Localization Producer

ManpowerGroup - Cupertino, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Cupertino, CA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Localization Producer role is a contract position focused on supporting marketing localization efforts for a leading manufacturing company. The position involves managing the localization process for marketing initiatives across multiple languages, ensuring high-quality content delivery while collaborating with various teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Supports the content localization process of marketing initiatives into 16+ languages.
• Plans and manages project intake, translation, transcreation, validation, copywriting, editing, layout, and in-situ reviews based on content needs.
• Partners closely with cross-functional producers and manages end-to-end localization production following creative processes and best practices.
• Defines strategic prioritizations of projects and manages traffic schedules and scope to identify resourcing needs against workload and budget.
• Attends meetings, works closely with production and creative teams to understand business needs and how that impacts production lead times.
• Shares production timelines with stakeholders and adjusts based on strategic prioritization.
• Briefs in-house writing team or external vendors on localization efforts, ensuring they have detailed business context and project instructions.
• Acts as the primary point of escalation for all content and linguistic queries from linguists.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as project manager or producer within the localization industry or within an international creative agency/marketing environment.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with competing priorities across country-based talent in multiple timezones, remaining calm under pressure.
• Must exhibit a high degree of accountability.
• Strong appreciation for product/cultural nuances by geography.
• Detailed knowledge of translation, localization processes, and traffic production.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, teamwork, and organizational skills.
• Creative and analytical thinking, a can-do attitude, and flexibility to accommodate evolving business needs and comfort with a high level of ambiguity.
• Language skills in one or more languages other than English strongly preferred.
• Experience with translation and project management tools e.g. SDL WorldServer or other translation management systems is preferred.
• Experience in multilingual graphic design, desktop publishing, and knowledge of programs like iWork, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop is preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Language skills in one or more languages other than English strongly preferred.
• Experience with translation and project management tools e.g. SDL WorldServer or other translation management systems is preferred.
• Experience in multilingual graphic design, desktop publishing, and knowledge of programs like iWork, InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop is preferred.

Benefits

• Remote work opportunity
• Possibility of contract extension after 7 months