Rafa User
@rafauser1
I create culturally precise English-Spanish content, transcreation, and technical documentation for global audiences.
MexicoWhat I'm looking for
I've spent over two decades helping brands and organizations cross cultural barriers through transcreation, localization, and editorial work. At Cognizant on the Google Horizon Project, I edited, updated, and migrated large-scale technical and support documentation while resolving HTML rendering and WYSIWYG logic issues.
I've also created technical manuals, procedures, specifications, online help, and style standards at J. Ray McDermott Engineering Services, and led editorial quality, content development, team coordination, partnerships, and budgets as Editor-in-Chief at GINmedia. My work goes beyond literal translation: I bring cultural strategy, semiotic precision, and human-centered editorial judgment to global marketing and specialized content.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Entrepreneurial Venture & International Relocation
Oct 2024 - Nov 2025 (1 year 1 month)
Temporary relocation to Spain to develop an independent business venture while addressing high-priority family responsibilities. Although the project did not ultimately reach commercial implementation, the experience strengthened strategic planning, operational management, cross-cultural adaptability, and problem-solving capabilities within an international environment. Throughout this period, act
Google Horizon Project:
• Content Management & Migration: Led the editing, updating, and large-scale migration of technical and support documentation across enterprise platforms, ensuring information accuracy and structure.
• Issue Resolution & Bug Fixing: Proactively audited and resolved documentation bugs, including HTML rendering issues and logic errors in WYSIWYG environments, directly impro
Specialist Technical Editor & Writer
Jun 2019 - May 2021 (1 year 11 months)
Research, writing, editing, and proofreading complex technical data. Creating, maintaining, and updating manuals, procedures, specifications, and other documents, as well as installation instructions, training material, and other technical documents. Designing and establishing style guidelines and standards for texts and illustrations to meet business needs. Compiling, organizing, and writing onli
Specialist Technical Editor & Writer
Jun 2019 - May 2021 (1 year 11 months)
Research, writing, editing, and proofreading complex technical data. Creating, maintaining, and updating manuals, procedures, specifications, and other documents, as well as installation instructions, training material, and other technical documents. Designing and establishing style guidelines and standards for texts and illustrations to meet business needs. Compiling, organizing, and writing onli
Editor-in-Chief
Content development, editorial line quality assurance, team coordination, liaising with other (third party) journal editors, PR, reporting back to the board, creation of strategic alliances, design of monthly and annual plans, budget management and translation of notes.
Editor en Jefe
Desarrollar contenidos, garantizar la línea y calidad editorial, coordinar el equipo de trabajo
Editor-in-Chief
Content development, editorial line quality assurance, team coordination, liaising with other (third party) journal editors, PR, reporting back to the board, creation of strategic alliances, design of monthly and annual plans, budget management and translation of notes.
Editor en Jefe
Desarrollar contenidos, garantizar la línea y calidad editorial, coordinar el equipo de trabajo
Freelance contributor for the Mexican edition of the online platform located in Switzerland, for social journalism.
Colaborador Independiente de la plataforma online con sede en Suiza, para su edición mexicana.
Freelance contributor for the Mexican edition of the online platform located in Switzerland, for social journalism.
Colaborador Independiente de la plataforma online con sede en Suiza, para su edición mexicana.
Editor, Translator and Content Curator-Generator / Editor, Traductor y Curador d
Feb 2013 - Jul 2016 (3 years 5 months)
Writer, editor, curator/generator, and translator of diverse articles for several high-profile companies.
Editor, traductor y curador/generador de contenidos de manuales y documentos para diversas empresas de naturaleza variada.
Editor, Translator and Content Curator-Generator
INDEPENDIENTE
Feb 2013 - Jul 2016 (3 years 5 months)
Writer, editor, curator/generator, and translator of diverse articles for several high-profile companies.
Editor, Translator and Content Curator-Generator / Editor, Traductor y Curador d
Feb 2013 - Jul 2016 (3 years 5 months)
Writer, editor, curator/generator, and translator of diverse articles for several high-profile companies.
Editor, traductor y curador/generador de contenidos de manuales y documentos para diversas empresas de naturaleza variada.
Translator and Editor
Ellucian
Aug 2011 - Jan 2013 (1 year 5 months)
Translator and Editor responsible for Latin American Localizations for the PowerCAMPUS Academic Documentation.
Translator and Editor responsible for Latin American Localizations for the PowerCAMPUS Academic Documentation.
Traductor y Editor responsable de localizaciones en Latinoamérica para la documentación del producto académico PowerCAMPUS.
Translator and Editor responsible for Latin American Localizations for the PowerCAMPUS Academic Documentation.
Traductor y Editor responsable de localizaciones en Latinoamérica para la documentación del producto académico PowerCAMPUS.
Editor Translator
Psicofarma S.A. de C.V.
Jun 2009 - Aug 2011 (2 years 2 months)
Responsible for editing and translating dossiers, medical articles, research protocols, and brochures.
Responsible for editing and translating dossiers, medical articles, research protocols, and brochures.
Traductor y editor de dossiers, artículos médicos, protocolos de investigación médica y folletos de investigación clínica. (Brochures).
Responsible for editing and translating dossiers, medical articles, research protocols, and brochures.
Traductor y editor de dossiers, artículos médicos, protocolos de investigación médica y folletos de investigación clínica. (Brochures).
Foundational Career in Linguistics & Cultural Mediation
Various Organizations
May 1998 - May 2009 (11 years)
Built a robust foundation in translation, editorial coordination, and linguistic analysis across various industries in Mexico and Chile. Developed semiotic precision and cultural intuition for global translation and transculturation projects.
Foundational Career in Linguistics & Cultural Mediation (1998–2011)
May 1998 - May 2009 (11 years)
During the first 11 years of my career, I built a robust foundation in translation, editorial coordination, and linguistic analysis across various industries in Mexico and Chile. This period was instrumental in developing the deep semiotic precision and cultural intuition I apply today to complex global translation and transculturation projects.
Key focus areas:
-Editorial Management and Content
Foundational Career in Linguistics & Cultural Mediation (1998–2011)
May 1998 - May 2009 (11 years)
During the first 11 years of my career, I built a robust foundation in translation, editorial coordination, and linguistic analysis across various industries in Mexico and Chile. This period was instrumental in developing the deep semiotic precision and cultural intuition I apply today to complex global translation and transculturation projects.
Key focus areas:
-Editorial Management and Content
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Licenciado en Comunicación Social, Linguistics
1994 - 1999
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Location
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