match with.

Led in-house and external/vendor localization team; managed project scheduling and communications between China, Japan, USA, United Kingdom, and IndiaResponsible for prequalifying, onboarding, and management of in-house and 3rd-party translation vendor resourcesEngaged with priority stakeholders to plan and execute licensing and distribution efforts.

Mountain View, CA, US

Interpreted and translated all sales-related materials and communications; presented localized solutions to prospective and existing clients (sales-related presentations, e-mails, and verbal instructions)Selected as personal live interpreter for Asia-Pacific Head of Operations; De-facto Tokyo office English to Japanese interpreter for all senior executives.

Responsible for successful growth of 5M JPY annual budget representing estimated 30M JPY in annual salesOversaw launch and development of marketing / PR campaigns for 2 smartphone game titlesPartnered with key stakeholders to implement client relationship initiatives, which successfully drove expansion from Yahoo! Mobage, Mixi, and Hangame platforms into.

Irvine, California, US

*Formerly Atlus USATranslated all voiced and written dialogue in video games, their corresponding manuals, and all associated media to the product from Japanese to English and vice-versa. (ie. Websites, promotional posters, etc.).Created translation base tailor-made to each specific title, requiring first a literal translation and then a follow-up with.

Bachelor’S Degree, Japanese Studies

1-Yr Study Abroad Course, Japanese Studies