Qualifications
Media postgraduate with in-depth project management experience
Enterprise client and cross-functional vendor/client team management experience
Localization leader focused on process improvement, tooling, escalation procedures, and QA
Education
Postgraduate qualification in media (institution not publicly disclosed)
Expertise
Internationalisation
Localization operations
Stakeholder management
Vendor management
Process improvement
Localization QA
Hyper-localization
Rachel Carruthers is Head of Internationalisation & Localisation at Canva, with media postgraduate training and extensive project management experience serving large enterprise clients. She specializes in global team efficiency, stakeholder management, vendor and client team coordination, process improvement, tools, escalation procedures, QA, and hyper-localized global content.
Experience
Global Platform Partnerships Lead at Canva
Apr 2023 to Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 10 mos
Head of Internationalisation & Localisation at Canva
Feb 2019 to Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos
Head of Localisation at Canva
Mar 2017 to Apr 2023 · 6 yrs 1 mo
Program Manager at SapientNitro
Oct 2016 to Mar 2017 · 5 mos
Senior Project Manager at Welocalize
Jul 2010 to Jan 2015 · 4 yrs 6 mos
Recent articles and events
Qualifications
Media postgraduate with in-depth project management experience
Enterprise client and cross-functional vendor/client team management experience
Localization leader focused on process improvement, tooling, escalation procedures, and QA
Education
Postgraduate qualification in media (institution not publicly disclosed)
Expertise
Internationalisation
Localization operations
Stakeholder management
Vendor management
Process improvement
Localization QA
Hyper-localization
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