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Description

We are currently seeking a highly experienced Senior Localization Executive to help the Global Localization team localize and prepare content for launch and distribution. The Senior Localization Executive will be assigned complex film and series titles, relying on their best judgment to navigate through challenging situations with less defined and established workflows to locate the best path forward. They will field escalations, assist other team members, and seek to capture and articulate trends to better improve the creative experience across all titles.

They will track assigned series and movies production and delivery progress while overseeing the processing of all required assets from third-party production facilities through Amazon’s contracted vendors for end-to-end ownership of localization and preparation for distribution to Theatrical, 3P partners, and/or Prime Video (PV) — to ensure global release timetables are met. They must update and maintain various schedules, keep internal and external stakeholders up-to-date throughout production, manage localization progress, pursue source materials, organize assets for final distribution, troubleshoot any upstream or downstream rejections, and assess and act on Customer feedback.

The role will liaise between current productions and third-party localization vendors on work related to the translation/adaptation, casting, recording, and versioning of Amazon MGM Studios Originals content for global release. They will build relationships, troubleshoot complex situations, identify trends, and help streamline and achieve alignment across a variety of global vendors as well as internal teams (including Studios Content Services, Programming Strategy, Legal, Business Affairs, Creative, Marketing, Post, and Production). This role also participates in department wide initiative and tiger teams and will leverage their subject matter expertise to contribute to tooling and AI requirements, workflow optimizations, maintenance of style/language guidelines, and serve as educational representation across the organization.

This position will also work with Localization Cost Management staff to track and monitor expenditures for all localization related work. The role is responsible for localization across Global and Local Originals, including Films, Series, Specials, Sports, and Near-Live type content. The ideal candidate must be able to handle a heavily administrative day-to-day while they monitor industry trends and seek to raise the bar for customer experience.


A day in the life
A Senior Localization Executive must vet music clearances, actor contracts, IP rights, and title clearances before work commences, and account for edits in Special Compliance Territories that require care and sensitivity. A Senior Localization Executive ensures receipt of source/target materials to maintain schedules and plan for contingencies whilst managing changes that need to be cascaded to downstream teams. They must oversee the Music and Effects audio component to safeguard useable assets for foreign dubbing, and that align with legal rights. Production schedules are unpredictable but directly impact timelines, and must be kept in line to maintain global release/launch.

About the team
Global Localization at Amazon MGM Studios is responsible for creating subtitled and/or dubbed versions of our content for more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Our team ensures localized content conveys the original creative intent and is adapted with appropriate linguistic and cultural references for our global Customers. The team oversees the human, creative, and technical aspects of localization from greenlight through distribution. Our global Customers should relish the holistic quality of our product, as they enjoy the exclusive experience of material tailored just for them.