About the job

About WPP ProductionWe are WPP Production - the unified global production company that brings together all of WPP's content producers, studios and craft experts into one connected organisation. We combine world-class human craft with next generation technology to originate, design, and deliver multi-channel content systems at scale. Built for borderless collaboration and powered by deep craft expertise, we are the production engine designed for today's always on, AI driven marketing world.

About WPPWPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit WPP.com.

What does Localization Project Manager do at WPP Production?The Localization Project Manager will work closely with the client Marcom team and has day-to-day contact with the client’s Project Managers, the Ops Manager and internal PMs, to deliver end-to-end localization of marketing projects and to ensure that the production is completed and delivered on time, to scope, with the highest quality and in the most efficient way.

Key Success Factors

• Be a great communicator with other cross-functional teams of project managers to ensure work is delivered on time, on quality and within budget.
• Constant need to communicate and negotiate priorities and deadlines with internal and external teams to ensure expectations are well managed.
• Primary tasks include organizing and coordinating schedules, distributing workload to translators and validation team, tracking progress of projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Build strong client and team relationships
• Manage the day-to-day localization workflow, including assigning and trafficking projects to a network of linguists, and collaborate closely with internal production teams to help complete the build stage of localization assets
• Manage relationship with external vendors, such as translation agencies and freelancers
• Collaborate with all functions and support overall project management including headlines, print assets, interactive, video and advertising assets
• Closely monitor timelines and manage client’s and internal functions’ expectations
• Organize and participate in weekly check-ins with PM
• Ensure project trackers are always kept up-to-date and assist with collecting actuals or with replying to the client’s project or scope queries
• Maintain and manage client owned project management tool
• Monitor internal workflows and identify areas for improvement
• Flag important scope of work fluctuations to line manager
• Build successful relationships with internal stakeholders (Studio, production teams, Senior Management, Operations)
• Assist linguists with any day-to-day questions incl. tools troubleshooting if necessary
• Immerse yourself in the client’s brand and offering, act as a brand QC/Guardian – always ensure brand guidelines, QC checklists and procedures are followed
• Ensure the account consistently delivers against all contractual obligations including SLAs and KPIs
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the WPP production business model, services and technology
• Resolve and/or escalate issues swiftly
• Identify bottlenecks, work with the Senior Loc PM and Localization Team Lead to resolve them

Requirements

• Solid agency or video production experience gained working on global Marketing accounts, ideally with a Language, translation of transcreation background. Localization experience is a must.
• Demonstrate expertise in the delivery of projects through management of client expectations, internal processes and department involvement
• Demonstrable experience in managing large scale, complex and multi-market projects
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in high-pressure situations and tight time frames
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability and passion for the work are essential
• A hands-on, can-do approach to solving problems
• The ability to prioritize and work quickly and efficiently within very tight timeframes
• Demonstrate clear thinking under pressure
• Must be able to work onsite on a project location several times a year for extended hours

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