Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Hybrid

• I lead a team of technical writers and content strategists to plan and deliver learning resources for Frostbite, EA's proprietary game engine.

May 2023 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos

• I lead a team of some of the industry's most talented technical writers while also being jointly responsible for the Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, and Twinmotion documentation strategy, including tactical resource allocation and collaborating with various teams and stakeholders across Epic Games.

Feb 2023 – May 2023 · 3 mos

• I wrote and delivered documentation for some of Epic's high-visibility products and demos, including MetaHuman (MetaHuman Animator, Mesh to MetaHuman) and Habitat 66.
• I also led a team of six international contractors for a year-long initiative to address tech debt in the Unreal Engine documentation.

Mar 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• I significantly contributed to the effort of moving the MetaHuman documentation from a legacy pipeline into the Epic Developer Community.

May 2020 – Feb 2021 · 9 mos

• Aside from my duties as a Sr Technical Writer covering Unity's XR offering (both core and packages), I was responsible for building and deploying the documentation website every week. I was also involved in an effort to migrate docs content from the legacy infrastructure to a new pipeline utilizing MadCap Flare, where the majority of my efforts were focused on front-end work.

May 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos

• I worked on the story for one of the four core factions of the game, including story arcs, quests, quest mechanics, barks, and misc. flavor text (item descriptions, etc.)

Oct 2018 – Apr 2019 · 6 mos · Dublin

Jun 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Dublin

• As a Technical Writer, I started a large-scope initiative to update legacy documentation for my product area in order to improve its consistency, accuracy, and style. I oversaw and coordinated a cross-functional team of writers, editors, and documentation managers to expand and improve our internal style guidelines, aiming to offer better documentation to our B2B customers.
• In addition to my day-to-day work, I also assisted our translations department with customer and internal issues related to Japanese, Romanian, and French localization for several product areas.

May 2016 – Apr 2017 · 11 mos · Dublin

• While freelancing as a Project Manager, I oversaw and coordinated the development and implementation of a new ordering process for custom-branded gift cards, working closely with designers, developers, and sales representatives to efficiently identify and meet customer needs.
• In a separate role as Copywriter, I wrote and edited content (text and audio/video) for LoyLap’s web-based Help Center, and assisted with the company’s website redesign.

Sep 2015 – Apr 2016 · 7 mos · Dublin, Ireland

• As a full-time Linguist and Localization QA/QC Specialist, I worked closely with Riot Games stakeholders to deliver quality translations for new in-game and web content, and volunteered to improve content (champion stories and in-game strings) to better resonate with League of Legends’ Romanian-speaking playerbase.

Aug 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr

• As a freelance Translator, I worked closely with Riot Games stakeholders to deliver quality translations for new in-game and web content, and volunteered to improve content (champion stories and in-game strings) to better resonate with League of Legends’ Romanian-speaking playerbase.

Apr 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Timișoara, Romania · On-site

• I worked closely with developers and information architects to deliver comprehensive documentation for a Fortune 500 corporate client’s software suite. In addition, as Saguaro’s only on-site Japanese speaker, I assisted managers and other stakeholders with translating correspondence and interpreting during online and face-to-face trainings and meetings.

Aug 2012 – Aug 2015 · 3 yrs · Bucharest, Romania · Remote

• I localized more than 30 fiction and non-fiction books from English into Romanian, with an average turnover of 30,000-40,000 words a month. I also assisted with editing and proofreading other translators' work.

Nov 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 6 mos

• I write fiction in a wide variety of genres ranging from sci-fi and contemporary fantasy to thriller, romance, and #ownvoices LGBTQ+. I published two novels: Gifted (sci-fi/adventure) and To Bloom Again (thriller/romance/poly). My third novel, The Rivers Will Run Red (urban fantasy), is dropping summer 2025 from NineStar Press.
• Looking for rep (prev. agent: Katie Salvo at Metamorphosis Agency, retired)

Aug 2011 – Sep 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Timisoara, Romania · Remote

• I translated and proofread legal, technical, and financial documents (Romanian <-> English).

Mar 2011 – Apr 2011 · 1 mo · Belgium · Remote

• I worked to identify and code relevant Japanese-language social media posts and articles in a database for a global brand client, evaluating brand sentiment along a number of verticals such as perception, brand loyalty, and sustainability.