portfolio.about
Hi! I'm Cristina Niculescu-Skov, Sr. Design Ops Manager at Planday; based in Copenhagen.
My background runs from journalism through to game design, product management to UX — which is probably why I treat localization as a "systems problem with words in it".
I speak English fluently, Romanian natively and Danish basically.
I'm ambitious and believe that there's always a way to achieve what you want. Like running half-marathons under two hours or buidling and upkeeping a company event website solo for three months (153 users, 99.9% uptime).
If you're scaling a global product and your localization still feels like a costly bottleneck, I'd love to talk: cris.n.skov@gmail.com · LinkedIn
portfolio.work
Where I've done the work
Six-plus years scaling localization and content operations — the highlights, not the case studies.
Jun 2026 — present
Planday from Xero
Sr. Design Ops Managercurrent
Leading org-wide AI adoption across design & research, and the no-touch translation pipeline for product development.
May 2024 — May 2026
Planday from Xero
Senior Content Designer (UX Specialist)
Cost-efficient, AI-driven cross-org localization ops for all releases, plus scalable UI/UX audit tools and lean workflows.
Oct 2019 — Apr 2024
Planday / Xero
Product — Systems & Localisation (Content Designer)
Owned end-to-end in-product localization for 18 languages, and the foundational guidelines, patterns and IA systems behind it.
Aug 2017 — Nov 2018
Tactile Entertainment
Product Manager
Directed execution and delivery for rapid-cadence releases across three apps and three platforms. Certified Scrum Master.
Dec 2016 — Aug 2017
Tactile Entertainment
UX Designer (Level Designer)
Level and experience design for live mobile titles.
Key projects
- →Built and automated AI localisation pipelines integrated with design and engineering workflows.
- →Established robust documentation practices for AI agent support: content design, design principles, tone of voice.
- →Supported commercial website re-release, source-to-live: 129 pages, 45,000 source words, 8 languages, delivered for review in 3 weeks.
portfolio.skills
Skills, systems & schooling
What I bring to a team, the tools I run it on, and where the thinking came from.
Stack
Competencies
Soft skills
Systems
Languages
Education
- Advanced Content for Product · UXCC2025
- AI for UX (Design Academy) · UX Writing Hub2024
- MSc. Game Design · ITU, Copenhagen2014–2016
- BSc. Medialogy · AAU, Copenhagen2011–2014
- BSc. Journalism & Comm. Sciences · UniBuc, Bucharest2008–2011