Senior Marketing Producer - Localization
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary:
$94.13-116.04 Hourly
Start Date:
11.28.2025
About the Role
We’re seeking an experienced Senior Producer/Program Manager to join our Devices Localization team during a critical coverage period. This role will support the localization of marketing assets from US source content to up to 38 global markets, managing the translation, validation, and transcreation process across diverse asset types including video, copy documentation, and UI screens.
Our team manages 16,000+ assets annually, working with cross-functional partners, agency teams, and regional stakeholders to deliver efficient, cost-effective localization programs. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established team with comprehensive onboarding and make an immediate impact on global marketing initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
Program Management & Execution
- Manage end-to-end localization workflows for fast-paced marketing campaigns across video assets, copy docs, and UI screens
- Establish, collaborate, and manage cross-functional business relationships with Regional Teams, Product Marketing Managers, Creative, Production, Legal, and Business Affairs teams
- Drive video projects to meet business objectives, timing, and budget requirements
- Own project scope independently once assigned, ensuring smooth execution from intake to delivery
- Maintain detailed project documentation and schedules using Smartsheet
Cross-Functional Partnership & Communication
- Work collaboratively with external agencies and production partners on production and localization of video assets
- Serve as a strong, confident partner to regional stakeholders across EMEA and APAC markets
- Provide clear and timely communication to cross-functional team leads regarding project status, obstacles, and priorities
- Manage feedback from Tier 1 markets (Japan, Germany, France, Italy, Spain) and facilitate solutions
Process Optimization & Problem-Solving
- Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges throughout project lifecycles
- Optimize workflows and identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements
- Compress timelines strategically while maintaining quality, identifying parallel workstreams and dependencies
- Bring fresh perspective to established processes and suggest improvements to roles, responsibilities, and workflows
- Explore automation opportunities including API integrations and AI-assisted validation tools
Schedule & Resource Management
- Manage complex schedules across multiple time zones, accommodating EMEA/APAC partner needs (occasional early 8am or late 6pm calls, minimum every other week)
- Balance ad hoc requests with ongoing program work
- Ensure cost-effective resource allocation while maintaining quality standards
Required Qualifications
Experience
- 10+ years of experience in program management, production, or creative operations
- Proven track record managing end-to-end fast-paced marketing campaigns
- Experience with video production and creative/copy documentation workflows
- Background in localization or international market adaptation (doesn’t need to be expert-level)
- Experience launching new programs from scratch, including defining R&Rs and workflows
- History of successfully optimizing processes and improving team efficiency
Skills & Competencies
- Exceptional collaboration skills – able to build strong relationships across diverse stakeholders
- Strong communication abilities – professional, kind, and confident in cross-functional settings
- Problem-solving mindset – autonomous decision-maker who can handle unexpected challenges
- Automation-minded – constantly thinking about how to work smarter and more efficiently
- Strategic timeline management with ability to compress schedules intelligently
- Detail-oriented with strong project documentation practices
Technical Requirements
- Expert proficiency in Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive) – zero learning curve
- Smartsheet proficiency strongly preferred – used daily for project intake and tracking
- Experience with localization tools (Smartlang or similar platforms is a plus)
- Comfortable learning new technology platforms quickly
Ideal Candidate Profile
You’re the right fit if you:
- Thrive in fast-paced environments and can handle ad hoc requests with grace
- Approach challenges with a “yes, and” mentality while maintaining healthy boundaries
- Have experience working with global teams and understand cultural nuances in content adaptation
- Can articulate your career journey and learn from both successes and failures
- Take pride in being a helpful, efficient partner to cross-functional teams
- Are excited about process improvement and automation opportunities
Work Environment
- Hybrid schedule: 3 days onsite in San Francisco office (specific days flexible)
- Core hours: Flexible, with occasional early morning or evening calls for global partners
- Team: Collaborative 15-person localization team with strong support and onboarding
- Culture: Efficiency-focused, partnership-driven, continuous improvement mindset
Education
Bachelor’s degree required
About Aquent Talent:
Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.
Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. More information on our awesome benefits!
Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.
Client Description
As a Senior Marketing Producer, you help lead outcomes for a single complex or multiple large content creation and production projects as a key individual contributor, acting as an executive producer with a PA. You help develop long-term strategy development for the production of content and media products that address the needs of diverse audiences. Serving as an internal subject matter expert, you demonstrate expertise related to content and media design, development, writing, production (including pre-production, physical production, and post-production), publishing, and operations. You own and develop innovative, new, and high-impact solutions for production and content development problems that may be ambiguous and lacking clear precedent. Influencing stakeholders with competing objectives to align on vision and outcomes in the best interest of the company, you develop and enhance production plans and strategies, drive technical and creative visions, and create compelling stories. You foster a climate where everyone in the organization feels they belong through encouraging inclusive decision making, building psychological safety in the team, facilitating inclusive meetings, etc.
Responsibilities include:
– Establish, collaborate and manage cross-functional business relationships with multiple teams: Regional Teams, Product Marketing Managers, Creative, XFN Production, Legal and BA team to drive video projects to meet business objectives, timing and budget requirements.
– Work collaboratively with external agencies and production partners on the production and localization of video assets. Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges.
– Own clear and timely communication to cross-functional team leads regarding project status, obstacles and priorities. Proactively identify, communicate and manage risks. And maintain detailed project documentation.
– Establish, collaborate and manage cross-functional business relationships with multiple teams: Regional Teams, Product Marketing Managers, Creative, XFN Production, Legal and BA team to drive video projects to meet business objectives, timing and budget requirements.
– Work collaboratively with external agencies and production partners on the production and localization of video assets. Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges.
– Own clear and timely communication to cross-functional team leads regarding project status, obstacles and priorities. Proactively identify, communicate and manage risks. And maintain detailed project documentation.
– Help set and own creative and technical vision for creative content, conduct interviews and screenings across disciplines, and initiate technical and creative changes to improve content and meet content objectives for optimal project development.
– Assist in developing long-term strategy for creative content production. Propose and define different production styles and techniques to understand their applications while creating digital media products.
– Produce significant projects for complex or critical projects or lead cross-org critical production projects. Devise creative solutions, bringing them from conception to launch.
– Exercise sound judgment & take swift action to uphold our Core Values & Code of Conduct. Champion and creating psychological safety on the team for multiple perspectives to thrive, being sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways of communicating. Actively mitigates one’s own biases and flexes style to accommodate others while helping others to learn about new identities and cultures to expand their viewpoints and relationships.
– Evaluate third-party resources, influence third-party agencies and other partners, attract and develop creative talent, and lead evaluation of development proposals.
– Lead and influence production and project outcome of highest-quality creative content, defining and leading development of style, processes, or templates.
Role requires minimum proficiency in:
– Content Management (Knowledge)
– Project management effectiveness
– Business and products knowledge
– Industry knowledge
– Partner and relationship management
– Product excellence
– Domain Expertise (Marketing)
– Budgeting (Knowledge)
– Strategy and planning
Education: Bachelor’s and Experience
Years of Experience: 10+