
Localisation Project Manager (LATAM - Spanish)
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- For our gaming buffs, you can get involved in our lunchtime gaming sessions in our games lounge, regular gaming tournaments and free SEGA games on Steam
- If you're more of a foodie, you can take advantage of Ice-cream Wednesdays or our fresh fruit and cereal every single day
- Fitness fanatics will love our discounted gym membership, ride to work scheme, workout area and bootcamps in the park. You can find your zen with in-house massage therapy
- You'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes life assurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental insurance schemes and an enhanced contributory pension scheme. We offer competitive salaries and a fantastic bonus scheme so that you can stay motivated and focused on making SEGA the best it can be
- We hold regular company updates at the world-famous BAFTA theatre in Central London and Summer and Christmas parties that you'll want to brag to your mates about! What's not to love?
- We pride ourselves on having flexible working hours to ensure that you have a life outside of the office
- We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome!
- Full ownership of the Localisation Plan from beginning to end; project schedules, resource planning, engineering, audio production, preparation of the localisation kit, terminology and glossary management and translation memories
- Work closely with development teams to understand key project requirements and continuously drive quality and efficiency. Provide regular reports to key stakeholders on progress and work status, escalating issues and evaluating required support.
- Manage assets through memoQ to ensure a smooth translation process.
- Ensure the highest level of language quality for all our products.
- Build strong and effective relationships with external vendors for text and audio, ensuring communication is fluent and that SLAs are met. Provide quality reviews, monitor vendor KPIs and deliver continuous feedback.
- Maintain control of localisation project budgets, providing forecasts, tracking cost and project statistics, ensuring correct and timely issue of purchase orders and invoices.
- Analyse localisation project risks, monitoring potential cultural or technical issues, identify causes and defining mitigation and preventative action.
- Lead project localisation meetings and regular calls with key stakeholders, including project kick-off meetings, LQA meetings and perform post-mortems, whilst ensuring meetings are recorded and minutes distributed, with follow up actions.
- Managing localisation requests from other business units (Marketing, Brand, PR, LiveOps, Legal etc).
- Deliver on AI text and voice, exploring various options using internal AI tools and exploring external AI models and machines voices.
- Excellent language skills for Latin American Spanish region
- Bachelor's Degree (ideally in localisation, linguistics) or equivalent experience
- In-depth knowledge of game internationalisation and localisation
- Ideally, 3 years of experience directly related to Localisation Project Management (preferably in the games industry)
- Language skills would be an advantage, but not essential
- Proficiency and extensive experience in the use of CAT tools is required (memoQ)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- Analytical mind, excellent problem-solving capabilities
- Quality and detail-oriented
- Strong team player in a multi-cultural environment
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure
- Excellent IT skills
- Financial acumen (forecasting, budget tracking, management of POs and invoices)
- Text & Audio AI skills would be an advantage