MANUELA FARINA
New York City, NY - New Jersey
cell. 646-***-**** home 201-***-****
*******@*******.***
Professional and passionate about Languages, Localization, Entertainment
and Technology business with experiences in different fields with
multitasking and management skills and proficiency in computer, languages
and media studies.
Education
2005 - 2007 City University of New York, HUNTER COLLEGE NY, Media Studies
and Journalism.
Certificate in Language Training, in English Language as professional and
in writing
1999 - 2003 University of Florence, Italy, Languages Studies
2009 - 2010 Tour Guide License
Product and Project Management/Marketing - Localization specialist/Editor
Work Experience:
2003- present (2010)
. Project Manager and Assistant Director for The Language Lab, languages
and media studies company
. Linguist/Localization Specialist for Rosetta Stone (Testing - editing
- translating - researcher)
. Project, Quality Manager and Localization Specialist for Transperfect,
N.Y.
. Data collection, analyst and researcher for Google
. Contractor linguist and editor for SOS Ltd International Agency
(Government agencies - Clearance Security) - Monitoring and
transcriber for telecommunications and more.
. Localization Specialist Italian Abercrombie & Fitch web site
(localization and testing)
. Lionbridge - Contractor Linguist (Different projects - Data
collection - Video games testing and localization)
. Web Designer and IT for University of Computer Science in Florence,
Italy
. Editor for books, media and arts contracts as Independent Contractor
. RAI television Italy assistant manager and researcher (temporary)
. General Electric project manager, assistant to production
(Assistance to engineers from over the world)
. Freelance editor for different several projects, books and manuscripts
. Subtitles Translation for Films and TVs project for local TV in NYC at
Technicolor
. Freelance Voice Over talent on a regular basis, Host for Music
Festival, Host for MTV Italy and for E!News International.
. Freelance tour guide for East and West Coast - RTTguides agency
. Freelance Writer for a Music Local Magazine in England
Other Job experience:
. Italian teacher for foreign student at the Leonardo Da Vinci Institute
in Florence, British School in Florence, Hoffstra University in LI,
NY, private in NYC and England.
. Freelance Tour Guide and Escort for business group for East and West
Coast
. Consecutive Interpreter for Rana Group Company in Philly for a factory
aquisition
. Interpreter for court room for Legal Interpreting Service
. Telephone Interpreter for different and several companies (freelance)
. Consecutive Interpreter for Rosetta Stone, Virginia
. Consecutive Interpreter for Memorial Sloan Kettering, NY (regular
basis)
. Interpreter for the Milan Chamber of Commerce, including Artifex
Company here in NYC
. Hotel front desk and manager assistant for Aprile Hotel in Florence,
Italy
SKILLS : Internet researcher, Administrative duties, Windows
'98/'95/XP/Vista, Microsoft Office, Internet Mozilla and Explorer,
Photoshop, Internet, Firefox, Microsoft Outlook, HTML, Power Point,
InDesign, Acrobat Reader and PageMaker 7 for PC, Trados, Wordfast, Dejavu.