Looking for a remote role in Switzerland, where English quality is a strategic priority — content standards, localization QA, copy-editing, style guides. Consumer tech, FemTech, LSP, or EU institution. Hybrid or on-site welcome in Strasbourg or Basel. Culture matters: recognition, autonomy, structured feedback.
Mackenzie Martin
@mackenziemartin
Native US English localization QA specialist (10 yrs Euro tech). Swiss G-permit eligible. I build the infrastructure your English actually runs on.
What I'm looking for
I'm an English content and localization quality specialist, shaped by 10 years inside European tech — editing content, creating standards, and standing up quality systems that make English work naturally in Swiss and DACH company contexts. As a dual French/US citizen based in Strasbourg, I am fully eligible for a Swiss cross-border G-permit, offering a low-friction hire with zero relocation or work-authorization delays.
At BlaBlaCar, I built and ran systematic QA operations covering 7,915 strings across 14 languages — delivering an 88.6% quality implementation rate and earning a 9.75/10 linguist satisfaction rating. I co-developed the company's first cross-functional English content guidelines, created multilingual glossaries, and used in-context reviews to identify issues, improve consistency, and raise the bar for UX-facing copy.
At FizzUp, I was the sole English specialist for five years — translating and localizing 310K words FR→EN — while building every English content standard from scratch. I delivered localization frameworks, language launch processes, and QA/bug resolution workflows that helped scale English adoption across global markets.
Now, I focus on terminology infrastructure, documentation, and workflow optimization: improving delivery efficiency by 45.5% and expanding coverage by 228%, maintaining governance across teams, and tracking quality through 1,100+ test cases. I combine native American English precision with deep European business culture fluency built over 13 years in France to help teams ship confident, high-quality English — reflected in a 9.75/10 linguist satisfaction rating across 16 respondents.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Localization specialist
BlaBlaCar (Comuto SA)
Mar 2021 - Oct 2025 (4 years 7 months)
Executed systematic localization QA across 19 languages — 49 monthly content reviews (7,915 strings), in-context screenshot review implementing 1,845 improvements at 88.6% rate, 45.5% workflow efficiency gain. Built 488-term multilingual glossary system. Authored 66-section handbook and content guidelines. Maintained 99% on-time delivery across 229+ projects. 9.75/10 linguist satisfaction.
Localization manager & translator
FizzUp (Comuto SA)
Jun 2016 - Feb 2021 (4 years 8 months)
Personally translated and edited 310K words fr-FR→en-US across blog articles, digital marketing, workout programs, and app content — growing English user base to 246K+ leads. Built localization infrastructure enabling expansion to 163+ countries and 740% customer growth. Launched 10 languages. Managed €44K translation budget across 9 language service providers.
Education
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Université de Lorraine
Master of Arts (M.A.), Applied Foreign Languages
2013 - 2015
Grade: 15.7/20 (with honors)
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Specialization: "Technologies de la Traduction" ("Translation Technologies") (EMT network member)
• 15.7/20 (on the French grading scale), with honors
• Trilingual curriculum (English, French, German)
• Translation and proofreading, project management and quality assurance, interpretation, transcription, subtitling, localization, lexicology, terminology
University of Oregon
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), French
2007 - 2011
Grade: 3.58 GPA
Activities and societies: -
• 3.58 GPA (on the American grading scale)
• Dean's list
Université de Poitiers
Study abroad, French and German
2010 - 2010
Grade: -
Activities and societies: -
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