Experience

Bushiroad Inc.

• Japan
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Executive

  • Apr 2023 - Present

  Marketing Executive for trading card game title, Cardfight!! Vanguard.

• Mobile Game Assistant Producer

  • Mar 2022 - Jul 2023

  Producer - live GaaS mobile game.Main Jobscope:Liaising Japanese development partners with local creative teams to develop content for the global English-speaking audiences.- Translator(Jap-Eng);Translating in-game content & character stories/speech. As well as, proofreading/editing translated text from partners.- Design;Assisting in production discussions for the creative direction of various in-game assets.At times, stepping up to design, and/or localise, image compositions for release on social media platforms.- Social Media Management;Translating social media content from the original Japanese content into English.Other contributions:- Game Designer;Participated in a Hypercasual games project, to come up with various game idea concepts which was then made into prototypes by an outside development team.Other tasks in this project included: Discussing with the development team on how a game should play; Sourcing for various assets; Managing the games for GooglePlay store release; Editing game-capture videos for Cost-per-install testing on Facebook. Show less



PLUS Media Networks Asia Pte. Ltd.

• Singapore

• Coordinator, Media Operations

  • May 2021 - Jun 2021

  Media operations coordination. Left position due to differences in expectations with the media operation team's working culture, and skills reviewed as being geared more towards creative production. Main jobscope: ・ Media Operations; Linear & Video-on-Demand content and material delivery. Language localization coordination. ・ Content Preparations; Video quality control, Subtitle language checks & timing edit, and Media assets archival. Additional Tasks; Assisting in translation of Japanese-language content. Show less



Zoff I Singapore Pte Ltd

• Singapore
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Translator

  • Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

  Part-time translation admin (Jap → Eng) Main jobscope: - Translation and Interpretation. Translating documents and emails from Japanese to English, as well as providing bilingual interpretation (at times, Trilingual in Mandarin as well) for local and Japanese staff. - Graphic design and print support. (POPs, Signage, Document Layouts;) - Information research assistance. - Administrative & IT assistance. Part-time translation admin (Jap → Eng) Main jobscope: - Translation and Interpretation. Translating documents and emails from Japanese to English, as well as providing bilingual interpretation (at times, Trilingual in Mandarin as well) for local and Japanese staff. - Graphic design and print support. (POPs, Signage, Document Layouts;) - Information research assistance. - Administrative & IT assistance.



IKOMA Language School Pte. Ltd.

• Singapore

• Course Coordinator

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

  In light of pursuing further language studies in Japan; Taken up employment at previous place of Japanese Studies, IKOMA Language School, to prepare and practice in an actual job environment. Contributions: - Interpretation; Assisting in bridging communications as a trilingual intermediary between the lecturers of the school, who are all Japanese natives, to the students, whom mostly are still developing in their use of the Japanese language. Main jobscope: - Customer service; Receiving and answering enquiries to current and/or potential customers(students) of the school, regarding available courses or providing and coordinating materials for their language studies. - Schedule management; When students are unable to attend class, provide assistance by advising them on potential available replacement classes and rearranging class schedules. - Records management; Management/reviewing/archiving student records, eg. class attendance, level of study, certificate issuing, etc. Additional Tasks: - Facilities upkeep; - Inventory stocking; Show less



Freelance

• Singapore

• Freelancer

  • Dec 2013 - Jun 2019

  Portfolio Refining and improvement of personal skills. URL: https://kirakunohi.tumblr.com/ Main jobscope: Engaging with Clients, to negotiate their requirements and desired end-product. Other episodes: - Attempted to start a Vinyl toy Indie brand with a friend; which unfortunately did not take-off after conceptualizing phase. - Worked on a few Game projects with like-minded Classmates from Polytechnic as Game Designer; which unfortunately due to clashing schedules did not see past pre-development phase as well. Types of projects worked on: 2D design (Digital); Logo design; Lettering (Traditional Medium); Name Card Design; Image editing; Layout Design; Transcription (Jap→Eng); Translation (Jap→Eng; Eng→Jap). Show less



Ubisoft Singapore

• Singapore
• Computer Games
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Quality Assurance Assistant

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2018

  Functionality Game Testing & Embedded DevTesting Support, on in-development AAA title: Skulls & Bones. Noted contributions: - Technical Writing; Compiled glossary for project’s QA use, includes common Tools, systems & descriptors for game mechanics & assets; As well as authoring internal-use QA guide articles; Article titles: Game Modes Proposal Document; Character Ideas Proposal Document; Research on AI Behavior; “How to catch bugs 101” - QA Guide; “From Functionality to Embedded QA” - QA Guide; QA Glossary - Compiled as-of March 2018; (Disclaimer: With respect to NDA; the above titles are not the exact titles published within the company library, but rewritten with generic game-industry terms without disclosing words used. The portrayal of the titles with regards to the intended functions of the documentations are not lost in this rewriting.) Main jobscope: - Smoke Testing, daily stability tests on game build; - Supporting senior Embedded DevTesters; Other contributions: - Feedback documentation (compilations of team collaborations and individual feedbacks), with regards to generating ideas for improving the game, or to improve workflow in the team; - Stand-in embedded devtesting; (Despite this being the shortest stint out of all my employment history; With many thanks to one of our Vice-QA Lead at that time, Mr.Hensley, who allowed me to work on documentations during down-times. This is the job that became THE job which revived a spark and inspired me to continue pursuing a creative career.) Show less



ToyCoin

• Singapore
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing and Operations Associate

  • Dec 2013 - Sep 2017

  ToyCoin's online services and back-end support.Noted Contributions:-Creative Copywriter (Social Network);Contents arrangement and Creative writing for engagement on Social Network (Facebook), interacting with Customers on the platform and to increase the reach of ToyCoin’s services.https://www.facebook.com/ToyCoin/-Buyer;Deliberating and selecting items with the Chief Operating Officer on merchandise to either stock in ToyCoin’s inventory or to open on trial-basis to research Customer responses towards new items.Main jobscope:- Daily Operations;Emailing and communicating between Customers, Suppliers and ToyCoin’s Staff members.- Scheduling and Liaising with Customers;Regarding (Customer’s) preferred delivery date and time.- Staff Management;Arrangement of Dispatchers’ delivery schedules. Show less

• Assistant

  • Dec 2013 - May 2014

  ToyCoin's front-end services and logistics staff.Contributions:- Assisting Chief Operating Officer with ideas generation and experimentation with social media marketing concepts.Main jobscope:- Fulfilling and meeting customers' purchase orders.