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Anja Tourmo Finseth

Fort Thomas,KY

Summary

Bilingual customer service and moderation professional for high-profile mobile app games and consumer product companies, detail-oriented German news and podcast author and German language instructor.

Overview

35
35
years of professional experience

Work History

Customer Service and Moderation Agent

ModSquad
08.2013 - Current

Deliver comprehensive customer support in a knowledgeable, friendly, and reliable manner from simple account retrievals to solving complicated technical issues. Handled merchandise issues, conducted sales, and replied to social media queries. Provide game moderation to assure fair play. Processed returns, exchanges, and refunds.

German News and Podcast Author

Linguistica 360
04.2016 - Current

Author scripts for a weekly podcast highlighting German grammatical concepts or German idiomatic expressions to facilitate language learning. Published a 4 episode creative writing series called "Grimm". Acted as chief English news writer and created a weekly topical news podcast about German politics, culture, and history.

German Language Instructor

Private Students, Corporate Clients
02.2000 - Current

Teach the German language, culture and history to both private students and corporate clients of all levels and abilities. Instructed American servicemembers in preparation for their deployment to Germany.

Blog Writer

Random House, Living Languages
02.2014 - 10.2017

Wrote a blog about German language idioms and proverbs. Provided German language instruction.

German Localization Editor

6waves
01.2013 - 07.2013

Localized the German release of several online Facebook games such as Township and Aviator.

Intern

Commission of the European Union, Brussels
05.1991 - 08.1991

Analzyed international trade flows and EU economic development policies for a senior staff economist in the Directorate General for External Affairs.

Education

Free University of Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Skills

  • Fully bilingual German native language ability and native-like fluency in English
  • Ability to simultaneously translate from German into English
  • Experienced writer across news, podcasts, and language learning genres
  • Strong research skills
  • CRM software expertise (Zendesk, Salesforce, Helpdesk)
  • Passion for teaching with patience and empathy
  • Attention to detail, professionalism, and reliability to a fault

Timeline

German News and Podcast Author

Linguistica 360
04.2016 - Current

Blog Writer

Random House, Living Languages
02.2014 - 10.2017

Customer Service and Moderation Agent

ModSquad
08.2013 - Current

German Localization Editor

6waves
01.2013 - 07.2013

German Language Instructor

Private Students, Corporate Clients
02.2000 - Current

Intern

Commission of the European Union, Brussels
05.1991 - 08.1991

Free University of Berlin
Anja Tourmo Finseth