Localization Project Manager Italy Bardi

Localization Project Manager Italy
Bardi
Emilia Romagna, Bardi

Description

Keywords Studios is an international technical and creative services provider to the global video games industry.

The video games industry represents the pinnacle of interactive digital content.

At Keywords, we are using our passion for games, technology and media to create a global services platform for video games and beyond.

By working as external development partner, we enable leading content creators and publishers to leverage our expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content.

We provide integrated art production, engineering, audio services, testing, localization and player support services across 50 languages and 14 game platforms to a blue chip client base in more than 20 countries.

We recruit and develop people from the widest possible talent pool so that we can gain an insight into different markets and generate creativity in anticipating customer needs to become even more successful.

Established in 1998 and headquartered in Dublin, Keywords now has over 50 studios located across Europe, North America, South America and Asia and over 5, 000 passionate gaming employees around the world.

Manage assigned localization and audio projects from project initiation through release to operation.

Define, prioritize, track and manage requirements and deliverables.

Drive issue resolution and address contingencies in a timely manner.

Develop and maintain complex localization schedules and assign resources as required.

Create, track, and adhere to project budgets, schedules, and timelines.

Expose, report on, and resolve deviations and variances.

Ensure all projects are completed within designated timeframes.

Closely monitor financial status of localization projects, including creating accurate estimates, setting up project budget, tracking vendor contracts and invoices, performing financial closure at project end, and identifying and correcting budget overruns.

Develop project strategies and plans.

Proactively communicate with clients regarding project status, queries from translators, and other issues.

Identify, assign, schedule, supervise and train team members for projects (translators, reviewers, recording studios, sound engineers, voice directors).

Prepare and distribute reports for clients and internal colleagues regarding status of projects.

Organize and lead project meetings.

Contribute to project management and cross-company initiatives, taskforces and general process improvements.