Turning your baby into a beast. 🐉Duties:- crafting strange and unusual worlds- localizing your favourite games- being a force for good- occasionally saying fuck

• Managing and moderating a large localization community on Discord (over 400 members)• Establishing and ensuring consistent application of Yaks brand values - supporting women, PoC, LGBT+, disabled, and neurodivergent people in credited and crunch-free localization• Hosting online/in-person events and webinars to engage a remote community worldwide• Creating mentor content to support aspiring localizers and established professionals alike

- Endgame Boss- Trash Mob- Idea Starter- Pizza Finisher

When I'm not buried in a cave filled with text files, I also delight and amuse on a freelance basis.Be you in need of localization of existing Japanese text or simply somebody to craft some charming yet unsettling villainy, I'm a mere email away.

• Leading the Mugen localization department according to my ethos of flexibility, communication, and humanity• Developing unique project workflows based on a client requirements for all incoming localization projects• Herding cats and orchestrating shenanigans

• Liaising with management and internal leads regarding upcoming projects and delegating tasks to corresponding linguist teams• Ensuring all members of Mugen's linguist teams feel valued and have opportunities to freely voice concerns

• Managing JtoE and EtoJ video game localization, editing, and LQA teams of over 10 people across multiple timezones and projects⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ AAA Action Adventure Platformer(JtoE Localization Project Management)♦ AAA Mobile Action Shooter(Mutlilingual Localization Project Management + LQA)♦ AAA Stylised Combat Action Battler(FIGSDRP+ Localization Project Management)♦ AAA Hack-and-Slash Character Action Battler(JtoE Localization Project Management)♦ AAA Free-to-Play Multiplayer Arena Battler(EFIGS & CCJK LQA Project Management)♦ Rhythm/Idol Management Sim (JtoE Localization Project Management)

• Coordination and management of video game localization projects (in-house and outsourced)• Localization direction and editing for anime and visual novels (JtoE)

• LQA of AAA games on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and mobile.• Bug reporting (LocalizeDirect and Jira)• Platform compliance for Playstation, Microsoft, and Nintendo ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ VR Action Adventure Game - DLC chapter(Japanese language support)

• Translating and editing of AAA console and mobile video game titles from Japanese to English (genre: horror, RPG, simulation, action, card)• LQA bug reporting and fix implementation for linguistic and functional issues in-game• Using CAT and QA tools such as Bugpipe, Redmine, Message Studio, and Marking Tool⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯☆ Notable NDA Projects: ☆♦ AAA Open World Turn-Based Monster Battler for 3DS(JtoE Localization Editing)♦ AAA Horror "Soulsborne" Action Roguelike for PS4(JtoE Localization Editing and US EN LQA)♦ AAA Open World Fantasy Action JRPG for Nintendo Switch(JtoE Localization Editing)♦ AAA 2D / 3D Fighter for Nintendo Switch(JtoE Localization Editing)♦ Turn-Based Fantasy Gacha JRPG (25 million players) for Android/App Store(JtoE Localization and Editing)♦ 8-Bit Management Sim for Android/App Store and Nintendo Switch (Multiple)(JtoE Localization, Editing, and US EN LQA)♦ Monster-Collecting Digital Board Game for Android/App Store(JtoE Localization and Editing)