Localization Product Manager
Duration: 1 year
Location: Austin, TX Hybrid
Job Description
- Responsible for producing Client’s Fitness localized content with limited supervision.
- Localization experience and project management ability is essential.
- The Localization Project Manager (LPM) is expected to work closely with vendors to outline expectations.
- The LPM will work with other LPMs, and vendors to ensure that localization projects are on track, relevant to the audience, and represents Client’s’s voice in the market place.
- The LPM will manage the input of localized data into multiple internal and vendor systems without error. The successful candidate must be highly detail-oriented, and be able to judge and manage linguistic issues for 39 languages and all territories Client’s covers.
- Localization QA experience is required, and software QA experience is preferred.
KEY COMPETENCIES
Must possess a solid understanding of online production processes and a passion for meeting the needs of client’s international customers. Fitness – related media experience in international marketplace highly desirable; Apps, TV, Movies, Music – media related experience a plus. Teamwork –
The candidate will coordinate projects with vendors, localization team staff, the legal team and other departments across client localizing Store-related content. Must possess the desire to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment; this role requires flexibility, the ability to wisely prioritize tasks, and rapidly apply keen judgment to complex situations.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The ideal candidate will be committed to giving our non-US customers user experience equivalent to or superior to that of our US customers by producing localized content. To be qualified for this position, you must have the following:
• BA degree or equivalent
• Linguistic skill in language other than English; excellent English communication skills
• Project management experience; localization production preferred
• Experience in methods of Software QA and/or QA automation is a plus
• Excellent verbal communication, written communication, and presentation skills
Duties: You will project manage campaigns from concept level to go-live, represent localization team in meetings, manage deliverables, prepare and present presentations.
- Works with producers of English/Int'l English/other language content, and vendors to ensure that localization production can be undertaken with no rework.
- Analyze and manage localized data.
- Familiarity with Client’s, iTunes and iCloud brands are required. Knowledge of marketing copy, international marketing copy and the global marketplace desired.
- Must possess the desire to work in a demanding and fast-paced environment and have the ability to prioritize urgent issues.
Skills:
• Familiarity with iTunes (music, TV, movies, apps, iTunes U, etc.); ability to write, as well as edit copy as an International Editorial expert.
• Expert level editorial capability English language required.
• Editorial experience and journalistic background in Music are highly preferred.
• Ability to learn and manage data in complex content management systems.
• Teamwork – The candidate will coordinate localization projects with marketing, vendors, localization team staff, legal and other departments across Client’s globally.
• Must be highly detail-oriented with extreme sense of urgency and able to multitask.
• Comfort in multiple languages desired and ability to deal with large volumes in up to 40 languages simultaneously.
• Comfort and competence working on the Mac platform, using iOS and familiarity with Client’s UI terminology necessary.
