Curriculum Vitae of Huong Nguyen

SUMMARY
  • Full-time officer recently turned full-time freelancer
  • Academic background: Bachelor in Foreign Trade
  • 4 years of professional experience in marketing / market research in multi-national companies (US / UK based companies)
  • Excellent verbal & written English
  • Strong communication, good time-management skills, high personal ownership

SERVICES AND RATES
  • Services: Translation, Interpreting, Editing/proofreading, Transcription
  • Working language pairs: English to Vietnamese / Vietnamese to English
  • Expertise: General Translation / Advertising / Public Relations / Business/Commerce (general) / Marketing / Market Research
  • Rates:
Translation: $0.05 / word
Interpreting: $15 / hour
Editing: $0.03 / word / Proofreading: $0.02 / word
Transcription: $1.25 / minute of audio
Subtitle translation: $1.25 / minute of run time
Quality check for movie: $0.6 / minute of runtime
PROJECTS
Jun 2016 – Present NETFLIX film translation project
Client: Hiventy, Asia Hub
Job type: Translation / Editing / QC
Language: English to Vietnamese
Project description: A project of subtitling movies and TV series from English to Vietnamese for NETFLIX.
Mar 2016 Market research in Agriculture
Client: Lingual Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, India.
Job type: Transcription / Translation
Volume: 10 hours
Language: Vietnamese to English
Project description: A research in Agriculture, recorded in Vietnamese to be transcribed and translated into English.
Sept 2015 Consumer-In-Home-Visit project
Job type: Interpreting
Duration: 4 days
Languages: English to Vietnamese / Vietnamese to English
Project description: A consumer-in-home-visit project led by regional FrieslandCampina (based in Singapore) to gain Vietnamese consumers' insights for innovative product concepts.
ROLE: Moderator / Interpreter for Regional personnel.
Aug 2014 Consumer-In-Home-Visit project
Job type: Interpreting
Duration: 4 days
Languages: English to Vietnamese / Vietnamese to English
Project description: A project conducted in consumers\'s home in Vietnam to gain their insights into pesticide products and their use.
ROLE: Interpreter for General Manager, an Indian American.
Feb 2014 – Mar 2014 Trans-creation of communication materials for advertising and PR purposes
Job type: Trans-creation
Duration: 2 months / Volume: 50 pages
Languages: English to Vietnamese
Project description: Communication material trans-creation including TVC storyboard, banners, posters, leaflets and a micro-website for a campaign called Anti-Dengue.
EXPERIENCE
Mar 2016 – Present Freelancer Interpreter / Translator
Freelancer on popular freelancing sites Upwork.com, Proz.com, TranslatorCafe
Partner with a translation company Lingual Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, India
Freelancer of Vietnam Translator and Interpreter Group.
Feb 2015 – Feb 2016 Assistant Brand Manager at FrieslandCampina Vietnam
Dutch Lady Milk Powder. Report to: Business Director
Jan 2014 – Dec 2014Senior Marketing Executive at S.C Johnson & Son Ltd.
Report to: Head of Marketing Department
Categories: Pest Control (Main), Home Cleaning Categories (Partial)
Main person in charge of Raid brand – The #1 Pest Control brand in the world as well as in Viet Nam.
Jun 2013 – Dec 2013Marketing Executive at S.C Johnson & Son Ltd.
Report to: Head of Marketing Department
Categories: Pest Control
Supported the Head of Marketing Department in the implementation of marketing plans within the Category.
Mar 2012 – May 2013 Marketing Assistant at Shell Vietnam Ltd.
Lubricants – Marketing Department
EDUCATION
2008 - 2012: Foreign Trade University (FTU), HCMC
Bachelor of External Economics
GPA: 7,75/10 or 3,01/4 Graduation thesis: 4/4
2005 - 2008: Tran Dai Nghia High School for the gifted, HCMC
English specialized class
  • First prize in the HCMC English contest in Grade 11 and 12

CERTIFICATES
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS): 7.0 Band Score

REFERENCES
Available upon request

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