Leana Plotz
West Des Moines,IA
Summary
Highly-motivated with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Business Development Manager
Plotz Contacting Solutions
Des Moines, IA
06.2020 - Current
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and market share.
- Developed relationships between Spanish speaking companies and ours.
- Translating between American and Latin American contractors
- Write and review contracts in both languages English and Spanish. Go through and finalize both ways contacts.
- Translated documents from English to Spanish and vice versa for various clients.
- Interpreted conversations between Spanish-speaking clients and English-speaking staff members.
- Provided written translations of legal, medical, and technical documents.
- Conducted consecutive and simultaneous interpretation at meetings, conferences, and court hearings.
- Assisted with the development of language training programs for staff members who needed to learn a foreign language for business purposes.
- Developed glossaries of industry terms used by companies when translating their material into other languages.
- Facilitated communication for people with limited language proficiency.
Social Video Producer
Cinematicahn
Los Angeles, California
02.2015 - 12.2019
- As a social psychologist graduate in Honduras I worked several social documentaries around Latin America (Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras.) Working for companies like John Deere Honduras, UNICEF, Libre Expresión, Honduran Government just to name some.
- Assisted in pre-production tasks such as creating scripts and shot lists.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines.
- Communicated effectively with team members to ensure high quality results.
- Collaborated with clients to develop video concepts and storyboards in English and Spanish.
- Created and edited videos for a variety of platforms, including broadcast television, web, mobile devices, and social media
- Translated written and spoken materials for non-English speaking individuals and organizations.
- Facilitated communication between English and Spanish-speaking parties in both verbal and written forms.
- Provided onsite interpreting services to community organizations such as hospitals, schools, courts, social service agencies.
- Explained cultural nuances when translating conversations between two different languages.
Education
Associate of Science - Social Psychology
Universidad Católica De Honduras
Honduras06-2006
Skills
- Project management
- Verbal and written communication
- Bilingual in spanish and English
- Cultural awareness
- Simultaneous interpretation
- Work flow planning
- Price quote preparation
- Microsoft office suite expert
- Staff management
- Construction management
Timeline
Business Development Manager
Plotz Contacting Solutions
06.2020 - Current
Social Video Producer
Cinematicahn
02.2015 - 12.2019
Associate of Science - Social Psychology
Universidad Católica De Honduras