My client is a small developing business with key clients in the financial markets. The company offers multilingual publishing solutions. Their services focus on preparing multilingual documents from conception to distribution. The business is at a stage where we are looking to expand our customer service area.

This position will serve as the regular contact person between their clients (internal and external) and multilingual vendors. The Translation Project Manager is responsible for communicating specific detailed instructions to multilingual speaking vendors, and managing workflows and processes. It is accountable for the final quality assurance of translation and real-time, accurate recording of activities.

The company is a small team and as such our business operates a flat culture. We are therefore looking for someone who adds immediate value to the business. This role would suit an experienced multilingual project manager who would also like to gain experience in other areas of publishing.

The position starts as a temporary position for an initial 3 months, the immediate role is to work with Trados, develop our language teams and manage the production of our multilingual reports. It is important that the candidate understands that we will require them to work within DTP packages and with SDL Trados.

 
The company will provide the opportunity for the successful candidate to develop a key role for themselves within our growing business. You should therefore be a self starter and a highly self motivated individual who wants to be and wants to be treated as part of a team. This position potentialy becomes permanent in a few months. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

·        The project manager should have an in depth knowledge of the legal and financial markets and should be able to demonstrate this with references, previous work experience.

·        Review the jobs assigned and assess needs for additional information, e.g. compilation of glossaries, previously translated similar documents, list of acronyms, technical terminology, and translation memories.

·        Manage translation teams and linguistic assets to ensure compliance with client's productions workflows and that quality and turn-around standards are met.

·        Select and assign translation teams, negotiate rates and deadlines and coordinate production with translators, proofreaders, in-country clients reviewers, typesetters and Customer Service Reps.

·        Keep salesperson/Customer Service Rep up to date at all times via Status Reports.

·        Keep project admin up-to-date at all times and maintain accurate records of all costs.

·        Check project’s costs for accuracy and match to purchase order.

·        Exercise sound judgment in keeping supervisor informed of potential difficulties.

·        Inform supervisor of all issues affecting cost, quality and turn-around.

·        Check accuracy of translation prior to sending it to client or to typesetting if needed.

·        Develop Translations memories and term bases.

QUALIFICATIONS AND KEY ATTRIBUTES:

Key Requirements (Must Haves)

·        College degree (BA, BS) and degree in Translation and/or interpretation or equivalent experience

·        Able to demonstrate and work with and at an advanced level with SDL TRADOS. Knowledge of other tools are also beneficial (i.e. Multiterm IX, Context, etc.)

·        Fluent in English and German (preferred) any other languages are beneficial.

·        Be able to work in desktop publishing software (Indesign, QuarkXPress, Framemaker).

·        Linguistic skills to include ability to create glossaries, terminology databases and translations memories assess quality and completeness of translations

·        Other useful requirements

·        Strong computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, html, xml).

·        Minimum 2 - 3-year previous project management experience in translation services.

·        Ability to prioritize while handling multiple projects simultaneously in a hectic, time-sensitive environment

·        Ability to communicate accurately detailed instructions to multilingual vendors.

·        Detail and service oriented.

·        Clear sense of accountability.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES:

·        Flexible team player

·        Superior Interpersonal skills

·        Can mix and relate well to all levels

·        Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure and unsupervised

·        Flexibility to work overtime required

·        Professional demeanor

·        Focused on goals and the overall team and company objectives

·        Self-motivated and proactive

·        Can improvise and innovate

Estimated annual salary: around £22K (depending on experience)

If you feel you meet all requirements please send your cv to agi@bilinguarecruitment.com.

Please note, only successful candidates will be contacted due to high volume applicants.