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Areli Horta

@arelihorta

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Localization engineer and project manager modernizing TMS, QA, and AI/MT voiceover workflows at global scale.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a team that values strong localization engineering—streamlining TMS pipelines, running LQA and MT post-editing, and adopting LLMs/AI voiceover without trading off quality.

I’ve led end-to-end localization work across technical, healthcare, legal, gaming, and e-learning content—bridging engineering and linguistics to streamline TMS pipelines and QA. At Nike (via PTIGlobal), I managed multimedia localization for Nike Training Club workout videos into 20+ languages, with budget and timeline ownership aligned to English releases.

More recently, I’ve been doing freelance Spanish variant QA and MT post-editing for AI-generated localized content at Datamundi.ai (Summa Linguae–Lilt). Before that, I led Intel developer zone localization engineering, publishing 50+ localized web pages per day and later optimizing MT systems, defining quality metrics, and directing AI voiceover projects across 10+ languages.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Localization Sr. QA Tester

Current

Datamundi.ai – Summa Linguae - Lilt

Aug 2020 - Present (5 years 11 months)

Executed comprehensive QA for products localized into multiple Spanish variants. Performed Machine Translation Post-Editing to improve linguistic quality and efficiency.

Spanish Variant QA MTPE

Senior Localization Project Manager

PTIGlobal, Inc.

May 2022 - Jun 2025 (3 years 1 month)

Managed diverse localization projects across technical, legal, healthcare, gaming, and e-learning content types. Evaluated emerging AI tools to enhance workflows and reduce costs.

Localization Project Management AI Research Cross Functional Collaboration

Localization Program Manager

Nike (via PTIGlobal)

May 2020 - May 2022 (2 years)

Led multimedia localization of Nike Training Club workout videos into 20+ languages. Managed budgets, timelines, and quality reporting for concurrent programs.

Multimedia Localization Budget Management Quality Reporting

Sr. QA Tester & LPM Support

Nike (via PTIGlobal)

Dec 2019 - May 2020 (5 months)

Conducted bilingual LQA testing for Spanish variants and English QA, reducing downstream testing time by 50%. Developed i18n knowledge articles for Confluence.

LQA Testing Bilingual QA Knowledge Sharing

Lead Localization Engineer

Intel (via PTIGlobal)

May 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Led a team of five engineers on Intel Developer Zone projects, achieving 80% boost in project efficiency. Managed high-volume publishing of localized web pages.

Team Leadership Stakeholder Relations

Localization Engineer

Intel (via PTIGlobal)

Jan 2015 - May 2017 (2 years 4 months)

First in role as Localization Engineer; created automated test scripts and prepared localization kits. Contributed to cross-disciplinary skill sharing council.

Automation Tooling Localization Kit Council Contributor