Can you grab the reins and drive projects to increase conversions, scale translation processes, and grow a global business in non-English territories? Then please read on.
We’re looking for an organized and driven individual to join our Localization Team and manage content in at least 29 languages. You will contribute heavily to the marketing strategy and work alongside other young and extremely talented professionals.
What you’ll be doing
As the Localization Project Manager, you will:
- Manage translation tasks: Ensure efficient translation and facilitate communication between our content team, developers, and remote translators.
- Plan and drive localization projects from start to finish: Work across teams to define precise requirements and business goals, set deadlines, and manage projects to completion.
- Scope, monitor and report on our translated content’s performance: Drive and manage analytics reporting projects, as well as quality assessments, on each of our customer-facing content platforms and raise the bar of all translated content.
- Maintain linguistic assets, such as style guidelines and glossaries: Create scorecards, analyze language quality trends, and make corrective actions to ensure accurate brand representation.
- Source, hire, and manage a large team of remote translators and Language Experts: Hold performance reviews and training sessions to support current and future localization requirements.
- Develop and nurture excellent relationships with other teams to define and implement processes: Consistently promote excellent content for organic traffic and work with paid traffic initiatives (e.g., alongside the PPC Team).
- Lead various other marketing projects.
Who we’re looking for
You’ll excel in this role if you have:
- Demonstrated a track record of delivering localization projects on the client-side within scope, time, budget, and across different stakeholders/functions, ideally in the Digital Marketing industry.
- Proven experience planning projects, obtaining buy-ins, and optimizing processes.
- An excellent understanding of English (verbal and written). You’ll need to communicate effectively with marketers, developers, and product managers from various cultures.
- The ability to coordinate multiple projects, involving multiple stakeholders, at the same time.
- A keen eye for detail and an ability to see the larger business objectives.
- Experience working across teams/functions and are comfortable working independently or with remote teams and agencies.
- A driven personality. You’ll need to demand fast turnaround times and chase people to get things done.
- A keen ability to ask questions. You must be able to dig into an issue until you understand it.
Skills you’ll need for this role
To do well in this position, you should have:
- Experience in writing marketing content or copywriting SEO (e.g., AdWords copy, landing page copy, or other marketing sales copy).
- Fluency in one or more languages, other than English.
- Localization experience or a degree in Foreign Languages or Translation would be a plus.
- Experience managing freelancers would be a plus
What we can offer you
- Challenging work in a fun and collaborative environment
- Attractive compensation
- Spacious open-concept and centrally located offices
- Full-time employment with flexible working hours
- Fully stocked pantry with breakfast foods, fresh fruit, and snacks
- Frequent team lunches and company events
- Multicultural teams represented by 30+ nationalities
Health and happiness go hand in hand, and we make every effort to support our team members in all facets of their lives—both inside and outside the office. Learn more about our employee benefits by visiting our careers page.
Before you apply
- At the moment, we do not sponsor visas in the EU. For Hong Kong, we require at least two years of working experience and a university degree in a related field. For Singapore and the UK, we can only sponsor visas for mid-career or above.
- Please upload your resume as a PDF and do not include any salary or compensation information in it.
ExpressVPN is one of the world’s leading providers of online privacy and security services for consumers. Started in 2009, we’ve grown to have millions of active paying customers, a team of more than 700 people worldwide, and a brand recognized by hundreds of millions of people in 18 languages and more than a hundred countries. We see huge growth in our industry, and are gaining market share through strong execution.
Please note that all offers are subject to reference checks from one or more of your former managers/colleagues. For your current manager, we understand that every company has distinct HR practices, and will only speak with them at a mutually agreed-upon time that works for you.
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