Senior Localization Manager, Global Localization

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Job summary

We are currently seeking an highly experienced Senior Localization Manager to help the Global Localization team launch Originals content. The Senior Localization Manager will closely collaborate with established Senior and peer Localization Managers. The Senior Localization Manager will be assigned complex series and movie titles, relying on their best judgment to navigate through challenging situations with less defined and established workflows to locate the best path forward. They will field escalations and assist other team members as well. They will also seek to capture and articulate trends to better improve the creative experience across all titles.

Similar to the Localization Manager role, they will also track assigned series and movies production and delivery progress while overseeing the processing of all required assets from third-party production facilities through Amazon's contracted vendors for end-to-end ownership of localization and delivery to Prime Video (PV) - 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 content is 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 productions and third-party localization vendors on work related to the translation/adaptation, casting, recording, and versioning of Amazon Studios Originals content for global release. They will build relationships, troubleshoot complex situations, identify trends, and help streamline and achieve alignment across a variety of global vendors as well as internal teams (including Mastering, Strategy, Legal, Business Affairs, Post, and Production). This role requires the ownership and execution of a department wide initiative – serving as a Subject Matter Expert for a technology build, rolling out a new workflow across the team, or creating/managing a set of guidelines.

This position will also work with Localization Billing staff to track and monitor expenditures for all localization related work. For content originating in languages other than English, this role will additionally be responsible for localization into English. 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 roll-outs for future growth potential and efficiency.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
* 6+ years of comprehensive experience with a variety of centralized Subtitling and Dubbing localization workflows and product types, including complex movies or series across multiple regions and languages, and experience working in the local office of a global studio or post-production environment geared toward work with the same
* 6+ years of comprehensive experience with acquisition and delivery of assets from producing entities to a studio or vendor
* Direct experience with utilizing 3P post vendors and creating schedules from the beginning (greenlight) to end (distribution) of episodic television life cycles globally
* Direct experience with creating or improving a variety of digital media workflows and asset management hand-offs
* Documented ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, under aggressive timelines with limited oversight

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Proven ability to communicate through a narrative writing, and gain buy-in of executive stakeholders
* Self-motivated to work independently while being able to contribute to and align cross-functional teams
* Subject Matter Expertise in entertainment, post-production, and localization terminology
* Subject Matter Expertise across a wide array of media asset types and transport mechanisms
* Familiarity with localization preferences, practices, and standards, specifically in relation to Southeast Asia
* Experience working across time zones with global teams internationally
* Experience with component-based localization and mastering workflows such as IMF or MMC

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnv3x3-18-191-157-186-42 in your application.