Kirsten 'Kay' Meinertz

Angestellt, Translation & Localization Manager Ecommerce Europe, Ralph Lauren Europe (Geneva)

Germany &, Schweiz

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

Translation & transcreation skills
creativity
communication; international background and experi

Werdegang

Berufserfahrung von Kirsten 'Kay' Meinertz

  • Bis heute 13 Jahre und 3 Monate, seit März 2011

    Translation & Localization Manager Ecommerce Europe

    Ralph Lauren Europe (Geneva)

    Senior Editor and Translator of Ralph Lauren's key luxury multichannel campaigns across 20+ labels. Creative and Linguistic Lead of Translation Editor teams. Brand voice, terminology, concept translation and transcreation into French, German, and Italian. Cross-divisional management of European translation & localization processes and projects.

  • Bis heute 21 Jahre und 5 Monate, seit 2003

    K&Co.

    Language & Communication Services

    Trilingual content creation (editing, translating of online & off-line content: websites, PR/digital marketing, press releases,...). Professional language training (English, French, and German).

  • 2010 - 2011

    Customer Service

    L'Oréal (Suisse) S.A.

    Trilingual position (French/German/Italian), managing helpdesk customer orders/claims, billing and crediting (in SAP). Coordination with corporate clients, multiple internal divisions and external partners.

  • 2009 - 2010

    Community Manager & Online Customer Service

    Golden Caravan Luxury Shopping Events

    Multilingual online Community Management (customer support & helpdesk); Content Management (development and translation of website publications and press releases).

  • 2007 - 2009

    Editing Translator

    World Student Christian Federation (WSCF)

    English-French translating and proofreading of online & off-line institutional publications for WSCF and NGOs related to the UN. Coordination of translation projects with and through extended global partner associations and sponsors.

  • 2005 - 2006

    Communications Assistant

    State of Geneva, Communications, Department of Solidarity and Employment (DSE)

    Trilingual multi-task function within State Office Communications Service: day-to-day, e-press review, implementation of reformed CI strategy and tools, database management, mailing coordination, event planning and organization.

  • 2002 - 2005

    Business Development & Sales Manager

    Oriental General Trading Inc., Dubai Liaison Office

    Development of the Dubai Liaison Office and profit center for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, consumer goods/FMCGs: global liaison person. Reported to HQ in German.

  • 2001 - 2002

    Training and Development Coordinator / HR

    Eli Lilly (Suisse) S.A.

    Multilingual organization and coordination of HR activities, inductions, and marketing & medical training for sales teams (English, French, German, Italian).

  • 1996 - 1998

    Project coordinator / PR & Assistant to the Director and Founders

    dmmv (German Multimedia Association) & eimf (EU Interactive Media Federation)

    1st employee of the Deutscher Multimedia Verband (dmmv), all-rounded start-up function: Member Services, project coordination; creation, translation and editing of promotional materials/initial website. Quadrilingual PR (EN-FR-DE-IT), digital industry events and member acquisition across Europe, which lead to the founding of the European Interactive Media Federation (eimf). The key industry topics and dynamics of the dmmv live on today as the Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft - BVDW.

Ausbildung von Kirsten 'Kay' Meinertz

  • 1992 - 1998

    Communication Science (Kommunikationswissenschaft)

    University of Munich (LMU)

    Minors: Organizational psychology & Psycholinguistics. Thesis topic: "Digitalization, Convergence and Globalization: the EU's strategies to liberalize the telecommunications sector within the Europeanization process.”

  • 1987 - 1991

    Modern language section (French, English, German, Italian)

    Collège Claparède, Geneva, Switzerland

Sprachen

  • Englisch

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  • Französisch

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  • Deutsch

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  • Italienisch

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Interessen

Professional interests: multilingual web & content localization/CMS
intercultural community management
computational linguistics/MT & emerging translation/L10n technologies
language training
just to name a few...

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