About me
I am a recent Linguistics graduate with a year of experience working for Amazon Alexa Data Services, and am looking for an opportunity to work in marketing and branding.
Work history
Content EditorAmazon
- Cambridge, United KingdomFull Time
My role as a Content Editor for Amazon Alexa Data Services was a linguistic-based role which I held for just under a year. Responsibilities included:
- Improving the speech of Amazon’s Alexa device by researching the phonology of different languages and phonetically transcribing words accordingly. I built excellent research skills and learned to find accurate information quickly and in line with customer-set deadlines.
- Editing documents such as guides and instruction manuals
appropriately for different locales. Edits involved stylistic changes and fact-checking cultural references in order to make documents appropriate for different varieties of English (e.g. Australian, Irish etc.). I held this responsibility of localisation lead for my office and gained valuable editing experience.
- Creating training materials and delivering training sessions for new employees. Being the training lead for my team improved my presentation skills and ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
- Managing my team when required, which made me responsible for monitoring and coordinating workflow to meet deadlines.
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Work ExperienceJane Wentworth Associates
- London, United KingdomInternship
Work experience at a brand management agency in the arts and culture sector. Responsibilities included:
- Attending meetings to strategise how to build successful brands for clients. This exposed me to the creative process of building a brand and what needs to be considered when promoting companies in the arts and culture sector.
- Managing client lists and confidential client information, which involved recategorising databases in a helpful and logical way.
Skills
- Marketing
- Linguistics
- Data Analysis
- Copywriting
- Editing
- Training
- Training Development
- Sub-editing
- Brand Awareness
- Brand Campaigns
Education
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BA LinguisticsUniversity of York
- York, United Kingdom
Achieved 2:1 in BA Linguistics.