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Ray Guan

@consideray

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Graduate student at UWaterloo studying entrepreneurship and looking for a part-time/intern job

Canada

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What I'm looking for

Senior product and localization manager with 9+ years of experience in global tech companies including Shopify and TripAdvisor. Skilled in entrepreneurship, product/project management, localization, copywriting, and researching. Highly interested in working on Web3 and creator economy products. Also a long-time tech podcaster and blogger.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Language Owner

Shopify

Jun 2020 - Jun 2022 (2 years)

In Shopify's Core Product division, I led a team of 12 language leads and was responsible for product localization project management across all the supported languages of Shopify.

Localization Product Management Project Management Data Analytics UX Copywriting

Localization Manager

Tripadvisor

Nov 2017 - Jan 2020 (2 years 2 months)

In Tripadvisor's China Product team, I was fully responsible for Tripadvisor's product localization in China market. I designed a crowd-sourced travel review translation platform and managed a community of 6,000+ translators who translated six million+ travel reviews.

Localization Product Management Project Management Data Analytics Product Design

Senior Editor

Unbabel

Oct 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year)

I worked as the leading editor of the Greater China region (both Simplified & Traditional Chinese). I was responsible for managing and quality assurance translation projects for world-famous clients, including King, Airbnb, Daniel Wellington, Oculus, and Trello.

Translating Copywriting Localization Editing Project Management

Translator

TechCrunch

Apr 2014 - Sep 2016 (2 years 5 months)

I worked for TechCrunch's China office to translate news articles for its Chinese readers. I translated 1,000+ articles on the official Chinese website of TechCrunch, covering tech news, startup introductions, industry insights, sponsored articles, etc.

Translation Journalism Editing