15 years experience of living/working in Japan (10 years) and Germany (5 years)
8 years experience as a freelance translator of Japanese, German and French to native English, with a special focus on patents, business/commerce, banking/finance/investment/accounting, legal contracts, advertising/marketing/PR, medical, technical, energy, travel/tourism and automobile sectors
JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) Level N2 passed; taking Level N1 in 2012
8 years experience as an executive recruiter mainly to the finance/accounting sectors, with a proven track-record of impressive client service through high-quality candidate placement, leading to sustained increases in revenue
Proactively sourced over 2500 new candidates, placed over 130 candidates at top-tier clients
Acquired confidence in communicating with clients, candidates, and colleagues at all levels of corporate hierarchy within high-pressure bilingual executive recruiter environment
Career History
2003/08 – Present Freelance Translator of Japanese, German and French into native English
Translate for direct clients and translation agencies based in the EU, USA, Asia (including Japan), Australasia and Africa
To date have translated over 7 million words (Japanese 4 million, German 2 million, French 1 million)
Main themes translated: patents (chemical, technical, etc.), business/commerce, banking/finance/investment/accounting, legal contracts, advertising/marketing/PR, medical, technical, energy, travel/tourism and automobile sectors
Conducted telephone interviews in English and Japanese with Japanese businesses in UK and Germany
2008/9 – 2008/11 George Street Recruitment, Edinburgh, UK Head of Finance/Accounting
Headhunted to start up George Street Recruitment’s Finance/ Accounting arm with focus on overseas clients
Starting with a database of zero made contact with 1000+ qualified accountants and finance professionals in two months
Managed to gain clients from Big 4 and finance sector in key locations throughout the world
2008 credit crunch forced owner to close finance/accounting arm of business in its infancy
2008/3 – 2008/9 ASA Recruitment, Edinburgh, UK Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant within Overseas Finance Division, responsible for finance/accounting clients in the following locations: Ireland, Luxembourg, South Africa, Far East, Australia
Developed and maintained candidate and client network in these locations
Secured largest fee for a single placement within company for that year (£29,333)
2003/8 – 2007/12 Clark Consulting, Tokyo, Japan Director
Operated as self-employed executive recruitment consultant on behalf of top-tier commercial clients in the accounting, finance and advertising sectors
Ensured continual success of practice by consistently locating, procuring and delivering landmark assignments, resulting in sustainable revenue stream
Proactively sourced over 2000 potential candidates and over 50 actual clients
Placed 20 candidates on average per year
2001/8 – 2003/8 East West Consulting, Tokyo, Japan Recruitment Consultant
Acquired and applied the skills of executive recruitment in a bilingual international environment, consistently meeting and then exceeding client targets and internal KPIs
Revitalized advertising/marketing search team, increasing active clients in sector from 3 to 12
Proactively sourced over 500 potential candidates (ranked 3rd out of 80 consultants)
Personally placed 15 to 20 candidates per year, split further 10 placements per year
1998/7 – 2001/7 Prefectural Board of Education, Kobe, Japan JET Programme ALT
Planned, coordinated and executed original and innovative oral/aural English syllabus
Devised, invigilated and graded original and innovative oral/aural English examinations
Education
1994 – 1998 University of Stirling, UK BA (Hons) Marketing
1997 University of Tampere, Finland Erasmus European Exchange
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