The Company:
Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.
The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalization, all mean that brands need different solutions.
Our global team of over 6,000 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

The Role:
The Localisation Project Manager will work closely with the client Marcom team and has day-to-day contact with the client’s XF Project Manager and Hogarth PMs, to deliver end-to-end localisation of marketing projects and to ensure that the production is completed and delivered on time, to scope, with the highest quality and in the most efficient way.

Key Success factors:
61 Be a great communicator with other cross-functional teams of project managers to ensure work is delivered on time, on quality and within budget.
61 Constant need to communicate and negotiate priorities and deadlines with internal and external teams to ensure expectations are well managed.
61 Primary tasks include organizing and coordinating schedules, distributing workload to translators and validation team, tracking progress of projects.

Key Responsibilities:
61 Build strong client and team relationships.
61 Manage the day-to-day localization workflow, including assigning and trafficking projects to a network of linguists, and collaborate closely with Hogarth internal production teams to help complete the build stage of localization assets.
61 Manage relationship with external vendors, such as translation agencies and freelancers.
61 Collaborate with all functions and support overall project management including headlines, print assets, interactive, video and advertising assets.
61 Closely monitor timelines and manage client’s and internal Hogarth functions’ expectations
61 Organize and participate in weekly check-ins with Hogarth PMs.
61 Ensure project trackers are always kept up-to-date and assist with collecting actuals or with replying to the client’s project or scope queries
61 Maintain and manage client owned project management tool
61 Monitor internal workflows and identify areas for improvement
61 Flag important scope of work fluctuations to line manager.
61 Build successful relationships with internal stakeholders (Studio, production teams, Senior Management, Operations)
61 Assist linguists with any day-to-day questions incl. tools troubleshooting if necessary
61 Immerse yourself in the client’s brand and offering, act as a brand QC/Guardian – always ensure brand guidelines, QC checklists and procedures are followed
61 Ensure the account consistently delivers against all contractual obligations including SLAs and KPIs
61 Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Hogarth business model, services and technology
61 Resolve and/or escalate issues swiftly
61 Identify bottlenecks, work with the Senior Loc PM and/or Localization Team Lead to resolve them.

Requirements:
61 Minimum 4 years of agency experience gained working on global Marketing accounts, ideally with a localisation background.
61 Demonstrate expertise in the delivery of projects through management of client expectations, internal processes and department involvement
61 Demonstrable experience in managing large scale, complex and multi-market projects
61 Proficient with technology and tools, including CAT tools, but also project management and CMS tools
61 Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in high-pressure situations and tight time frames
61 Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
61 Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability and passion for the work are essential
61 A hands-on, can-do approach to solving problems
61 The ability to prioritize and work quickly and efficiently within very tight timeframes
61 Demonstrate clear thinking under pressure
61 Must be able to work onsite on a project location several times a year for extended hours

Hogarth Values:
Heart & Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all of our work. Our will to succeed is what makes us different. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way. We don't believe in the status quo.

Hands On: We don't wait around for things to happen. We get it done. We are pragmatic and don't have an ego. We work hard. No shortcuts, no compromises. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honesty: We are straightforward. We speak openly and clearly. We give direct messages. It's not always easy, it's sometimes uncomfortable, but it's the right thing to do. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy Family: We like each other and enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. That's good We want to work with interesting people from many cultures. We demand great things of each other, but even when things are tough, we don't lose perspective. And we never lose our sense of humor.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.