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Lincoln, England, United Kingdom

• Assist in and be responsible for managing and leading teams of testers, overseeing testing on current and recent generation platforms whilst working to project deadlines.• Assist in and be responsible for assigning tasks and duties to the team, maintaining awareness of and ensuring our titles meet project goals.• Collaborate with development, production and other QA teams to coordinate test efforts, build strong working relationships, and facilitate information flow.• Monitoring and supporting the team, maintaining engagement and performance.• Contribute to studio and team-building efforts, including training, development, and recruiting.• Maintaining an excellent knowledge of internal systems and processes and contributing to developing these.

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

• Planning, coordination, and supervision of a game testing project.• Organization and management of a testing team.• Coordination, monitoring, and controlling the status and quality of tasks performed within projects or programs.• Identification and reporting of risks and hazards associated with the testing process and resolution of problems;• Cooperation and communication with the customer.• Preparation of reports on the progress of works and resource usage, as well as materials and guidelines for testing.• Supervision of internal quality assurance procedures.• Performing interviews.• Performing internal training and preparing training documentation.• Performing administrative tasks assigned by the Game Testing Manager.

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

• Supporting Games Test Lead in localisation process coordination, reporting test statuses, and project risk assessment based on adopted scope, schedule, and project requirements;• Execution and updates of test cases;• Testing product/game translation quality, consistency and language correctness according to given specifications;• Performing the testing in the Russian/Ukrainian language to ensure that the game meets all the necessary standards to be released on the CIS market;• Cooperation with the Game Testing Lead on introducing the tester team to specific testing tasks;• Cooperation and communication with the customer and reporting within the scope defined by the GameTesting Lead;• Internal quality control according to the work schedule assigned by the Game Testing Lead and instructions;• Participation in the deployment of initiatives within the Game Testing Unit;• Performing Compliance training to the team to ensure the best quality among the testers;

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

• Responsible for the execution of the proper Quality Assurance for the video games;• Responsible for finding and reporting an issue directly to the developers through the required program;• Performing the testing in the Russian/Ukrainian language to ensure that the game meets all the necessary standards to be released on the CIS market;• Proofreading and vetting the translation of the Russian written strings;• Compliance checks that include validating the terminology of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, as well as the internal terminology and licensing of the companies on specific names and characters;• Assisting the Test Lead with day-to-day tasks such as downloading and deploying the builds, writingDSR’s and providing the necessary support to the team as the backup of the test lead;Impact:• Successfully maintained the quality of the critically acclaimed video games.• Avoided several terminology issues when it came to the Certification checks.• Learned about the stages, the process of testing and the importance of the testing for the project.

Master Of Arts - Ma, International Relations And Affairs, 4.5

Enrolled as a double degree student in International Relations. Finished with the rector's diploma of distinction.

Bachelor'S Degree, Law, 4.0