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Zoë Bechtel

@zobechtel

Multilingual linguist and Swiss German expert specializing in AI training, transcription, and multicultural communication.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for multicultural roles leveraging language expertise, AI language training, transcription, and multimedia communication in collaborative, impact-driven teams.

I am a passionate linguist with extensive experience assessing and improving Swiss German AI outputs, transcribing German and Swiss dialects, and supporting multilingual communities. My work blends linguistic precision with cultural sensitivity developed through global travel and community engagement.

As a Swiss German / Language Expert I improved AI conversational content for clarity and cultural relevance, producing sample texts and feedback to shape better language models. I have ongoing transcription experience for Abtipper.de and Amberscript and prior multimedia production experience creating films, photos, posters and communication strategies for public sector clients.

I have volunteered as a treasurer and legal officer supporting asylum seekers with procedures and interpreting in French and English, and I hold an apprenticeship as a mediamatician EFZ plus a professional baccalaureate in sciences. I seek roles that leverage my language expertise, multicultural experience, and multimedia skills.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Transcriber

Current

Abtipper.de / Amberscript

Aug 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Performed transcription of German and Swiss dialect audio into text for Abtipper.de and Amberscript, ensuring accurate representation of regional variants and dialectal features.

Transcription German Swiss Dialects Remote Work Time Management

Swiss German Language Expert

Outlier

Dec 2024 - Apr 2025 (4 months)

Assessed and improved AI-generated Swiss German content for accuracy, clarity, and cultural relevance, producing sample texts and feedback that enhanced conversational language generation.

Remote Collaboration

Treasurer / Legal Officer

KHORA Community Zentrum Athen

Dec 2021 - Oct 2022 (10 months)

Managed finances, budgeting and reporting for the community centre and supported asylum seekers with procedures, healthcare navigation, mediation, interpreting and translation (French/English).

Financial Management Budgeting Reporting Interpreting Translation

Multimedia Specialist

Amt für Informatik und Organisation Kanton Bern

Jun 2020 - Apr 2021 (10 months)

Produced multimedia content (films, photos, posters) and developed marketing and communication strategies, including a training program for trainee mediamaticians; provided administrative and project support.

Adobe Creative Cloud Video Production Graphic Design Marketing Communications Training Development MS Office Project Support

Apprentice Mediamatician

Swisscom

Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 (4 years)

Completed an apprenticeship producing and designing multimedia products while providing administrative and business management support and participating in marketing and communication activities.

Multimedia & Design Administrative Support Marketing Business Management PC Mac Adobe Creative Cloud

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Vocational Baccalaureate School - Inforama, Zollikofen

Professional Baccalaureate, Sciences

2018 - 2019

Completed a professional baccalaureate in sciences from August 2018 to July 2019 at Inforama in Zollikofen.

Swisscom (Bern)

Apprenticeship as mediamatician EFZ, Media and Multimedia Production

2014 - 2018

Activities and societies: Production of films, photos, posters; marketing and communication development; training program conception

Completed an apprenticeship as a mediamatician EFZ from 2014 to 2018 with responsibilities in multimedia production, design, and administrative support.