Barna László
Content Developer, Management, Creative
Budapest
Summary
- Professional content expert with knack for crafting compelling and engaging material. Proven ability to drive audience engagement and create impactful narratives. Strong collaborator, adaptable to shifting priorities, and focused on delivering results. Skilled in content strategy and digital marketing, with keen eye for detail and bilingual creativity.
- Client service professional with robust background in delivering high-quality support and fostering client relationships. Known for reliability and adaptability in dynamic environments. Proficient in communication and team collaboration, consistently achieving positive outcomes.
- Language professional with extensive experience in translation and language training. Known for consistent delivery of high-quality linguistic services, committed to achieving results and adapting to diverse client needs while displaying proficiency in multilingual communication and cultural sensitivity.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
3
3
Language
Work History
Content Specialist
EPAM Systems
04.2021 - Current
- Managing monthly content campaigns and article localizations globally. Managing large content web migration and its related tasks from EPiserver to ContentStack CMS of the corporate Schroders website.
- Communication with stakeholders and full management of smaller content release projects and landing page builds.
- Bank of Ireland: UX/UI building lexicon for accessibility aria-titles in web and apps
- FRMEDIA: Creative copywriting of various tech related content, content moderation, reviewing, writing announcements, web content, invitations, writing and editing periodicals for various communities, organizing and making interviews with client centric "heroes", writing interview articles, editing and acquiring new materials.
- Content management in CMS systems: EPISERVER, ContentStack, Confluence, Umbraco, Contentful, Sitecore and Strapi systems
- Edited and proofread materials to maintain high standards of accuracy, clarity, and readability.
- Enhanced content quality by conducting thorough research and factchecking
- General management of projects, communicating with local market representatives, stakeholders and team
Customer Agent in English
TransferWise LLC
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Providing client services and helpdesk for the products and services of the firm for mainly European and UK customers, for international money transfers and card use.
- Handled escalated cases effectively, turning potentially negative experiences into positive ones for the customers involved.
- Provided constructive feedback to colleagues during peer review sessions, fostering an environment of continuous improvement within the team.
- Adapted quickly to changes in systems or processes, minimizing disruption to daily tasks and responsibilities as a Customer Agent.
- Contributed towards the development of training materials, enhancing new hires'' understanding of company policies and procedures.
Copywriter, Content Developer
Lightware Visual Engineering
09.2015 - 01.2020
- Copywriting and content development: online and offline advertisements for the global market, product release video scripts for exhibition video walls, product presentation scripts, company presentation content, company web content, newsletters, press releases, PR content, unique-, event-related publications, introducing company style sheet standards.
- Catalogue description of products, unique apps UX/UI review
- Crafted dynamic content marketing pieces for broad client base to drive consumer awareness of brand.
- Collaborated with marketing team to develop targeted content for email campaigns, resulting in higher open rates and conversions.
- Cultivated strong relationships with subject matter experts (design engineers) to produce accurate and authoritative content on a variety of topics.
- Increased website traffic by consistently creating search engine optimized articles and blog posts.
- Created comprehensive style guide, ensuring consistent voice and tone across all company communications.
- Technical Writing: designing, writing and editing product catalogues, product briefs, creating preliminary briefs and cut sheets
- Reviewing: user manuals, QSG documents and other technical documents
- Extra-curricular: writing, directing and acting in company presentation video as ‘Professor Brown’
Copywriter, Translator
Novusoftware Kft
01.2014 - 01.2015
- Copywriting for web content, marketing and PR materials, web and software development
- UX/UI customer journey review and edit
- Edited content produced by senior executives, modifying text to conform to company-wide branding standards and publication guidelines.
- Conducted regular content audits of website and marketing collateral, making improvements as needed for maximum effectiveness.
- Optimized landing page content, resulting in improved user experience and higher conversion rates.
International Account Manager, Technical Writer, Translator, Document and Contract Coordinator
FSD Reenergy Kft
09.2010 - 01.2013
- Proposals, contracts, creative support
- Communication with partners and stakeholders
- Webpage content management
- Transformed complex information into easily digestible pieces tailored for specific audience segments using plain language principles in presentations
- Reviewed and edited final documents and contracts for accuracy and to correct grammar errors.
