Ensuring smooth and efficient operational company management, implementing the strategies and vision set by the CEO and the board of directors, leading collaboration and efficiencies between departments, identifying process improvement and cost reductions.

Freelance Copywriter, Technical Writer, Translator and Editor (copy editing, proofreading and rewriting)Clients include:Kwiziq: Acting COO and Head of Languages (2024-present) Head of Spanish (2017-2024) - Responsible for content and publishing, weekly newsletters, translations, technical writing, editing, proofreading and content support tickets, as well as project and team management.Rock En Seine (music festival) & Kill the DJ (record label): English… Show more Freelance Copywriter, Technical Writer, Translator and Editor (copy editing, proofreading and rewriting)Clients include:Kwiziq: Acting COO and Head of Languages (2024-present) Head of Spanish (2017-2024) - Responsible for content and publishing, weekly newsletters, translations, technical writing, editing, proofreading and content support tickets, as well as project and team management.Rock En Seine (music festival) & Kill the DJ (record label): English translation/adaptation of press releases, newsletters, artist biographies, marketing materials and website content.Equearo (digital agency): Summary/clickbait writing for trending digital articles.Manitou: French to English adaptation of podcasts on CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility. In addition to French to English translation, I prepare the scripts and instructions for the English language voice actors to provide a complete service - delivering the English language audio files for integration.CETOBAC & CESSMA (academic research institutions): French to English translations and English language copyediting / reviewing for numerous social science and finance articles. Bearing Point: Big data SaaS documentation. Show less

Working with global Development, Design and Product Management to produce and maintain high quality documentation following Info Mapping principles for Financial and Risk Products in an agile environment. Responsibilities:• Consult with product and development teams to gather technical information, identify and scope documentation requirements• Plan documentation sprints and publications• Communicate with development, product management, and design teams to facilitate… Show more Working with global Development, Design and Product Management to produce and maintain high quality documentation following Info Mapping principles for Financial and Risk Products in an agile environment. Responsibilities:• Consult with product and development teams to gather technical information, identify and scope documentation requirements• Plan documentation sprints and publications• Communicate with development, product management, and design teams to facilitate progress• Organize product presentations and training sessions• Provide feedback on requirements, specifications, and design documents• Draft and review end-user documentation• Maintain our subversion repository• Evaluate and ensure new apps meet standards• Contribute to and maintain in-house editorial guidelines and procedures• Participate in recruitment of staffMadcap Flare, Adobe Framemaker, Webworks, SVN, GIT, JIRA, HTML, CSS, Markdown, Information Mapping Show less

Working with Development, QA and Product Management to produce and maintain high quality technical documentation following Info Mapping principles for Sales and Trading Products.Adobe Framemaker, Webworks, Paintshop Pro, Visio

Teaching French to English translation, how to manage large translation projects working with groups of translators and also project management.For this teaching role I approached it exactly as I would a large translation project, selecting a long text that needs to be distributed among many translators in order to be completed in a shorter timescale.Over the duration of the course I introduced the concepts of writing standards and maintaining a dedicated project terminology database… Show more Teaching French to English translation, how to manage large translation projects working with groups of translators and also project management.For this teaching role I approached it exactly as I would a large translation project, selecting a long text that needs to be distributed among many translators in order to be completed in a shorter timescale.Over the duration of the course I introduced the concepts of writing standards and maintaining a dedicated project terminology database accessible to all the translators to ensure uniform usage of repeated terms and a consistent writing style to create a document that reads as if it were written by a single individual. Also taught the importance of quality proofreading and project/time management. I created individual and group assignments in these areas and evaluated all students. Show less

Responsible for the translation of all documents for the Cabinet as well as presentations, letters, agreements and other documents emanating from the Directorate of Economic and International Affairs.Employment as part of the DESS Specialised Translation and Applied Languages for Industry sandwich course.

Responsibilities included translation of advertising copy as well as advising clients, preparingquotes, negotiating prices, briefing translators and proof-reading final documents. This postinvolved working to very tight deadlines, requiring strong organizational skills and the ability toprioritize numerous tasks.

Responsibilities included: contributing to and proofreading publications, writing information leaflets, preparation of briefing papers and speeches, dealing with foreign newsletters including translating selected articles. Also coordinating the work of volunteers as well as research and responsibility for the library and archive.