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WalmartPosting location: Bentonville · United StatesIndependent fictional example, not company material.

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Owen Porter

Junior Localization Specialist · Bentonville · United States

Junior Localization Specialist with experience in translation quality, terminology, cultural adaptation, and localization testing. Practical work includes Localization, Terminology management, Translation review, Localization testing.

Experience

Walmart

Bentonville · United States

Junior Localization Specialist

Jul 2025 - now

  • With a senior colleague reviewing the change, translated product text and dialogue from source context, character intent, and in-product behavior rather than isolated strings; preserved meaning and user action across the localized experience.
  • Within an assigned workstream, maintained terminology decisions with definitions, context examples, prohibited variants, and review owners; reduced inconsistent wording across product, marketing, support, and voice scripts.
  • With a senior colleague reviewing the change, reviewed cultural, legal, and usability risks with regional specialists and documented approved adaptations; made departures from the source intentional, traceable, and reviewable.
  • Within the assigned scope, maintained a terminology glossary and translation memory, reviewed locale-specific screenshots for truncation and formatting errors, and reconciled reviewer changes before the localized release.
  • Within the assigned scope, designed localized copywriting for a brand-marketing campaign using market research, tested target-audience comprehension and completed the translation review before the campaign deadline.
  • Within the assigned scope, owned a localization review using terminology management and brand-voice references, resolved culturally misleading translation and completed quality-assurance checks before delivery.
  • Within the assigned scope, published audience-specific editing guidance using tracked review comments, reduced repeated terminology corrections by 31% and completed reporting before the agreed deadlines.

NPR

Washington, DC · United States

Localization Specialist Project Contributor

Mar 2024 - Jun 2025

  • The team tested localized builds for truncation, variables, font support, input methods, and context mismatches; my scope was data preparation, quality checks, and follow-up documentation under senior review. The team closed language defects with reproducible evidence before release; documented my assigned work separately from the team result and confirmed it with a senior colleague.
  • Within the assigned scope, checked the final version against the approved source and editorial brief, flagged an unsupported statement, and retained a clear correction history when the material changed after review.
  • Within the assigned scope, resolved a late editorial correction by identifying every version that contained the disputed passage, verifying the replacement against the original source, and sending the corrected package with a clear description of what changed.

Selected project

Localization Specialist — independent case study

Project team member

Sep 2024 - Feb 2025

  • Within the assigned scope, the team reviewed cultural, legal, and usability risks with regional specialists and documented approved adaptations; my scope was data preparation, quality checks, and follow-up documentation under senior review
  • Prepared an independent editorial brief using public sources, separating verified statements, interpretation and missing information; linked draft passages to source notes and checked quotation context.
  • Produced a publication-ready draft with a source list, rights notes and a correction log; checked the final headline and excerpts against the full material so the short version did not overstate the evidence.
  • Owned the independent publication check using source-linked transcripts, resolved a misleading shortened quotation and completed the release package with rights and correction notes.

Education

University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland · United States

B.A. Journalism

Sep 2021 - Jun 2025

Relevant coursework: Reporting, media law, video storytelling, audience engagement

Skills

Role expertise

Localization · Terminology management · Translation review · Localization testing · Cultural adaptation

Publications

  • Published a personal editing breakdown using the independent project’s cut list, explaining source verification, caption choices and the tradeoff between brevity and factual qualification.

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Walmart

(USA) Manager, Marketing Planning And Strategy - Localization Specialist LATAM

Bentonville · United StatesLead

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  • In the posting
      • localization
      • Terminology management
      Term in work evidence

    Role summary: As Walmart Marketplace continues to expand its international seller experience, we are seeking a full-time Manager – Localization Specialist (LATAM) to own linguistic quality and manage end-to-end localization initiatives across product, marketing, support, legal, and operational content.

    Proven experience with software or UI localization, in-context quality assurance, terminology management, style-guide development, and translation memory maintenance.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, owned a localization review using terminology management and brand-voice references, resolved culturally misleading translation and completed quality-assurance checks before delivery.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • translation
      Term in work evidence

    Collaborating with Marketing, Product, and cross-functional teams, the group manages translation, localization, and quality assurance across owned channels.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, maintained a terminology glossary and translation memory, reviewed locale-specific screenshots for truncation and formatting errors, and reconciled reviewer changes before the localized release.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • cultural
      Term in work evidence

    Review translations delivered by external vendors and provide final linguistic approval based on accuracy, fluency, terminology, tone, brand voice, consistency, and cultural relevance.

    In this resume
    With a senior colleague reviewing the change, reviewed cultural, legal, and usability risks with regional specialists and documented approved adaptations; made departures from the source intentional, traceable, and reviewable.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • audiences
      • brand voice
      • quality assurance
      Evidence not found

    About the team: The Localization team supports Walmart Marketplace by delivering precise, culturally appropriate seller communications to global audiences.

    Review translations delivered by external vendors and provide final linguistic approval based on accuracy, fluency, terminology, tone, brand voice, consistency, and cultural relevance.

    Collaborating with Marketing, Product, and cross-functional teams, the group manages translation, localization, and quality assurance across owned channels.

    In this resume

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  • In the posting
      • editing
      • reporting
      • deadlines
      Term in work evidence

    Minimum Qualifications Exceptional written and spoken proficiency in Latin American Spanish (ESMX and ESCL), equivalent to native-level fluency, with excellent grammar, editing, copywriting, and tone control.

    This manager level role combines hands-on language expertise with project and program management, including intake, scoping, planning, prioritization, stakeholder coordination, risk management, vendor oversight, reporting, and workflow optimization.

    Coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams, balancing launch deadlines, business impact, localization SLAs, and vendor capacity; identify and escalate blockers early.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, published audience-specific editing guidance using tracked review comments, reduced repeated terminology corrections by 31% and completed reporting before the agreed deadlines.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • copywriting
      Term in work evidence

    Minimum Qualifications Exceptional written and spoken proficiency in Latin American Spanish (ESMX and ESCL), equivalent to native-level fluency, with excellent grammar, editing, copywriting, and tone control.

    In this resume
    Within the assigned scope, designed localized copywriting for a brand-marketing campaign using market research, tested target-audience comprehension and completed the translation review before the campaign deadline.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
  • In the posting
      • terminology
      Term in work evidence

    Define when regionally neutral Spanish is appropriate and when market-specific adaptation is required; provide guidance on regional terminology and linguistic differences across Latin America.

    In this resume
    Within an assigned workstream, maintained terminology decisions with definitions, context examples, prohibited variants, and review owners; reduced inconsistent wording across product, marketing, support, and voice scripts.
    Junior Localization Specialist · Walmart
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