Ian Clark

编辑, 校对, 翻译

Automotive, Business/Commerce, Banking/Finance, Marketing/Advertising, Legal Contracts, Patents, Energy Travel/Tourism, NGO/NPO sector

互联网, 人文学及人文学研究, 人类学, 企业家才能, 公共事业, 军事科技, 农学, 农艺学与作物学, 制图, 历史, 圣经与圣经研究, 地理, 宗教, 宗教与宗教研究, 工商管理学, 市场营销, 广告学, 广播新闻学, 教育, 文学, 新闻学和大众传媒, 旅游和旅行, 普通商务, 民族文化研究, 汽车制造, 犯罪学, 生态学, 电影戏剧研究, 神学与和神学研究, 经济学, 考古学, 航天学, 航空学, 艺术, 运动与健身, 运输, 酒店学, 金融, 银行与金融, 音乐, 音乐历史与文学

IAN CLARK

Nationality: UK     

Key Achievements

• 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

2009/12 – 2010/06   Accent Marketing & Research, Edinburgh, UK                    Senior Consultant

• 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

1990 – 1993                  University of Durham, UK                     BA Classics