As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.comTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.OVERVIEWThe Junior Localization Project Manager works alongside our localization teams for end-to-end for product launches, marketing campaigns, CRM, e-mails, and web content, oversee localization and QA workflow, and make sure everything is delivered on time and with high quality, including managing project queries.Main DutiesYou will work within the Agile sprint methodology to support continuous delivery of localisation projects. You will be a point of contact for the many cross-functional stakeholders who require localization services.Process, oversee and deliver assigned translation requests. This involves preparing files for translation, uploading/downloading to/from the translation management system, preparing instructions, determining timelines, answering questions from vendors/the team/cross-functional partners, managing JIRA tickets in the team's sprint.Coordinate with localization vendors and with the Content Localization team to ensure project delivery to specifications.Coordinate with internal cross-functional teams to deliver assigned projects.Work within the SCRUM framework.Participate in project retrospectives and sprint ceremonies, either with the team or with our cross-functional partners.RequirementsKnowledge of the localization/translation industry and localisation tools such as a translation management platform (Smartling a plus).At least 1 year experience in the localization and/or project management fields.Experience with the Scrum/Agile framework is not essential but is a bonus.Ideally, fluency in languages other than English (especially Italian and/or Portuguese). Linguistic/translation experience a bonus.Key Skills & CompetenciesDeeply understand of the company values and be able to perform accordingly. Detail-oriented, quality-focused with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively.Flexible approach to people, projects, and assignments.Presentation skillsExcellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.Experience working in a fast-paced environment. Ability to learn rapidly and master diverse technologies and techniques.
