Who I am
I'm Areum Seo — a localization professional, linguist, and builder working across Korean, Japanese, and English. I came to Tokyo on a MEXT scholarship, completed a master's in applied linguistics at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and spent years teaching Japanese at Waseda and Korean at JCFL before moving into industry.
My professional work spans localization QA, translation, project management, and language operations — with past experience at Amazon Japan, where I received a Customer Obsession Award. My expertise runs across linguistics, gaming, technical docs, marketing, and entertainment.
Lately I've been building. Python, SQL, Streamlit, Snowflake, GitHub. I hold a SnowPro Associate certification and have been earning credentials in data engineering and generative AI in Coursera. I don't call myself a developer yet — but I ship things, and I keep going.
What I've built
Find Your Sole
A personalized running shoe recommendation app. Answer a few questions about your foot type, running style, and budget — get matched with the right shoe, explained by AI. Started as a Streamlit web app, now available as an iOS app.
Stockpulse Select
An AI-powered stock dashboard iOS app. Claude searches the web in real time to analyze and display the latest stock information for Korean and US markets — with ETF search, streaming cards, and links to Naver Finance and Yahoo Finance.
Experience
Localization Project Management
Managing multilingual workflows, stakeholder expectations, quality processes, and delivery timelines across languages and teams.
Translation, Interpretation & Achievement
Cross-lingual communication work across Korean, Japanese, and English — review, adaptation, and quality improvement.
Browse archive →Tool Building & Automation
Bringing structured PM thinking into practical tooling — building utilities that make language work less painful and more trackable.
Publications & Research
Academic work in linguistics, language education, and assessment — developed during graduate study in Tokyo.
Browse archive →Other work
Media & Reporting
Tokyo correspondent work and selected video reporting. Language-first coverage of culture, society, and place.
Browse archive →Photography
Selected photography work developed through long-term practice. Quiet, deliberate, seasonal.
View on Instagram →Flower Arrangement
Flower arrangement work developed through long-term practice. Quiet, deliberate, seasonal.
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