Job Title: Producer III
Client Location: Local to Culver City
Starting: ASAP
Salary/Pay Rate: $75 to $80/hr + benefits
Firm, non-negotiable: No
Hours: Full-time
Duration: 3 months (potential to extend)
Job Description:
Our client is building their Global Operations team. The Localization Programs & Strategy group is seeking a Localization Producer who is eager to contribute to this exciting endeavor which allows our client to speak to customers around the globe! Their Localization Producers will report to a Localization Program lead and closely collaborate with cross functional peers across International Marketing, Global Marketing and Studios Production and Mastering.
They will track assigned series/movies marketing campaign delivery progress while overseeing the processing of required assets from third-party production facilities through our client's contracted vendors for localization, mastering, and delivery — ensuring aggressive global release timetables are met. They will be responsible for: updating and maintaining various schedules, keeping vendors and regional POCs up-to-date as creative materials are finalized, tracking localization progress, pursuing outstanding materials, organizing assets for final delivery to content publishing, troubleshooting any upstream or downstream rejections, and assessing and acting on customer feedback.
The role will liaise between current production and third-party localization vendors on work related to the translation/adaptation, casting, recording, and versioning of marketing campaigns for global release — while helping to streamline and achieve alignment across a variety of global vendors as well as internal teams (including Mastering, Strategy, Post, and Production). This position will also work with Localization Billing staff to track and monitor expenditures for all localization related work. The ideal candidate should be willing and able to handle a heavily administrative day-to-day while also collaborating and contributing to process planning and rollouts for future growth potential and efficiency.
Responsibilities:
- Liaise between Studios Production, Marketing and third-party localization vendors on work related to the translation/adaptation, casting, recording, and versioning of marketing campaigns for global launch — while streamlining operations and achieving alignment across a variety of global vendor and internal teams.
- Track series or movies campaign delivery progress while overseeing the processing of all required assets from third-party facilities through contracted vendors for end-to-end ownership of localization and delivery — ensuring aggressive global release timetables are met.
- Oversee project delivery calendars, keeping vendors and regional POCs up-to-date as escalations or significant rejections occur, high profile content is finalized, troubleshooting any upstream or downstream rejections, and assessing and acting on Customer feedback.
- Identify process and cost efficiency opportunities, and work with manager and peers to improve current practices.
Experience:
- 3+ years of creative services or marketing experience
- 3+ years of entertainment, brand or production entity experience
- 3+ years of localization experience
- Experience and understanding of the workflow within a marketing, production, or creative department or company
- Experience or general understanding of the post production or mastering process
- Experience working with asset management tools
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, specifically Outlook and Excel
- Experience working with global stakeholders
- Extreme attention to detail with manual data entry
Ideal Candidate:
- Experience working on or with large-scale, global creative campaigns
- Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, specifically Photoshop and Premiere
- Experience working in Smartsheet
The target hiring compensation range for this role is $75 to $80 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
About Aquent Talent:
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Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!
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