Project Manager (Language Services)

Company Description

translate plus, an award-winning Top 10 international Language Services Provider, including, Top 3 in the EU and Top 2 in the UK, is a Publicis Groupe company, one of the most well-established advertising corporations globally. translate plus sits within the network’s cross-media production platform, Publicis Production. This brings together production specialists who are experts in: video, digital media, and print, to produce award-winning content for leading global brands.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include end-to-end project management, quality assurance, and client relationship management:

• Managing translation and transcreation projects briefed internally or directly by the client (assessing requirements, querying, collecting reference material, planning, quoting and scheduling)
• Sourcing and negotiating with in-market transcreators, translators, writers, and other suppliers, evaluating and monitoring their work, whilst ensuring meeting company margin targets.
• Completing admin tasks, including reconciliation of costs, in a timely manner.
• Preparation of files for translation or copy decks for transcreation, including creation of briefs.
• Working with different CAT tools and project management platforms.
• Ensuring the delivered copy follows internal quality procedures.
• Building up and demonstrating clear understanding of our end client’s brands.
• Maintaining glossaries and playbooks to ensure consistency across campaigns and projects.
• Managing the copy review/approval process with agency or client, building strong client and stakeholder relationship along the way.
• Supporting other teams on other language services projects.

Qualifications

• Strong oral and written English skills, knowledge of a foreign language is a plus
• Educated to degree level
• Excellent computer literacy
• Documented project management experience
• Client facing experience
• Nice to have: experience in advertising production services, preferably with a focus on language projects’ needs or in language industry
• An excellent team player working very closely with internal stakeholder to coordinate multi-media needs across production services and ensure consistency across.
• Pro-active, detail oriented, highly organised, able to work to tight deadlines and calm under pressure
• Strong business acumen and negotiating skills
• Previous use of CAT tools (preferably Trados or Phrase) or other industry-specific applications is a plus

Additional Information

We offer the following:

• Hybrid working model for Sofia‑based employees and fully remote opportunities for colleagues outside Sofia
• Flexible working hours
• Additional health insurance (with dental plan)
• Service Recognition Plan, which means that every year at translate plus there are additional rewards for employees such as extra holidays, dental insurance, bonus payments, treats & vouchers, etc.
• Career development and progression possibilities. Access to worldwide job/gigs opportunities within the Publicis Groupe
• High quality trainings (via in-house and external trainers) and access to thousands of on-line/e-learning courses to develop essential, functional, and industry skills (via Publicis Marcel, LinkedIn Learning, etc.)
• Work your world – As part of the Publicis Groupe policy, up to 6 weeks of working from a different country after a year of employment.
• Café Marcel- Networking opportunities with fellow colleagues in the Publicis Groupe all around the world.

translate plus is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on grounds of race, religion, or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age citizenship, marital, domestic, or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.