Localisation Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Title: Localization Project Manager

Location: Budapest

HBO Max is the future of entertainment and storytelling.

HBO Max™ is WarnerMedia's direct-to-consumer streaming platform, offering best in class quality entertainment. HBO Max features the greatest array of storytelling for all audiences from the iconic brands of HBO, Warner Bros., DC, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Turner Classic Movies and more. The platform launched in the United States in May 2020 and introduced a lower priced, advertising-supported tier in June 2021. HBO Max began its global rollout launching in markets across Latin America and the Caribbean this summer, followed by its first European launches in the Nordics and Spain. It has been announced that HBO Max will continue its European expansion for a global reach of 67 countries in 2022.

The Team 

The Digital Creative Services team of HBO Max EMEA is a mix of professionals with expertise in branding and performance, focused on the full-funnel customer experience. We're looking for talented team members who understand the power of brand and design as well as KPIs, call-to-action and promotion within digital advertising channels.   

The Job  

As Localization Project Manager, your role will be to ensure the smooth delivery of high-quality copy in multiple European languages, for campaign and always-on content in HBO Max's digital channels. You will be working closely with internal and external project managers. You will coordinate between external translators and translation agencies and your design, copy and project management colleagues within the Digital Creative Services and Editorial Curation teams. You will be responsible for the briefing of translators, as well as the organization and timely delivery of copy assets for Digital Creative Services, to execute projects for clients in the CRM, social media, display, and platform teams.

Together with 11 in-house copywriters, you will ensure the quality of copy across multiple markets during campaign production phases and continuously for the HBO Max platform itself. You will manage delivery calendars and make sure all assets arrive in time for implementation. Your initial portfolio of external translators to manage will be 8, across the Nordics, Central Europe, and Portugal. You will always have up to date knowledge for the management of Digital Creative Services' language localization software, quality control of all copy assets and daily communication with external translation partners. And you will help to ensure there is smooth collaboration between the Editorial Curation team and the Digital Creative Services team

This job isn't simply about day-to-day assistance of creative campaigns that take us beyond our KPIs. It's also about building a meaningful, long-lasting relationship between our brand, millions of people, and the entertainment we all love.

The Daily   

Coordinate CRM, social media, dynamic display, and platform copy across 25 markets in close collaboration with 2 localization colleagues.

Assist the production and execution of multi-faceted creative marketing campaigns that drive acquisition, engagement, and retention.

Help to keep the translation calendar up to date, working with multiple campaign plans.

Support collaboration with regional teams ensuring local relevance of all creative copy.  

Create briefs and help ensure that all information on new projects is passed on to external translators.

Assemble translated copies using localization tools. 

Support quality control processes on all copy from external translators and in-house writers.

Work closely with translators to share insights and strategies to increase engagement, optimize user experience and increase conversion rates.

Share creative specifications with translators, outlining components and guidelines to ensure a consistent experience across touchpoints.  

Create Purchase Orders and support the team managing invoices.

Understand the management and allocation of copywriter resources within Digital Creative Services and Editorial Curation. 

The Essentials  

5+ years' experience in project management (preferably in multilingual content production).

Intercultural communication experience and additional European languages, preferably from the Nordics or Central Europe.  

High attention to detail. 

Quality control experience in digital production. 

Team player, ability to collaborate easily.

Ability to work across multiple projects, under tight deadlines, and whilst maintaining a focus on both the big picture and the smallest details.

Excellent communication and organizational skills.  

Self-starter and the ability to creatively problem solve.  

Excellent command of English.  

An understanding of digital marketing best practices and scheduling tactics.  

The Nice-To-Haves

Experience using language localization tools and processes. 

Experience in analyzing success of content.   

Additional languages.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-ron5n6-3-149-252-37-42 in your application.