- Further various assistance to CEO as required
Marketing Coordinator / Agent
MultiMedia Kft
01.2010 - 07.2010
- Account management of international clients
- Production management of concerts and events
- Preparing proposals, contracts, communication with partners and agents
- Event management, account monitoring, creative support
- Webpage content management
- Ensured smooth transitions between different tour segments by synchronizing timings across activities.
Account Manager, Creative Content Creator, Localization Specialist
Netshaker Kft
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Account and project management of international clients
- Increased client satisfaction by building strong relationships and addressing their needs promptly.
- Creating and modifying proposals, contracts and SLAs
- Budget and cost management
- Consulting services, client helpdesk
- Creative support, complex creative services
- Web and software content localization management for several target languages
- Tech writing of proprietary CMS user manual
- Client training for CMS use
Cinema Complex Manager
Ster Century / UCI Mo. Kft
01.1999 - 01.2004
- Scheduling film start times, managing stakeholders and film distributors
- Managing concessions, stock levels
- Facility management for the whole multiplex cinema
- Event organizing and management
- HR related: recruitment, running hiring interviews, managing administration and running issues
- Complex management of facility operation during shifts
Translator, Copywriter and Transcreator
Freelancing
01.2000 - Current
- Translating and writing in both English-Hungarian and Hungarian-English directions/languages. Translations of periodicals, magazines, restaurant menus, marketing materials, advertisements, PR materials, user manuals, press releases, legal documents and contracts, poems and many more.
- Collaborated with fellow translators to ensure consistency in language usage and style across all documents.
- Researched cultural etiquette and specific use of slang words.
- Specialized in translating complex technical documents, ensuring accuracy and clarity for endusers.
- Developed a strong working knowledge of industry-specific terminology through extensive research and continuous professional development.
Teacher of English to L2 Learners
Colleges, Language Schools, Companies and Secondary Schools
01.1999 - 02.2002
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
Education
Master of Science - English and American Studies
University of Debrecen
Debrecen06-1999
Film script/dubbing translator, writer
Hungarovox studio
Budapest01-2015
Business sales and foreign trade postgraduate degree
Külkerinfo Kft, Discimus College
Debrecen01-1999
Skills
MS Office, CAT translation management tools (MemoQ, Trados, DejaVu), Adobe DC Pro
Content strategy development
Project management
Content management systems
Copywriting expertise
Brand voice consistency
Localization and translation
Whitepaper and E-book creation
Competitor content analysis
Editorial planning
EXTRA CURRICULAR
Cooking is my hobby and family role in one Reading, writing, blogging, films, poems Sens of humour, third point of view Easy and speedy acquisition of new systems, lexicon, processes Avoiding unnecessary conflicts, friendly, keep looking for an optimal solution Cooking is my hobby and family role in one Reading, writing, blogging, films, poems Sens of humour, third point of view Easy and speedy acquisition of new systems, lexicon, processes Avoiding unnecessary conflicts, friendly, keep looking for an optimal solution
Timeline
Content Specialist
EPAM Systems
04.2021 - Current
Customer Agent in English
TransferWise LLC
01.2020 - 12.2020
Copywriter, Content Developer
Lightware Visual Engineering
09.2015 - 01.2020
Copywriter, Translator
Novusoftware Kft
01.2014 - 01.2015
International Account Manager, Technical Writer, Translator, Document and Contract Coordinator
FSD Reenergy Kft
09.2010 - 01.2013
Marketing Coordinator / Agent
MultiMedia Kft
01.2010 - 07.2010
Account Manager, Creative Content Creator, Localization Specialist
Netshaker Kft
01.2005 - 01.2009
Translator, Copywriter and Transcreator
Freelancing
01.2000 - Current
Teacher of English to L2 Learners
Colleges, Language Schools, Companies and Secondary Schools
01.1999 - 02.2002
Cinema Complex Manager
Ster Century / UCI Mo. Kft
01.1999 - 01.2004
Master of Science - English and American Studies
University of Debrecen
Film script/dubbing translator, writer
Hungarovox studio
Business sales and foreign trade postgraduate degree
Külkerinfo Kft, Discimus College