Position: Localization Manager, Localization Specialist
Category: Project Manager
English level: fluent
Years of experience: 11

Work on high-visibility and high-quality demanding software and website localization and translation projects for Microsoft, HP, Intel, Sony, Amazon, General Electric, Garmin, Husqvarna, Lenovo, Nokia, OKI and many others.

Management of large-scale tasks with complex workflows, involving 10+ linguists for simultaneous processing of 200 000+ words in online and desktop CAT tools.
Over 12 years of experience in the translation industry, 7 years as a Translation/Localization Project Manager.

May 2018 – Present: Localization Manager

Localization Manager:
•	Localization support on all stages of the product development cycle
•	Process setup in the company
•	Assistance in UI/UX design and PSI creation
•	Linguistic QA of cloud-based and mobile applications

Technical Writer:
•	Knowledge base maintenance
•	Article creation and basic HTML formatting for the customer-facing portal

Jan 2014 – May 2018: Project Manager (Translation, Localization)

Project Manager:
•	Managing translation and localization
•	Process planning, execution, support
•	Negotiations with clients from the EU and US, creation of schedules, project-related documentation, and instructions
•	Freelance and in-house team management
Language Lead:
•	TM and TB maintenance, ensuring adherence to style guides, training, DTP, linguistic QA, bug tracking, linguistic sign-off

Feb 2012 – Oct 2013: Project Manager (Translation, Localization)
Managing translation and localization projects.
Additional duties: Editor, Translator

Sep 2009 – Jan 2010 (short contract): IT Department Translator

Aug 2005 – Jan 2012: Freelance translator

Software Skills:
CAT: SDL Trados Suite (Studio, MultiTerm, Passolo), SmartCAT, LingoHub, Memsource, MemoQ, WordFast
Management Platforms: Azure DevOps (VSTS), Jira, MS Dynamics, MS Project
TMS: XTRF, Projetex, WorldServer, SDL TMS, Plunet
LQA Tools: Verifika, Xbench, Change Tracker
I am always willing to master new skills and tools