Amazon.com Services LLC
Audio / Video / Photography Production, Entertainment and Studio, entertainment
LocalizationExecutive
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“Localization Executive at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Localization, Content preparation, Global release. Localize content for launch. Prepare content for distribution”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet global release timetables; Raise bar for customer experience
Industry & Context.
Troubleshoot rejections; Troubleshoot situations
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years subtitling/dubbing workflows, 4+ years asset acquisition/delivery, 4+ years 3P vendor management, 4+ years digital media workflows, 4+ years managing multiple projects
Nice to Have
Educate stakeholders, Earn leadership buy-in, Proven communication skills, Narrative writing ability, Subject Matter Expertise entertainment, Subject Matter Expertise post-production, Subject Matter Expertise localization, Subject Matter Expertise distribution workflows, Familiarity with foreign languages, Experience working across time zones, Familiarity with budget management, Experience with component-based localization, Experience with mastering workflows
What You'll Do.
Localize content for launch
Prepare content for distribution
Navigate challenging situations
Leverage established workflows
Highlight improvements for customer experience
Track series/movies progress
Oversee asset processing
Ensure global release timetables
Update and maintain schedules
Keep stakeholders up-to-date
Manage localization progress
Pursue source materials
Organize assets for distribution
Troubleshoot rejections
Assess customer feedback
Liaise between productions and vendors
Build relationships with vendors
Troubleshoot situations with vendors
Identify trends with vendors
Achieve alignment across vendors
Participate in department initiatives
Contribute to tooling requirements
Contribute to AI requirements
Track localization expenditures
Monitor localization expenditures
Vetting music clearances
Vetting actor contracts
Vetting title clearances
Account for compliance edits
Ensure receipt of source materials
Ensure receipt of target materials
Plan for contingencies
Cascade changes to downstream teams
Oversee Music and Effects audio
Safeguard usable assets
Align assets with legal rights
Maintain production schedules
Maintain global release timelines
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Internal teams; Global vendors; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Stakeholder updates; Narrative writing
Process & Methodology
Schedule management, Project management
Full Job Description
We are currently seeking a highly experienced Localization Executive to help the Global Localization team localize and prepare content for launch and distribution. The Localization Executive will be assigned film and series titles, relying on their best judgment to navigate through challenging situations leveraging defined and established workflows to locate the best path forward. They will field escalations, assist other team members, and seek to capture and articulate trends to highlight improvements for the customer experience. They will track assigned series and movies production and delivery progress while overseeing the processing of all required assets from third-party production facilities through Amazon’s contracted vendors for end-to-end ownership of localization and preparation for distribution to 3P partners and/or Prime Video (PV) — to ensure global release timetables are met. They must update and maintain various schedules, keep internal and external stakeholders up-to-date throughout production, manage localization progress, pursue source materials, organize assets for final distribution, troubleshoot any upstream or downstream rejections, and assess and act on Customer feedback. The role will liaise between current productions and third-party localization vendors on work related to the translation/adaptation, casting, recording, and versioning of Amazon MGM Studios Originals content for global release. They will build relationships, troubleshoot situations, identify trends, and help achieve alignment across a variety of global vendors as well as internal teams (including Studios Content Services, Programming Strategy, Legal, Business Affairs, Creative, Marketing, Post, and Production). This role also has stretch opportunities to participate in department wide initiatives and tiger teams that contribute to tooling and AI requirements, workflow optimizations, maintenance of style/language guidelines. This position will also work with Localization Cost
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