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- Administering linguistic QA projects including creating, planning, and executing test plans and owning bug management;- Creating and maintaining project plans, schedules and budgets; tracking performance progress against plans;- Developing profound understanding of assigned games and attaining expertise in localization project management;- Establishing and managing optimum relationships with industry colleagues by visiting respective sites frequently;- Evaluating tools and technologies to enable department's strategic goals;- Heading and directing department initiatives consisting of translation quality, vendor strategy, process improvements and tool improvements;- Identifying imperative path issues and merging teams of people to solve same;- Managing and overseeing localization projects lasting from a couple of hours to years;- Managing every feature of product localization finances involving forecasting and budget analysis;- Managing multiple, high complexity and technical marketing supporting commercialization for parallel launch with aggressive deadlines and multiple deliverables;- Overseeing all project plan components, including risk, quality, communication, etc.;- Partnering with Engineering, Product, Marketing, and Design to coordinate localization of new product/feature launches, marketing releases, and new language launches;- Reporting project status for upper management;- Selecting and directing project team members including project managers, engineers, translators and publishers etc;- Sharing best practices and evangelizing localization efforts.

- Analyzing game scope and content from localization perspective and, together with the development teams, setting the linguistic guidelines of the projects;- Continually expanding knowledge and education in localization trends and news;- Defining the localization format, tools, process and communication flow;- Developing project plans and workflows, managing time, budget, resources and quality control;- Facilitating communication of localization requirements, sharing insights, resolving any issues;- Identifying and solving localization issues or disagreements, whether system or product, identifying causes and performing corrective/preventative action;- Managing localization projects from beginning to end;- Managing team’s compliance with standards, practices and policies;- Managing vendor relationships by answering linguistic queries, providing training, and general troubleshooting;- Monitoring and measuring project team members’ work;- Participating in trainings, webinars and demos of different technologies/applications related to localization and internationalization;- Providing project specific education and coaching to Localization Tester staff;- Social and mobile games localization to 12 languages with tens of millions of players;- Working closely with a team of over 30 language specialists, also with the localization engineers, product managers and developers, other departments and external vendors.

- Continually expanding knowledge and education in localization trends and news;- Creating/gathering game specific documentation to ease the translation processes of the games;- Entering any linguistic related bugs, flaws and issues into the database in a clear and concise manner, providing solutions to any issues where required;- Facilitating communication of localization requirements, sharing insights, resolving any issues;- Identifying and addressing gaps in content localization processes to ensure high-quality output against process efficiency;- Identifying and solving localization issues or disagreements, whether system or product, identifying causes and performing corrective/preventative action;- Managing translated terminologies and style guides for designated language for digital content;- Managing vendor relationships by answering linguistic queries, providing training, and general troubleshooting;- Participating in trainings, webinars and demos of different technologies/applications related to localization and internationalization;- Proactively completing assigned tasks accurately and thoroughly, and within a specified time-frame in order to detect (and subsequently report on a daily basis) localization bugs, software flaws and/or design issues;- Tracking metrics and schedules, monitoring the workload of language specialists;- Working closely with a team of over 20 language specialists, also with the localization engineers, product managers and developers, other departments and external vendors;- Working with external localization vendors and monitoring their progress;- Working with the quality control team and external partners to test content quality and integration.

- Adding new game content to game design documents;- Assisting in writing all text including UI in games (menus, descriptions, etc.);- Calculating balance of game content;- Creating and maintaining design documentation, including feature specification and implementation guidelines;- Creating titles and descriptions for game items and actions;- Designing and describing simple game mechanics;- Developing and implementing positive changes to the games based on feedback from QA, consumer insights, senior staff members, and others;- Establishing initial mock-ups and scribbles for the graphics team;- Generating content for the Marketing and Customer Support teams including social media scheduling/posting;- Generating game scripts and storyboards;- Performing competitor analysis;- Performing effectively under pressure and meeting deadlines to ensure the game is completed on time;- Working closely with team members to meet the needs of a project;- Working directly with artists, programmers and other designers to contribute to the vision of the game;- Working with game designers to author characters' dialogues that support game design goals.

- Converted entire site from .html to Joomla to allow better navigation and maintaining;- Creating and presenting verbal and written technical information to a non-technical audience;- Developing content strategy aligned with short-term and long-term education targets;- Developing site content and graphics by coordinating with copywriters and graphic artists;- Designing images, icons, banners, audio enhancements, etc;- Developing site navigation by categorizing content;- Ensuring compliance with law;- Establishing locatability by registering with search engines;- Gathering, analyzing, or documenting user feedback to locate or resolve sources of problems;- Maintaining site appearance by developing and enforcing content and display standards; editing submissions;- Planning site design by clarifying goals; designing functionality;- Protecting site by designing and installing security precautions;- Providing training or technical assistance in web site implementation or use;- Updating job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks;- Upgrading site by updating content and graphics; monitoring performance and results; identifying and evaluating improvement options; introducing new technology; maintaining links.

- Assessing students' coursework;- Carrying out administrative tasks related to the department, such as student admissions, induction programmes and involvement in committees and boards;- Delivering lectures, seminars and tutorials;- Designing, preparing and developing teaching materials;- Developing and implementing new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research;- Establishing collaborative links outside the university with industrial, commercial and public organisations;- Representing the institution at professional conferences and seminars, and contributing to these as necessary;- Setting and marking examinations;- Supervising students' research activities;- Supporting students through a pastoral/advisory role;- Undertaking personal research projects and actively contributing to the institution's research profile;- Writing up research and preparing it for publication.

- Consulting with experts in specialist areas;- Following various translation-quality standards to ensure legal and ethical obligations to the customer;- Liaising with clients to discuss any unclear points;- Professional translation for a variety of file types: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, video subtitles;- Proofreading and editing final translated versions;- Providing quotations for translation services offered;- Reading through original material and rewriting it in the target language, ensuring that the meaning of the source text is retained;- Researching legal, technical and scientific phraseology to find the correct translation;- Retaining and developing knowledge on specialist areas of translation;- Using appropriate software for presentation and delivery;- Using specialist dictionaries, thesauruses and reference books to find the closest equivalents for terminology and words used;- Using translation memory software to ensure consistency of translation within documents and help efficiency.

- Communicating closely with parents to follow up on each student's weekly progress;- Conducting assessments to analyze students’ capabilities and limitations;- Developing teaching materials such as quizzes or handouts;- Elevating the language proficiency level of students and preparing them for college entry;- Encouraging students to read books, including classics and contemporary novels in a bid to help them understand different points of view;- Helping students in understanding language concepts and their application;- Preparing children for school tests;- Preparing classroom materials and assisting with homework assignments;- Providing feedback to students to make sure that they are aware of the areas that they need to work on;- Providing feedback to students using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, and build confidence;- Providing students with the communicational skills and cross-cultural differences they need to know for more effective life abroad;- Teaching children and adults to read, write and speak English.