Localization Executive, Global Localization

Amazon • Culver City, CA

21h

About The Position

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 Management staff to track
and monitor expenditures for all localization related work. The role is
responsible for localization across Global and Local Originals, including Films,
Series, Specials, Sports, and Near-Live type content. The ideal candidate must
be able to handle a heavily administrative day-to-day while they monitor
industry trends and seek to raise the bar for customer experience.

Requirements

• 4+ years of comprehensive experience with a variety of centralized Subtitling and Dubbing localization workflows and product types, including films or series across multiple regions and languages, and experience working in the local office of a global studio or post-production environment geared toward work with the same
• 4+ years of comprehensive experience with acquisition and delivery of assets from producing entities to a studio or vendor
• 4+ years of direct experience with 3P vendor utilization and schedule management from the beginning (greenlight) to end (distribution) of global films and/or episodic television life cycles
• 4+ years of direct experience with the creation or improvement of a variety of digital media workflows and asset management
• 4+ years of documented ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, under urgent timelines with limited oversight

Nice To Haves

• Provide ability to educate stakeholders, earn trust, and obtain leadership buy-in
• Proven communication skills and narrative writing ability
• Self-motivated to work independently and contribute to cross-functional teams
• Subject Matter Expertise in entertainment, post-production, and localization
• Subject Matter Expertise across a wide array of distribution workflows and windows
• Familiarity with foreign languages is a plus, but not essential to succeed in this role
• Experience working across time zones with global teams
• Familiarity with budget management and reporting
• Experience with component-based localization and mastering workflows such as IMF or MMC

Responsibilities

• track assigned series and movies production and delivery progress
• oversee 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)
• 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
• assess and act on Customer feedback
• 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
• build relationships, troubleshoot situations, identify trends, and help achieve alignment across a variety of global vendors as well as internal teams
• work with Localization Cost Management staff to track and monitor expenditures for all localization related work
• vet music clearances, actor contracts, IP rights, and title clearances before work commences, and account for edits in Special Compliance Territories that require care and sensitivity
• ensure receipt of source/target materials to maintain schedules and plan for contingencies whilst managing changes that need to be cascaded to downstream teams
• oversee the Music and Effects audio component to safeguard useable assets for foreign dubbing, and that align with legal rights
• maintain global release/launch

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
• 401(k) matching
• paid time off
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed