I am a Translation Manager with 8 years of experience as a trusted source in establishing streamlined translation and localization workflows for major news, TV, audio, and web productions such as The New York Times, Audible, HBO, VICE News, ABC News, and Peacock. Additionally, I was a Critical Language Scholarship and Fulbright recipient and language educator with years of experience in teaching English as a Second Language and Arabic from elementary to college level.

*   Graduate program in Applied Linguistics
*   Taught three levels of Arabic during my final year of graduate school

Ohio University

Minor: Anthropology
Certificate: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

*   Oversee the translation of content for patients and caretakers
*   Identify and hire new translation vendors for US Spanish and Haitian Creole
*   Implement localization workflows to adapt to the transition to new CMS platforms

Translation Manager

*   Managed the translation of content for Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Whatsapp and Oculus 
*   Provided support for the expansion of the Facebook platform to less common languages

Localization Coordinator II

*   Oversaw the translation of corporate learning materials (articles, videos, and simulations)
*   Implemented Arabic as a new supported language for the translation program

*   Coordinated work with a geographically dispersed team, serving as the Localization Specialist for the US and Latin American markets 
*   Managed the translation of audiobook, audio drama, and podcast productions
*   Identified titles to be localized for new markets
*   Improved the tracking of localization rights for various titles
*   Coordinated critical updates of information for international products on Salesforce and Zoho

International Content Localization Specialist

*   Promoted to Translation Manager in May 2018 to oversee translation and transcription operations for VICE programming including the company’s cable channel VICELAND and the flagship documentary series _VICE_ on HBO and Showtime
*   Managed fast turnaround translation requests for VICE’s nightly news broadcast _VICE News Tonight_
*   Managed translation and transcription needs for VICE News audio products including the podcast _“El Chapo: Kingpin on Trial”_ 
*   Implemented use of machine transcription and translation in workflow to serve the needs of fast-paced news cycle

Established workflows to localize news broadcast and promotional clips for Spanish and French markets

*   Manage linguistic, functional, and formatting testing processes for localized websites of major clients in the medical, automotive, hotel, retail, and food and nutrition industries
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*   Track bugs on Jira for translated websites and mobile pages
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*   Maintain project budgets and handle issuing of Purchase Orders for vendors
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*   Use CAT tools including WordFast for editing and text analysis 
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*   Perform quality checks on the translation and formatting of localized sites

Translation Coordinator

Testing Coordinator (Part Time)

Planned and instructed English Grammar, Technical Writing, and Business English courses at Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Received training in Modern Standard Arabic and Levantine Arabic at the Qasid Institute 
Awarded the Critical Language Enhancement Award for the study of Levantine Arabic

Fulbright Scholarship (2015 - Amman, Jordan)

Studied Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Gulf Arabic at Noor Majan Training Institute

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