Introduction

My name is Sara Wendel-Örtqvist and I currently work for Sharkmob as an English LQA Specialist.

I graduated from the University of Skövde in 2009, where I studied Games Development – Design.

Game Development Experience

January 2025 – March 2025

English LQA Specialist at Sharkmob

• Secured the quality of the English in-game text.
• Contributed to improving workflow and processes for LQA and QA.

October 2020 – January 2025

Senior Localization Coordinator at Avalanche Studios Group

• Managed localization of in-game, marketing, and legal texts in up to 23 languages.
• Collaborated and communicated with developers and production to enhance the localization pipeline.
• Led internationalization and culturalization efforts.
• Coordinated scheduling with external language service providers.
• Created and maintained glossaries and reference materials to aid external multilingual teams in maintaining consistency and quality.
• Managed and updated source and target language texts in the string database.
• Contributed to improving localization tools and workflows.

August 2015 – September 2020

Localization Manager at Paradox Development Studio (PDS)

• Hired Language Service Providers
• Exported & imported in-game text through an in-house tool
• Aided external multilingual teams in maintaining consistency and quality
• Handled localization bug reports
• Proofread and edited in-game English text
• Produced a weekly internal newsletter for Paradox Interactive’s studios
• Managed beta testers, including NDAs and project removals
• Created and updated the PDS localization process
• Updated the beta tester program
• Handled game sponsorships at PDS for schools

October 2013 – August 2015:

Senior Lore Developer at Paradox Development Studio

• Level design
• Game Writing
• Scripting
• Managed game writers, a scripter, and a level designer

January 2010 – October 2013:

Content Designer at Paradox Development Studio
Writing and scripting events, historical databases, researching historical events, characters, and other useful data.

Projects

Sharkmob
Exoborne

Avalanche Studios Group

• theHunter: Call of the Wild
  • Scopes & Crosshairs
  • German Shorthaired Pointer
  • Salzwiesen Park
  • Hunter’s Choice: Bolt-Action Rifle Pack
  • Sundarpatan Hunting Reserve
  • Scopes & Crosshairs Pack
  • Labrador Retriever
  • High Caliber Weapon Pack
  • Yukon Valley Cosmetic Pack
  • Cuatro Colinas Cosmetic Pack
  • Silver Ridge Peaks Cosmetic Pack
  • Te Awaroa Cosmetic Pack
  • Rancho del Arroyo Cosmetic Pack
  • Mississippi Acres Cosmetic Pack
  • Revontuli Coast Cosmetic Pack
  • Emerald Coast Cosmetic Pack
• Call of the Wild: theAngler
  • Spain Reserve
• Ravenbound
• Second Extinction

Paradox Development Studio

• Crusader Kings III
• Hearts of Iron IV Base game + DLCs:
  • Battle for the Bosporus
  • Man the Guns
  • Waking the Tiger
  • Death or Dishonor
  • Together for Victory
• Stellaris Base game + DLCs:
  • Plantoids Species pack
  • Leviathans
  • Utopia
  • Synthetic Dawn
  • Humanoids Species pack
  • Apocalypse
  • Distant Stars
  • MegaCorp
  • Ancient Relics
  • Lithoids Species Pack
  • Federations
  • Necroids Species pack
• Imperator: Rome Base game + DLCs:
  • The Punic Wars
  • Magna Graecia
  • Epirus
• Crusader Kings II Base game + DLCs:
  • Sword of Islam
  • Horse Lords
  • Conclave
  • The Reaper’s Due
  • Monks and Mystics
  • Jade Dragon
  • Holy Fury
• Europa Universalis IV Base game + DLCs:
  • Dharma
  • Rule Britannia
  • Common Sense
  • Cradle of Civilization
  • El Dorado
  • Mandate of Heaven
  • Mare Nostrum
  • Rights of Man
  • The Cossacks
  • Third Rome
• Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind
• Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi
• March of the Eagles
• Runemaster (canceled)
• Sengoku
• Victoria II

September 2007 – May 2009:

Game Writer and Voice Actor Manager on the Decadence Mod: A HalfLife 2-mod featuring four characters fighting in two teams for control over water nodes. The two-versus-two multiplayer mod is a total conversion based on the Source Engine. Read more at www.decadencemod.com.

• Wrote the background stories for the four characters
• Wrote dialogue lines for the characters
• Found voice actors for the characters
• Managed the voice actors and their lines
• Wrote descriptions of the world of Decadence

January 2007 – Mars 2007:

Level Designer and Game Designer on Shopper Rush: A small 2D game developed during a program course at the University of Skövde. Shopper Rush is a top-down perspective “racing game”. The player competes against 1000+ AI-controlled opponents in a shopping mall, trying to get a limited-stock item before it runs out.
• Made levels for the game.
• Wrote descriptions of the limited item the player raced to get.

Education

August 2006 – June 2009:

Game Development – Design
The University of Skövde, B.A. in Media, graduated June 2009.

August 2003 – June 2006:

IT, Communication and Leadership Infokomp in Karlstad, graduated June 2006.

Software Knowledge

• Notepad++
• MS office
• OpenOffice
• Adobe Photoshop
• SmartGit
• SVN Tortoise
• Asana
• Google Suite
• Hansoft
• Perforce
• Confluence
• JIRA
• Trello

Languages

Fluent in Swedish and English.