Matthew Olson-Roy Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Winner: 2018 Undiscovered VoicesRunner-up: 2018 A.M. Heath PrizeNominee: 2016 Pushcart PrizeMiddle grade and young adult fiction.Audio scripts: Little Lights Studio's Storytelling School.Creative writing workshops: European School of Luxembourg, International School of Luxembourg.In the media:

Greater Seattle Area

Set long-term strategy for global content across all Wizards brands, including in-house, freelance, and licensee generated global content. Managed annual budget for localization spend. Led teams responsible for localizing printed and digital games for retail sale, videos, web sites, software, and sales and marketing materials. Managed content pipeline in ten languages for global simultaneous product release. Supervised localization project manager, oversaw 25 freelance translation team members and two approved multilingual vendors. Built vendor relationships and negotiated rates. Communicated with cross-functional internal teams (R&D, Brand, Creative and Digital Studios) on project/product requirements and with global offices to ensure products met brand objectives. Defined, established, and maintained content quality procedures related to game content, translation memory and terminology management, procedures manuals, style guides, proofing, and data archiving. Maintained global content master databases. Analyzed content for local market use. Managed schedules and deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously.

Managed translation of printed products, web sites, video scripts, and digital games. Oversaw teams of translators, proofreaders, and technical editors. Communicated with cross-functional internal teams (R&D, Brand, Creative Services, Production) on project/product requirements. Communicated with in-country offices to ensure products met brand objectives. Defined, established, and maintained content quality procedures related to terminology management, procedures manuals, style guides, proofing tools, and data archiving. Managed schedules and deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously.

Managed localization of multiple games and toys for Cranium into twelve languages. Acted as editorial liaison to local teams in country to ensure translations and country-specific content met Cranium standards. Communicated with Design, Editorial, QA, Marketing, and International Distribution Partners concerning project requirements and deadlines. Maintained global content master database. (N.B. Hasbro acquired Cranium in 2008.)

Selected articles from multiple Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian media sources for entry into translation pool based on government intelligence requirements. Translated articles from Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian into English for government clients.

Translated from Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish into English for over 35 companies and agencies around the world. Edited translations from Swedish, Norwegian, German, French, Dutch, and Danish into English. Created and maintained translation memories and terminology databases for major clients.

Greater Seattle Area

Taught English 212 (World Literature Themes), English 102 (Writing from Research), English 101 (College Composition), English 100 (College Reading and Writing), English 080 (College Problem Solving), and College 101 (College Strategies).

Greater Seattle Area

Taught History of Homosexuality in Western Cultures (BAC315U).

Greater Seattle Area

Taught English 096 (College Preparatory Writing III) and English 101 (College Composition).

Greater Seattle Area

Taught Swedish 101, 102, 103, 150, 201, 202, and 203. Responsibilities included curriculum development, course material creation, language instruction, and language level assessment/testing.Please contact me for information regarding college courses taught at other institutions.

Greater Seattle Area

*Defined features, created content pipeline, marketed internal and third party services, built online communities, and created page layouts for international community Web sites in six languages (including: Algeria.com, Bangladesh.com, Belgium.com, Ecuador.com, Morocco.com, Nepal.com, NewZealand.com, Nicaragua.com, PuertoRico.com, Russia.com, Scotland.com, SouthAfrica.com, Sweden.com, Switzerland.com, Turkey.com, and Ukraine.com).*Maintained proprietary content build process for network Web sites by creating HTML content, updating PERL and UNIX build tools to work with new content, and creating guidelines and process specifications.*Recruited, hired, trained, and managed 6 international employees in content production and online community management.*Added content to the network that increased page views by 45% to 13 million page views each month.*Created communications strategies to reach more than 1 million monthly visitors.

Greater Seattle Area

Taught Introductory and Intermediate Swedish.

Detroit Lakes/Bemidji, Minnesota

Planned and taught four-week intensive language courses worth one year of high school foreign language credit.

Mst With Distinction, Creative Writing

Ph.D., M.A., Scandinavian Languages & Literature

Fulbright Scholar, Scandinavian Languages And Literature

University Exchange, Finnish Studies

B.A., Scandinavian Studies/Work & Labor Organization

University Exchange, Scandinavian Languages And Literature/Cultural Geography