Localization Live Sports Producer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee comprehensive multilingual localization for live sports broadcasts and digital content, guaranteeing real-time or near-live delivery across various markets.

• Manage concurrent multi-language workflows under stringent broadcast timelines, proactively addressing risks and dependencies.

• Ensure operational preparedness prior to assigned events, including access, staffing, schedules, workflows, and known dependencies.

• Supervise localization workflows during live events and swiftly address issues, changes, and production requirements.

• Coordinate with vendors, reviewers, QA, editorial, and live production teams throughout live cycles.

• Communicate delivery status and potential risks to facilitate informed production decisions.

• Maintain dialogue with cross-functional producers, video production managers, and technical teams to enable quick issue resolution.

• Guarantee linguistic precision, cultural appropriateness, and compliance with brand voice, style guides, and sports terminology standards.

• Adhere to client-specific tools, workflows, approval processes, escalation protocols, and data-handling requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in localization project management or multilingual content production.

• Demonstrated experience in managing time-sensitive localization for digital, media, or live content.

• Strong operational coordination abilities, including content management, system management, and scheduling across multiple concurrent workflows.

• Capable of thriving in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with changing priorities during live production cycles.

• Experience in managing and executing structured handoff processes between teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

• Solid understanding of localization processes, quality assurance, and terminology management.

• Ability to work accurately within client-specific systems, CMS platforms, approval workflows, and documented procedures.

• Maintain discretion with confidential information and adhere to strict data-handling standards.

• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

• Quick to adapt in complex localization settings and proficient with client internal tools and workflows.

• Comfortable working in a macOS environment and able to swiftly learn client-specific tools, systems, and workflows.

• Experience in live sports, broadcasting, or streaming localization workflows.

• Background in digital media production or live events.

• Proficient in one additional language besides English.

• Familiarity with Unicode, CLDR, or other internationalization standards.

• A genuine passion for live sports.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexibility to accommodate live sports event schedules, including evenings, weekends, and other non-standard production hours as needed.