About the role

  • Lead end-to-end localization process for all brand and product content across APAC (retail, ecomm, marketing campaigns, social, email, product copy, packaging, customer service scripts)
  • Ensure high-quality transcreation that aligns with brand tone, voice, and technical product language
  • Intervene on translated content to ensure consistency and elevated quality
  • Collaborate with UX, legal, and compliance teams to ensure content is locally appropriate and compliant
  • Manage localization timelines and deliverables across multiple markets (Japan, Korea, Taiwan, ANZ)
  • Recruit, lead, and support regional writers, editors, translators, and brand reviewers; ensure understanding of requirements, scope, and priorities
  • Lead localization projects with cross-functional teams for campaigns, CRM, emails, product and web copy, retail
  • Manage translation glossaries and translation memories
  • Develop and implement processes to increase efficiency and manage cost and time to market for localized versions
  • Manage translation budget planning, invoices, and monthly reconciliations
  • Partner with regional teams to understand cultural/regional nuances and communicate insights to global marketing team
  • Research and incorporate industry best practices, innovations, and tools

Requirements

  • 5+ years’ work experience, with at least 3 years in a Localization or Language Management position ideally in retail or technical performance oriented brands
  • Proven success in a deadline-driven role delivering projects with multiple components and multiple stakeholders
  • Experience working with TMS, LLM and other translation tools
  • Experience working with Project Management tools
  • Familiar with numerous languages; native speaker of at least one or more APAC languages - Japanese, Korean, or Mandarin is ideal
  • Fluency in English is required
  • Creative and strategic thinker with strong organizational and management skills
  • Ability to set a clear vision, align partners around common objectives, and foster commitment
  • Highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
  • Exceptional cross-cultural communication skills
  • Ability to balance autonomy and collaboration
  • Commitment to continuous improvement and high-quality solutions

Job title

Localization Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

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