Project Manager versed in all aspects of project and personnel management. Results- oriented and high-energy professional with a talent for leading by example and inspiring peak performance of cross-functional teams. Dedicated to fostering strong and effective team relationships. With years of demonstrated history successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously.
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Cintia Kanowitz
Sr. Manager, Localization Program Management
Summary
Overview
16
years of professional experience
1
Language
2
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Bold Remote
Localization Project Manager
11.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Responsible for managing every step of the localization process, facilitating handoffs between stakeholders and keeping various requests on track and on budget
- Managing each step of the localization process: initiating, executing, and closing projects, from project kickoffs to creating detailed project plans and deliverables
- Overseeing end-to-end localization workflow across the team using translation management tools and systems
- Coordinating freelancers, localization vendors, linguists, subject-matter experts, and internal stakeholders.
LinkedIn Remote, Engineering
Linguist
06.2021 - 01.2021
Job overview
- Working for the Internationalization/Localization organization to improve quality for the Brazilian market
- Identifying systematic relationships between data/concepts such as job titles, skills, certificates
- Researching, classifying, and annotating the phrases, terms, and data in messy, user-generated data
- Taxonomy work in general.
I Localize LLC
BR Specialist/ Project Manager
09.2019 - 01.2022
Job overview
Middlebury Institute of, International Studies
Brazilian Portuguese Subject Matter Expert and Project Manager
08.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Management, coordination, tracking, and troubleshooting localization projects and tasks for multiple locales/languages across a variety of deliverables., Master of Arts in Translation and Localization
- Management
United States Postal ServiceCommerce City, CO
Acting Supervisor Distribution Operations
12.2016 - 08.2019
Job overview
- Responsible for coordinating necessary office activities needed for a postal distribution center to function; reviewing demand reports, creating schedules, attending planning meetings, looking for ways to optimize productivity, and generating statistical reports.
- This includes supervision of mail clerk and mail handler processes while coordinating the workflow through separate departments inside of the distribution center
- Distribution supervisors are responsible for the overall efficiency of their branch.
WalmartAurora, CO
Support Manager
07.2014 - 06.2016
Job overview
- Maintained quality service by enforcing quality and customer service standards
- Responsibilities included: analyzing and resolving quality and customer service issues, communicating daily task expectations and monitoring task results
- I was able to accomplish positive results through coaching, developing and counseling subordinate managers to enforce policies, procedures, and productivity standards.
ZeroChaos Remote
Quality Rater
10.2015 - 06.2016
Job overview
- Ad Quality Rater with fluency in Portuguese and English, plus knowledge of the regional culture
- Responsible for evaluating and recommending corrections to ads placed as search results and embedded in websites
- Education
Universidade FederalWashington
09.2019 - 03.2019
Job overview
- Specialization in Localization
- Introduction to Internationalization and
- Localization, Creating Digital Content for the
- World, Adapting Digital Content to Local Markets
de São Carlos
01.2009 - 05.2013
Job overview
Bachelor, Google, Developer Studio
Localization Specialist
04.2021 - 05.2021
Job overview
- Via Advanced Systems Group, Worked in a team consisting of members from around the globe collaborating in different time zones
- Helped coordinate vendors and developers to ensure tasks were completed on time and deadlines were met, keeping project on track.
Moravia
06.2015 - 10.2015
Job overview
- Verified accuracy of Project Translation Memory and Machine Translation Engine.
Lionbridge
08.2019 - 07.2021
Job overview
- Content provider for machine learning and AI adaptation.
Skills
- TECHNICAL
- MS Office
- G Suite
- Zoom
- Teams
- Skype
- CAT tools
- INTERPERSONAL
- SKILLS
- Team
- Building
- Personal
- Development
- Time
- Management
Education
Middlebury Institute of International Studies Monterey, CA
Master of Arts from Translation And Localization Management
09.2022 - 05.2024
University Overview
Timeline
Middlebury Institute of International Studies
Master of Arts from Translation And Localization Management
09.2022 - 05.2024
Brazilian Portuguese Subject Matter Expert and Project Manager
Middlebury Institute of, International Studies
08.2022 - Current
Linguist
LinkedIn Remote, Engineering
06.2021 - 01.2021
Localization Specialist
Bachelor, Google, Developer Studio
04.2021 - 05.2021
Localization Project Manager
Bold Remote
11.2020 - Current
BR Specialist/ Project Manager
I Localize LLC
09.2019 - 01.2022
Universidade Federal
09.2019 - 03.2019
Lionbridge
08.2019 - 07.2021
Acting Supervisor Distribution Operations
United States Postal Service
12.2016 - 08.2019
Quality Rater
ZeroChaos Remote
10.2015 - 06.2016
Moravia
06.2015 - 10.2015
Support Manager
Walmart
07.2014 - 06.2016
de São Carlos
01.2009 - 05.2013