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Localization Project Manager

Cupertino, CA 95014

Posted: 01/10/2025 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Account & Project Management Job Number: 627326 Country: United States Is job remote?: Yes

Job Description


Location: Remote
Schedule: PST Hours, 9-5:30pm
Pay: Up to $75.60/hour DOE 
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision and more 
 
Planet Interactive is looking for a Localization Project Manager to join our well known Fortune 500 client on a 6-month contract. This role will work 40 hours per week and is able to be done remotely, working on PST hours. Previous experience working with retail materials highly preferred.

Localization Project Manager Responsibilities: 
  • Supports the content localization process of our 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 the strategic prioritisation
  • Briefs in-house writing team or external vendors on localization efforts, ensuring they have detailed business context and project instructions to produce world class localization
  • Acts as the primary point of escalation for all content and linguistic queries from linguists. Works with business partners to resolve content and translation queries or bug
Localization Project Manager Qualifications:
  • 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 time zones, remaining calm under pressure
  • Must exhibit 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
Education:
  • BA in Linguistics / Translation, Graphic Design, Marketing or business-related field
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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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