Mark Wilshin Email & Phone Number

Berlin, Germany

• Cofounder of Berlin-based website localization and translation agency WeWrite

London, United Kingdom

• Editor and writer for online film magazine dogandwolf.com, with weekly reviews of the latest releases in world and independent cinema
• Accredited journalist at premiere film festivals
• Recruitment and editor of a team of freelance journalists
• Optimisation and promotion through SEO and Social channels

London, United Kingdom

Berlin, Germany

• Developed in-house localisation agency from scratch, managing from London and Berlin a team of 27 freelance translators in 13 languages from recruitment and style training to QC and budgeting
• Strategised localisation globally across US, EMEA, Asia and Canada driving sales growth of up to 110% in new markets
• People manager, driving training and development as well as extending scope of internal localisation service to copywriting and captioning
• Quality Control and cost-efficient maintenance of all translation across a variety of copy types (product, website html, marketing collateral, brochures, contracts, customer solutions etc.), managing over 1.2 million.
• Transcreation and copywriting new content (Brand positioning, original consumer pieces ​(​distributed to over 150k consumers), press releases)
• Responsible for Culture and engagement in three sites across Europe and Africa

Berlin, Germany

• Co-produced and found +50k financing for S​odom​ (2017), feature film distributed worldwide by TLA Releasing, appearing at festivals all over the world (LA Outfest, London East End Film Festival, Mix Copenhagen.
• Researched, developed and wrote screenplay over two years
• Successfully cast up-and-coming British actor and German star Jo Weil (​Verbotene Liebe)​ and recruited 25+ crew
• Directed two-week night shoot to schedule and to budget with equipment rental of over ​€2.5m
• Wrote, directed, produced and edited four previous short films

London, United Kingdom

• Line Manager for 20+ subtitlers with focus on quality and to-target performance
• Improved departmental quality and efficiency through development of 10,000k+ error-replacement dictionaries (Quantum)
• Service management to meet departmental targets of 100% coverage and 99% accuracy

West London

• Trained 100+ subtitlers and respeakers in new captioning software (Quantum) in offices inLondon, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Melbourne and Sydney
• Developed four-week training programme to caption prerecorded media in close to real-time.

West London

• Subtitled (keyboard and respeaking) a variety of programmes for BBC, UKTV and Channel 4 both pre-programmed and live, according to client style guidelines
• Quality control for accuracy (grammar, timing, research)

London, United Kingdom

Writing six books on the history of cinema for 11-13 year-olds, I planned, researched and authored copy on six film genres, from films noirs and rom-coms to sword-and-sandals epics and slashers. Responsible for its factual accuracy and editorial interest, I researched the topics thoroughly and with the passion of a film buff.

London

After completing my CELTA at International House, Barcelona, I taught intermediate and beginners English at this international school at Hampton Court. From developing lesson plans to strategising learning points, this experience has proved invaluable in training, managing and motivating people.

Berlin, Germany

Having joined as intern to this film production company, I developed into the role of preproduction coordinator, responsible for script integrity, casting and scheduling. During this time, I also acted as Production Manager on the Tom Tykwer Documentary Im Freien Fall.

London

Production Assistant responsible for managing a team of volunteers to create sets, as well as administrative tasks in the production office.

London, United Kingdom

On-set support to cast and crew in the production of a short film.

London, United Kingdom

Paris, France

Double Ba Hons, French And German

Postgraduate Certificate, Film Journalism

Celta, Teaching English As A Foreign Language

A-Levels (All A), French, German, English Literature