Language & Culture Project Manager

Description 

In the agency world, this role is usually called ‘Transcreation Manager’ – but let’s not limit ourselves: we think it’s so much more than that. 

If you are looking for a new, rewarding challenge in transcreation project management, and are ready to share your enthusiasm, embrace the new (AI, wink wink) and play an active part within our highly collaborative, innovative Language & Culture team, this might be just the role for you. 

Curious? Read on!

This position will work with Transcreation, Cultural Consultation, Copywriting and Voiceover workstreams, requiring high levels of organization, the ability to run multiple projects and language pairs simultaneously, proactive quality ownership, creative and critical thinking and confident communication.

You possess in-depth knowledge of project lifecycle from brief to delivery (including but not limited to quoting, briefing vendors, assigning tasks, performing quality checks/delivering/actioning feedback and amends requests/issuing POs, reporting project information and financials), with additional understanding of production elements that take part in the adaptation process.
You will be ensuring seamless delivery of locally relevant, on-brand copy in multiple languages, while also helping us build team-wide solutions.

Ultimately, the role requires someone with strong project management skills, creativity, initiative, confident ownership, and commitment to deliver quality at scale in a dynamic, fun and collaborative team environment.

Key responsibilities

• Owning day-to-day transcreation, cultural consultation, copywriting and VO projects, coordinating and managing delivery of multiple projects for different markets
• Receiving and actioning briefs, defining costs, timings, and allocating tasks accordingly
• Accountable for project budget, status, and reporting on these as required
• Developing and maintaining flourishing internal and client relationships
• Proactively supporting and participating in our L&C roadmap for solutions and actions 
• Recruiting and onboarding for our database of worldwide talent 
• Admin-related tasks such as updating trackers / managing POs and invoices from linguists

 

Essential 

• +3 years of experience in Translation/Transcreation/VO Project Management
• Hands-on knowledge of language services workflows and best practice
• Experience with localisation of marketing campaigns for multiple countries, media and channels
• Sharp, precise communication skills 
• Well organised, ability to multitask, attention to detail

 

Desired

• Up to date / interest on recent AI developments in the fields of translation / copywriting / VO
• CAT tools / Project management software 
• Knowledge of additional languages
• Working awareness of digital production processes

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About Media.Monks:

Media.Monks is on a mission to create a new future for this industry. Our vision? Build everything with a belief that changing for good comes from changing who does the work. Yep, that means you. Welcome to the party—one global, cross-cultural collective with a passion for using our skills to create better and a better world. That’s how we’re able to connect the dots between data, content, digital media, and technology from everywhere we are—a true end-to-end model. Joining the Media.Monks collective means having the opportunity to create award-winning work with some of the most gifted, focused, joyful, talents from all over the world.

At Media.Monks, you’ll be joining a highly ambitious company on a global mission to win the decade by changing the industry for good. Partner to 8 of the 10 most innovative companies in the world, Media.Monks works with established as well as up-and-coming global, regional, DTC and B2B brands, helping them own their data and build out customer ecosystems to elicit smart, efficient, high-impact engines for growth. We deliver table stakes quickly, creating cost efficiencies from day one to push up the creative effectiveness of our work with every cycle.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us. 

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