French Language Manager - Globalization

Job Description

Our team is looking for an experienced French Language Manager to manage the overall language strategy of all French language localized product and assets for our French audience.

They will work closely with external resources and internal stakeholders and partners at Netflix to create the best-localized French language content assets and product experience for our growing member base in France.

The French Language Manager will be based in Paris and will be part of the EMEA Globalization team.

The Role (Duties & Responsibilities)
• Language expertise
• Define and set language standards and expectations for all French localization work at Netflix (inc. style guides, glossary of terms, etc.)
• Continue to develop and drive the best language variant approach to support a diverse French-speaking audience all across France
• Product & Content
• Drive the French language strategy for the localized product experience in France, using localization vendors and creative agencies - by building, training and maintaining translation and review teams for the market
• Gain deep knowledge and awareness of product and content data for France and define quality expectations through research, A/B testing and Linguistic QA framework
• Focus on regional product initiatives and customizations, proactively engage with internal and regional stakeholders to create an optimized and consistent local user experience and ecosystem for our French members
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Provide cultural & linguistic consultancy, localization advocacy, and influence other teams at Netflix in order to deliver the best possible user experience to our French-speaking members (and non-members) in France
• Proactively engage with relevant regional stakeholders (e.g. Marketing, PR, Social, Content) for additional context and insights on high visibility titles and to define the best creative and linguistic approach for top priority content
• Work closely with our International Dubbing team to influence the language strategy of local language dubbed assets for Netflix branded and unbranded content in France
• Work closely with Globalization cross-functional teams to anticipate, identify and fix linguistic, product, subtitling and dubbing issues related to your region
• Stakeholder Management
• Work closely with our vendors' Language Leads to monitor quality standards for your region
• Work closely with external resources (localization vendors, creative agencies and copywriters) on building a scalable creative workflow for the localization and transcreation of title names into French, as well as French subtitles of Netflix Original and licensed content

Qualifications - The successful candidate
• Will thrive in our Culture;
• A solid experience writing and editing in French for France in the entertainment space - experience in subtitling a must;
• Native fluency in French and full professional fluency in English;
• Experience writing in French for a multi-market audience and ability to address and advice on the French regional language variant challenges;
• Strong knowledge of the movie/entertainment industry across France;
• Strong business acumen and proven stakeholder management skills;
• Self-starter: Ability to show initiative and work independently;
• Experience in creative localization (film and series title names, content synopses, entertainment-related articles, subtitling, dubbing) - knowledge of the product localization workflows and pitfalls a plus;
• Excellent communication, and interpersonal skills;
• Willingness to travel often in region as well as between our LA and Bay Area offices.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rn3pmg-216-73-216-62-42 in your application.