Diego Figaredo

Diego Figaredo has had a diverse range of work experience in various roles within the localization and gaming industry. Diego started their career as a Spanish Localisation QA Tester, specializing in linguistic compliance testing and proofreading. Diego then worked as a Proofreader, creating and managing terminology glossaries, and ensuring linguistic compliance. Diego also gained experience as a Localisation QA Team Supervisor, distributing tasks to language teams, creating progress trackers and training material, and working with bug databases and glossaries. Diego then transitioned to the role of Localisation QA Project Coordinator, where they handled project setup, test plan creation, and team management. Diego later worked as a Localisation Project Manager, creating quotes and schedules for translation and localisation QA projects, managing high-profile video game accounts, and deciding on resource allocation. After that, they became a Gaming Team Lead, overseeing a newly created gaming division, supervising project managers, and handling quotes for translation, transcreation, subtitling, and dubbing of video game projects.

Diego's most recent role was as a Transcreation Manager at The Pokémon Company International, where they managed marketing localization projects for Pokémon's video games, apps, and animations. Diego supervised a team of transcreation specialists and developed and implemented new localization workflows to enhance productivity.

Prior to their localization and gaming roles, Diego worked as a Spanish language teacher for adults and held editorial positions in various Spanish newspapers, including News Editor at Diario El Comercio and Proofreader at El Mundo. In these roles, they specialized in areas such as crime reports, local politics, and interviews. Diego also gained experience during an internship as a News Editor at La Voz de Asturias, where they focused on news investigation and edition.

Overall, Diego Figaredo's work experience showcases their expertise in localization, gaming, project management, and language teaching.

Diego Figaredo began their education in 2007 at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where they pursued a Licenciatura en Periodismo. Diego completed this program in 2011. Following this, they attended the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D. from 2011 to 2013, where they obtained a Grado en Lengua y Literatura Españolas. In 2013, they attended the International House London and obtained a Certificate in Spanish Language Teaching to Adults (CLTA).