Editorial Localisation Manager EMEA London, England
Apple
Full Time
London, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Summary
Posted: Sep 28, 2022
Weekly Hours: 35
Role Number:200425615
The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple Media Products (AMP) supports Apple Music, App Store, Apple TV+, Apple Podcasts, and other lines of business. Within AMP, we bring local flavor to Apple’s global services by providing best-in-class localization and copy support. We cultivate strong relationships with Apple's editorial, business, and marketing teams around the world and focus on delivering the best user experience for our customers worldwide. We are looking for an experienced Manager to support our growing organization. This person will help establish and lead a team of Language Managers who will work cross-functionally to drive language strategy, actively provide editorial and creative input to the local business strategy and deliver top-notch quality copy. This role will partner with its counterpart in APAC to ensure global alignment across all Language Managers and closely collaborate with Central Editorial teams to understand and rally behind global copy vision and strategy. This role places you in a highly-energized environment with some of the most diverse and hardworking creative individuals in the industry where you would be inspired to share your knowledge and years of experience. Next to driving the results of the team and delivering on your own assignments, you will help, guide and inspire people within your team and the wider organization. The preferred location for this role, based on the business needs is EMEIA. We do have some flexibility on the office location within the region, as long as it is an office that currently supports the content and services groups. As part of your application process please state your preference on role location as well as your current mobility status. We will consider each request based on its merits and alignment to the needs of the business.
Key Qualifications
- A background in creative and copy, ideally music journalism and criticism, with strong writing and editing chops
- Experience guiding writers in crafting eloquent, sharp copy that helps our users discover content and artists around the world
- Experience with interviewing artists and distilling that into editorial featuresExperience working cross-functionally to help develop and streamline process.
- Ability to handle multiple fast-paced projects.
- Strong relationship management and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Excellent collaboration skills.
- Consistent track record of meeting deadlines.
- Knowledge relevant to our content types (particularly Music) and an appetite for learning about differences in consumption across geos.
- You have a deep familiarity with the Apple ecosystem of services and hardware (MacOS, iOS, Apple Music, App Store, Apple Podcasts, Apple TV+, etc.)
Description
Lead Language Managers on driving language strategy to ensure our services feel local in all relevant markets. Communicate effectively with Editorial teams to identify needs and opportunities for Language Managers to provide creative input and help evolve local tone and voice. Work with counterparts to establish and evolve roles and responsibilities of the team. Work towards standarizing the role and streamlining the processes. Monitor copy quality for the region and work with Language Managers and Freelancers to maintain a feedback loop and share metrics. Ensure editorial and linguistic assets (TMs, glossaries, style guides, etc) are up to date. Proofread and edit back-translations into English into publish-ready quality. Work with freelancers to achieve quality at source on en-ROW deliverables. Closely collaborate with localization producers leads to maximize collaboration and minimize inefficiencies. Encourage team to proactively provide inputs on UI, UX, and design for products launching in international markets in order to deliver the best possible user experience.
Education & Experience
BA or higher. Extensive related work experience. People management experience required.
Additional Requirements
- Some international travel may be required.
- Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Apple
www.apple.com
Cupertino, United States
Tim Cook
$10+ billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Computer Hardware Development
1976
