Miguel Sepulveda

Miguel Sepulveda

Globalization Director at King

Qualifications

Globalization Director at King, leading localization since 2014

Held localization and QA leadership roles at Lionbridge, Electronic Arts and Vodafone

Specialist in games localization and localization quality assurance

Expertise

Localization

Games localization

Globalization

Localization QA

Vendor management

Localization strategy

Miguel Sepulveda is Globalization Director at King, the games company behind Candy Crush, where he has led localization since 2014. He shapes King's localization strategy across a network of hundreds of millions of players, sharing best practices and expanding the company's language support. His career spans more than two decades of localization and QA leadership at companies including Lionbridge, Electronic Arts, Vodafone and Sulake.

Experience

Globalization Director at King

Apr 2023 — Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Leads globalization strategy for the games company behind Candy Crush.

Global Localization Manager at King

Sep 2016 to Apr 2023 · 6 yrs 7 mos

Defined and implemented King's localization strategy, best practices and language-support expansion.

Localization Manager at King

Jun 2014 to Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Built and ran the Barcelona team, managing translation quality, vendor strategy and tooling.

President at Nova Communication Toastmasters Madrid

Sep 2023 to Jun 2024 · 9 mos

Volunteer president of the Nova club of the Madrid Toastmasters chapter.

Vendor Manager at Nóvalo eLinguistic Services

Oct 2013 to Apr 2014 · 6 mos

Managed vendor database, translator sourcing and localization rate negotiation.

Localization Manager - Habbo Hotel Localization at Sulake

Mar 2012 to Aug 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

Managed localization of Habbo Hotel across 12 languages, including CAT tools and translation memories.

Qualifications

Globalization Director at King, leading localization since 2014

Held localization and QA leadership roles at Lionbridge, Electronic Arts and Vodafone

Specialist in games localization and localization quality assurance

Expertise

Localization

Games localization

Globalization

Localization QA

Vendor management

Localization strategy

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