EIKON Group are a fast growing worldwide digital mastering, localisation and technology business servicing the film and television industry for worldwide feature releases, episodic content and full trailer marketing campaigns. EIKON service all the Hollywood studios and many other major content owners.

With facilities in London, Los Angeles and Sydney, EIKON have a reputation for excellence, experience and innovation above and beyond all else in their field. Our motto is quality and precision at scale.

EIKON Group are expanding our Translation Management team in Los Angeles and are looking for highly motivated, experienced person to lead that team.

The Translation Manager will be leading a team to manage localization of content across Theatrical releases and VOD platforms.

Working closely with the Account Management team, youll be responsible for coordinating incoming translation work for Hollywood studios and major VOD platforms, establishing which resources are required, identifying and engaging the relevant personnel, assigning and scheduling work across multiple platforms and feature campaigns.

Key Responsibilities:

Receive, process, and schedule, translation orders worldwide

Monitoring resources progress throughout the production process to ensure everything is going according to schedule to ensure a timely delivery

Sourcing, identifying, establishing and maintaining relationships with freelance translators and companies

Building a network of translators/linguists

Establishing and maintaining commercial and legal relationships with all resources, including creating and maintaining contracts, confidentiality and financial terms

- Monitoring translator rates + invoices - Liaise with translators to ensure delivery requirements are met, providing updates as required

Be responsible for the administration of Eikon's online translation software

Provide administrative support to a wider team of Account Managers working on content creation
Billing of completed projects, including project reporting and tracking

Assist with troubleshooting and oversee resolution.

Key Skills & Experience required:

At least 2-5 years experience in a localization role

Digital cinema and localization or subtitling experience would be advantageous

Excellent accuracy and attention to detail

Strong computer skills

You are keen to learn about technology and operational production workflows

Excellent communication (written & verbal) and interpersonal skills

Able to prioritize, multi-task and manage workload in a demanding, fast-paced environment
Professional, positive and proactive attitude

You are comfortable working as part of a team, and equally able to work on your own initiative

The role will be based in EIKON (2777 N Ontario St Suite 180, Burbank).

Working hours are set from 9:30am to 6:30pm however the candidate should be willing to work outside of these hours based on business requirements.

We may close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of strong applications, so please apply as soon as possible.

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