Experience

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  Sword technologies

  Feb 2006 - Apr 2006

  Spanish team leader, editor and proofreader

  Localization Team Leader, editor and proofreader. Co-ordinating a team of over 10 Spanish translators, as well as acting as the main Spanish proofreader of SAP training material for the Warner Bros.

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  Wordtrans

  Nov 2007 - Aug 2008

  Translation project manager

  · Coordinating multilingual translation and localization projects, as well as acting as the main Spanish and French editor/proofreader.· Managing all phases of the project, from initial quotation to completion: responsible for project analysis, budgeting, quality assurance, selecting and hiring translators, troubleshooting and liaising with clients.

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  Sermo

  Aug 2008 - Nov 2008

  English into spanish translator

  • Language combination: English and French into Spanish.• Translating, editing and proofreading medical and pharmaceutical materials for the marketing research industry.

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  Pactera

  Dec 2008 - Mar 2009

  Vendor manager

  • Resource selection, search and continuous evaluation of external resources to adjust to production needs• Negotiated rates and NDA management

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  Translations.com

  Aug 2009 - Jul 2014

  Localization project manager

  Translations.com is the sister company of TransPerfect Translations, concentrated in the localization of web content• Managed project scope, budget, milestones, deadlines and QA tasks for multiple website localization projects with over 1 million words localized• Responsible of the translation/localization, editing and proofreading, transcreation, as well as the online testing, bug reporting, bug fixing and quality management of localized web content and desktop-published content• Oversaw and managed 15+ localization projects simultaneously, displaying an extremely high level of organization and multi-tasking ability• Identified a critical quality/consistency issue and implemented a QA process working close to the Production and Engineering Teams and language service providers• Served as contact internally and externally for Client Services, DTP and Engineering Departments, Client Reviewers and Copy Writers of clients including Volkswagen, Bank of America, Princess Cruise Holdings (Oceania), Royal Caribbean International, Atlantis and Merck• Appointed to manage three high-profile client accounts for the translation of their website (Princess Cruise Holdings (Oceania), Royal Caribbean International and Volkswagen)• Coordinated teams of approximately 8 specialists and managed pool of 20 internal and contract employees Show less

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  Donnelley language solutions and multitrans

  Jul 2014 - Dec 2017

  • Appointed by the head of Service Delivery for this newly created role to improve the quality of the Spanish content for one of the company’s 500 Fortune clients• Achieve consistency among all platforms and contents; digital media, print, marketing and sales collaterals• Project leader of the integration of a new localization workflow to achieve client needs such as faster turnarounds and consistency• Work closely with the client in-country reviewer to ensure compliance of brand style and voice• Establish a team of Spanish translators, editors and QA specialists – responsible for testing and training these candidates• Delegate and manage a team of linguist professionals, localization engineers and typesetters• Organize post-mortem sessions with the client and our internal production team to exchange feedback in order to implement new best practices and localization workflows• Responsible of the creation and maintenance of reference materials such as Translation Memories, Glossaries, Terminology Databases and Style Guides• Performing QA of translations from other translators (e.g. client, vendors) to ensure that linguistic and culturally appropriate materials are available• Contribute to improve customer’s satisfaction rate thus helping Donnelley to increase revenue for this VIP account Show less • Responsible for Project analysis, budgeting, QA, selecting and training translators, and troubleshooting with Client Services, Engineering and DTP departments• Responsible for creation, localization and adaptation of pre-flight material (glossaries and style guides) to maintain consistent verbiage throughout the life cycle of a localization project• Contributed to improve my team productivity to achieve and exceed monthly revenue objectives set by the company• Contributed to maintain the relationship with strategic accounts Show less

  • Senior Spanish Localization Specialist

    Jul 2016 - Dec 2017

  • Senior Localization Project Manager

    Jul 2014 - Jul 2016
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  Lionbridge

  Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  Content lead
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  Selina rojas llaquet

  Jul 2019 - now

  Language and localization specialist
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  Vistatec

  May 2021 - now

  • Senior Localization Project Manager

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Localization Project Manager

    May 2021 - Aug 2023