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 personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.  Our global team of over 7,500 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.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.  

About Hogarth

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivalled 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

personalisation, 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.

Overview

The Senior Localisation Project Manager will work closely with the client Marcom Project Management (MPM) Lead and has day-to-day contact with the client's functional producers 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

• Be a great communicator with client’s functional producers and Loc creative team, and Hogarth PMs to ensure work is delivered on time and on quality and within budget
• Be aware of the language localisation budget and work with client's MPM Lead when briefed
• Understanding of Localisation and Language processes
• Constant need to communicate and negotiate priorities and deadlines with internal and external teams to ensure expectations are well managed
• Able to perform as a team player and also independently run smaller launches
• Primary tasks include organizing and coordinating schedules, distributing workload to translators and validation team, tracking progress of projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Client MPM Lead closely in overall team management, campaign launch, help drive pilots and language initiatives such as efficiency tools and processes
• Able to independently lead campaign launches including support for the Client MPM lead on resource planning (vendor writers / editors) and the milestone timeline
• Managing the campaign from start to final delivery, liaise with Marcom functional Producers, and creative leads to monitor overall campaign process and readiness
• Senior Loc PM to align, discuss & validate the timeline and resource plan proposed & provided by Ops Admin/MPM Lead
• Partnering with Marcom vendor translator PM for overall timeline alignment
• Build strong client and team relationships
• 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.
• Ability to mentor and guide a team of Loc PMs
• Build the partnership relationship with external vendors, such as CD writer editor freelancers
• Collaborate with all functions and support overall project management including headlines, Channel & Channel digital, Retail assets, Interactive, content, video and advertising assets
• Closely monitor and validate timelines and manage client’s and internal Hogarth functions’ expectations
• Organize and participate in weekly check-ins with Hogarth PMs
• 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
• Maintain and manage client owned project management tool
• Monitor internal workflows and identify areas for improvement
• Assist with tracking the scope progress and flag important scope of work fluctuations to line manager or Client Producers
• Build successful relationships with internal stakeholders (Studio, production teams, Senior Management, Operations)
• Assist linguists with any day-to-day questions incl. tools troubleshooting if necessary
• 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
• Ensure the account consistently delivers against all contractual obligations including SLAs and KPIs
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the Hogarth business model, services and technology
• Resolve and/or escalate issues swiftly
• Identify bottlenecks of language creative resource, work with the client MPM lead to resolve them.

Requirements

• 6- 8 years of significant agency experience gained working on global Marketing accounts, ideally with a Language, translation or transcreation background. Localization experience is a must
• Demonstrate expertise in the delivery of projects through management of client expectations, internal processes and department involvement
• Demonstrable experience in managing large scale, complex and multi-market projects
• First experience in team leading/team management
• Proficient with technology and tools, including CAT tools, but also project management and CMS tools
• Ability to work effectively and collaboratively in high-pressure situations and tight time frames
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Attention to detail, analytical thinking ability and passion for the work are essential
• A hands-on, can-do approach to solving problems
• The ability to prioritize and work quickly and efficiently within very tight timeframes
• Demonstrate clear thinking under pressure
• Must be able to work onsite on a project location several times a year for extended hours.

Diversity and Inclusion

Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

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.

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