Localisation Project Manager - Arabic

ABOUT SEGA

SEGA is one of the leading interactive entertainment companies in the world, with our European HQ based in West London and development studios spanning the UK and Bulgaria. Known for quality and creativity above all else, our studios include Sports Interactive, Two Point Studios, Hardlight and Creative Assembly.

At the heart of SEGA is our publishing team based in London, where we help the studios bring their creative vision to life. Here we have a hardworking bunch of people spanning Tech, Sales, Marketing, Finance, QA and more.

Together, we drive the continued success and evolution of our Western business through living our company values of being product focused, embracing true partnerships and always having fun so that we can strive to come together as One SEGA.

Working Model: Hybrid (4 days in Studio per week)

Location: SEGA Europe, Chiswick Business Park, London

Role Summary

The Localisation Project Manager will manage projects from beginning to end, working closely with Development Teams, Producers, Localisation Engineer, External Vendors for text and audio, LQA, and other internal SEGA departments. You will be responsible for the successful delivery and international release of the games assigned to you. For that, you’ll be developing specific project plans and workflows according to developers’ key requirements and schedules, managing time, budget, resources and quality control of the projects efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Full ownership of the Localisation Plan from beginning to end; project schedules, resource planning, engineering, audio production, preparation of the localisation kit, terminology and glossary management and translation memories

• Work closely with development teams across SOE, SOA, SOJ to understand key project requirements and continuously drive quality and efficiency. Provide regular reports to key stakeholders on progress and work status, escalating issues and evaluating required support.

• Manage assets through memoQ to ensure a smooth translation process.

• Ensure the highest level of language quality for all our products.

• Build strong and effective relationships with external vendors for text and audio, ensuring communication is fluent and that SLAs are met. Provide quality reviews, monitor vendor KPIs and deliver continuous feedback.

• Maintain control of localisation project budgets, providing forecasts, tracking cost and project statistics, ensuring correct and timely issue of purchase orders and invoices.

• Analyse localisation project risks, monitoring potential cultural or technical issues, identify causes and defining mitigation and preventative action.

• Lead project localisation meetings and regular calls with key stakeholders, including project kick-off meetings, LQA meetings and perform post-mortems, whilst ensuring meetings are recorded and minutes distributed, with follow up actions.

• Managing localisation requests from other business units (Marketing, Brand, PR, LiveOps, Legal etc).

• Deliver on AI text and voice, exploring various options using internal AI tools and exploring external AI models and machines voices.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

• Bachelor's Degree (ideally in localisation, linguistics) or equivalent experience

• In-depth knowledge of game internationalisation and localisation

• Ideally, 3 years of experience directly related to Localisation Project Management (preferably in the games industry)

• Arabic Language skills are essential

• Proficiency and extensive experience in the use of CAT tools is required (memoQ)

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English & Arabic

• Analytical mind, excellent problem-solving capabilities

• Quality and detail-oriented

• Strong team player in a multi-cultural environment

• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines under pressure

• Excellent IT skills

• Financial acumen (forecasting, budget tracking, management of POs and invoices)

 

WORKING THE SEGA WAY

We believe that making the best games relies on having the best people, so we make sure that we look after ours…

• For our gaming buffs, you can get involved in our lunchtime get gaming sessions in our games lounge and Club SEGA, regular gaming tournaments and free SEGA games on Steam.

• If you're more of a foodie, you can take advantage of fresh fruit and cereal every single day.

• Fitness fanatics will love our discounted gym membership, ride to work scheme, workout area and bootcamps in the business park. You can find your zen with weekly yoga classes as well as in-house massage therapy.

• You'll have access to a comprehensive benefits package that includes life assurance, income protection, private healthcare & dental insurance schemes and an enhanced contributory pension scheme. We offer competitive salaries and a fantastic bonus scheme so that you can stay motivated and focused on making SEGA the best it can be.

• We hold regular lunch & learn sessions, company updates at incredible venues in Central London and Christmas parties that you’ll want to brag to your mates about! What’s not to love?

• We pride ourselves on having flexible working hours to ensure that you have a life outside of the office.

• We want people of all backgrounds to see themselves represented and included in our work, so we actively seek to diversify our team and bring more voices to the table. All applicants are welcome!

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Check out our Careers Website to find out why we are a workplace you’ll never want to leave!