Associate Language Services Director Havas Creative Network India

10.0 - 15.0 years

0 Lacs

chennai, tamil nadu

On-site

You should be fully versed in all aspects of language project management, including delineating the relevant workstream based on the degree of creative complexity, quoting/scoping, assigning work across in-market resources, Quality Control (QC), and project-specific financial management such as purchase order creation and project invoicing. In this role, you will be expected to directly manage complex projects across regions, which are defined based on creative complexity, revenue, number of markets in scope, and whether the project is for an established engagement or considered new business. You will also be responsible for workload delegation for less complex projects across a team of Language Service Managers and ensuring flawless execution of language workflows by the wider language team. Additionally, you will be the first point of escalation across service delivery and will be responsible for appropriately escalating to relevant members of the Global Language Service Leadership team. Your leadership abilities will be crucial as you will need to lead, inspire, and grow the next generation of language leadership through thoughtful and effective team management. You should have a demonstrable ability to think positively, proactively, and creatively when problem-solving. Having significant experience with translation technology, including Translation Management Systems (TMS) and Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools, AI Translation, and localization automation technology is essential. You should keep abreast of industry trends and proactively propose tools and new solutions to further the development of the service line. You will also partner directly with the Global Language Service Leadership team to support workflow creation and overall use of the TMS, striving to become an expert in the system by working in partnership with technology teams and vendors. Your experience in managing creative language projects, such as cultural consultations, copy origination, and transcreation, will be valuable. You should have a proven ability to write creative briefs, linguistic insights, and cultural consultation decks, as well as execute creative QC and improve upon the readability of rationales in creative transcreation deliverables. Furthermore, you should be able to coach and train team members on creative language workstreams to further develop the skills of the team. In terms of financial literacy, you will be responsible for preparing monthly reports on team revenue forecasting and proactively flagging team capacity to ensure effective workload delegation during both peaks and valleys. You will also negotiate rates with the global vendor network and ensure appropriate profitability on requests across the full team. To be successful in this role, you should be fluent in English, with additional foreign language capabilities greatly preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. A Bachelor's degree in translation, linguistics, advertising, international affairs, or a related field is required, along with 10-15+ years of proven experience. Experience in a pharmaceutical advertising agency is a plus. Strong proficiency in translation technology and knowledge of digital production software, including Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD), Adobe Acrobat, Sketch, Figma, Pre-Flight software, and Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word, Excel) is preferred. You should be deadline-driven, detail-oriented, and organized.,

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