Localization Executive, Global Localization

Amazon•Culver City, CA

13h

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. A day in the life A Localization Executive must 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. A Localization Executive ensures receipt of source/target materials to maintain schedules and plan for contingencies whilst managing changes that need to be cascaded to downstream teams. They must oversee the Music and Effects audio component to safeguard useable assets for foreign dubbing, and that align with legal rights. Production schedules are unpredictable but directly impact timelines, and must be kept in line to maintain global release/launch. About the team Global Localization at Amazon MGM Studios is responsible for creating subtitled and/or dubbed versions of our content for more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Our team ensures localized content conveys the original creative intent and is adapted with appropriate linguistic and cultural references for our global Customers. The team oversees the human, creative, and technical aspects of localization from greenlight through distribution. Our global Customers should relish the holistic quality of our product, as they enjoy the exclusive experience of material tailored just for them.

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
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 budget management and reporting
Experience with component-based localization and mastering workflows such as IMF or MMC

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with foreign languages is a plus, but not essential to succeed in this role
Experience working across time zones with global teams

Benefits

Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.

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