Virginia Elizabeth Roberts
virginia@virginiaroberts.com
(206) 790-2559

EDUCATION
B.A. 2003 in Linguistics from Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA; degree coursework primarily at Swarthmore College; 4.0 senior thesis on Romance linguistics

EXPERIENCE
The Heartographer online dating consulting, Self-employed (September 2007–Present)
•Helping customers across the globe navigate all aspects of online dating to find lasting relationships
•Marketing, advertising, web and graphic design, bookkeeping, and all other aspects of running a small business

Freelance writing, editing, and QA (October 2007—Present)
•Freelance writing and editing projects, ranging from highly technical to light-hearted lifestyle pieces
•Linguistic, functionality, and usability testing for various software applications, websites, technical documents and games
•Marketing, social media, branding consulting, editing, and proofreading

Kindle Content Quality Specialist, Amazon, Seattle, WA (July 2011–December 2012)
•Improving Kindle content and devices for readers all over the globe

French Linguistic QA Specialist, NCsoft West, Seattle, WA (May 2010–July 2011)
•Making Aion and other NCsoft products fantastic in French and Spanish

Trilingual Product Tester, Nintendo of America, Redmond, WA (August 2008–April 2010)
•Making Wii and DS games fantastic in many languages

Linguistic Software Tester, Microsoft, Redmond, WA (February–September 2007)
•Improving Catalan linguistic proofing tools

Organized Play Manager, Devir US, LLC, Seattle, WA (June 2006–February 2007)
•Managing organized play across all of Latin American for all sorts of fun games

Legal Assistant, Wechsler Becker LLP, Seattle, WA (February 2004–June 2006)
•Juggling far too many things for a very busy and fabulous senior partner

References and samples are available upon request; some recommendations available via LinkedIn.