Sergei Urvachev

My work here is to translate from English to Russian, proofread, edit, rewrite, and adapt in-game and about-game content to make it entertaining, accurate, and relatable to the target audience. I work closely with project teams — translators, managers, writers, and narrative designers — and provide cultural expertise regarding the target country.

My role here was to serve as a product evangelist, thought leader, and subject matter expert both internally and externally by overseeing the company's products (automated trading bots) and defining the vision and strategy for outbound communications. I significantly improved the newsletter conversion, number of monthly affiliate competition participants by 200%, new users brought to the competition, YouTube live stream views, and overall user engagement.

Worked as a scriptwriter for the PodcaST.105, which has become one of Russia's most popular true crime podcasts. Developed topics and wrote a script for each episode (2 seasons, 24 episodes). To develop a story, I researched biographies, watched videos, listened to supplemental material related to the case, etc. Interviewed case officers, psychiatrists, victims' relatives, witnesses, and criminals. Set the editorial tone of the podcast. Oversaw the production of the show.

Composed brief summaries of movies' and series' plots followed by a more detailed synopsis, which were subsequently displayed on TV channels' EPGs, programs, and for online publication. Produced detailed overviews of feature films, highlighting dramatic turning points. Communicated with distributors to retrieve promo materials. Worked in close contact with service providers located in London. Resolved technical issues, improved operations in regard to the home databases.

Watched and supervised content of nearly 1,000 feature and documentary titles; Analyzed and reported on sensitive media content of violence, drug abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, discrimination propaganda, and other related matters; Took editorial control over the translation of the voiceover of titles for the Russian version of the DaVinci and Viasat channels

Translated cine- and video products (movies, cartoons, documentary movies, series, etc.) from English to Russian both with and without scripts provided. 100+titles shipped.

Implemented the integration and QA of the "Merchandising Business Suite" to major retail chains in Russia - ATAK and O'KEY; Managed negotiations with customers' executives on the product launch; Delivered in-depth training for customers' staff; Successfully launched the product on site; Conducted audit, description, troubleshooting, and optimization of the system's functionality on a daily basis Investigated and addressed system issues to enhance usability and improve functionality.

Translated cine- and video products (movies, cartoons, documentary movies, series, etc.) from English to Russian both with and without scripts provided. 100+ titles shipped.

Arabic and English languages