Project
Management
- Managed
localisation and print preparation projects of technical documentation
and marketing media in 13 European languages and Russian for world's
leader in office automation
- Managed
multilingual corporate web presence projects for the market’s
leader in B2B advertising and its clients. Customer base boosted 700%
during my time at the company. Multilingual SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
with top ratings (1-3) in Yahoo’s and Google’s search results.
- Designed
and implemented targeted multilingual online and BTL marketing campaigns.
- Performed
full-cycle project management from quotation request to final report
including
- Ensuring
timely delivery and quality control of multiple projects at a time.
- Schedule
assignment and ongoing adjustment, trouble-shooting and crises management.
- Budget
management including quotation and resources assessment, cost and
additional cost control, preparation and control of related documentation
(cost sheets, purchase orders, billing, invoices, etc.)
- Hands-on
DTP & proofreading quality control.
- Coordination
of project-related workflow and communication between the Tokyo
office, European HQ in Holland, subcontractors, OEM partners and
own sales companies in most European countries.
- Coordination
of internal workflow and communication between the DTP, Proofreading,
Vendor Sales, Production and Administration teams.
- Full
3rd party vendor schedule and workflow management.
- Performed
and coordinated localisation and DTP of printed and online media in
European languages, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Thai.
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Business
Development
- Developed
and implemented a number of successful international expansion and outreach
projects as a part of the backbone team in a young company that eventually
became number one in the country's industrial advertising market
- Generated
targeted sales leads and provided follow-up and approach support for
the sales team
- Kaizen
(Japanese-style ongoing gradual improvement) activities such as cost
reduction, efficiency analysis and quality improvement programmes, preparation
and analysis of final project reports, post mortem meetings, feedback
facilitation and implementation.
- Developed
Thai-English-Thai Searchable Technical & Business Terms Glossary
and Thai Phonetic Transcription Standard for use in searchable databases
and documentation.
- Introduced
Standard Operation Procedures (SOP) for streamlining sales leads and
customer feedback processing, database updating and business correspondence.
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Web Development
and Localization
- Created
and promoted multilingual corporate websites for the market’s
leader in B2B advertising and its clients.
- Developed
content, promoted and hosted a knowledge intensive website for a PRIMEDIA
company.
- Created
a company website and used for international
- Performed
multilingual SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and consistently achieved
top ratings (1-3) in Yahoo’s and Google’s search results.
- Translated
legal, marketing and technical documentation for various corporate and
private clients
- Web awards:
Trip To Bangkok tourist info website awarded Best In Asia-Pacific in
Aug'98.
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Education
- Developed
and taught an Advanced Japanese course to 3-year grad students
- Taught
students of various linguistic backgrounds English, Japanese, Russian
and Thai language instruction for using Dutch, Japanese, Thai, Engllish
and Russian as means of instruction.
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Travel
and hospitality
- Conducted
Japanese tourists group on sightseeing tours around Russia working for
a Swiss-Asutrian luxury hotel and tour operator
- Performed
local coordination and corporate entertainment for VIP guests working
for the Russo-Japanese Association for Trade
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Translation
& interpreting
- Interpreted
at business seminars and talks, conferences, trade shows, TV interviews
- Translated
from Chinese, Dutch, English, Japanese, Russian and Thai into English,
Japanese and Russian within a wide range of fields of expertise (scientific,
technical, legal, emdical, copywriting etc.)
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