Job Description
Position Title: Web Translation Manager
Location: SOI DC HQ (3 days a week in the DC office), Panama, or Ireland
Department: Development
Reports to: Vice President of Digital Fundraising and Strategy
Salary Range for USA based staff: $55,463 - $65,250
FLSA Status: N/a
Organization Overview: Founded in 1968, Special Olympics is a global movement to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities. We foster acceptance of all people through the power of sport and programming in education, health, and leadership. With nearly four million athletes and Unified Sports® partners and one million coaches and volunteers in more than 170 countries, Special Olympics delivers more than 30 Olympic-type sports and nearly 50,000 games and competitions every year. Learn more at SpecialOlympics.org.
Position Summary: We are seeking a
Website Translation Manager to oversee the translation of our website content into multiple languages. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a team of translators, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of translations, and maintaining the quality of our website's multilingual content. The ideal candidate will have experience in translation project management, excellent organizational skills, and a strong understanding of localization best practices. Fluency in multiple languages is a plus, but not required.
Primary Responsibilities: Translation management:
- Oversee integration project with 3rd Party AI based translation solution and CMS (Brightspot).
- Oversee global translation services specialists: manage contacts, hours, training, workflow, and deadlines.
- Create translation workflow for current assets along with strategy for future implementation.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including IT, brand communications, content, marketing, and development.
Assist with general website projects:
- Assist Senior Product Manager with managing the content, functionality, and overall performance of a website.
- Support technical upgrades to site CMS and site redesigns.
- Assist with website compliance and software upgrades.
- Help maintain resources pages, including updating documents and links.
- Analyzing website traffic and user behavior to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
- Staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, and incorporating them into the website's development.
Required Qualifications: - Proven experience as a Project Manager, Product Lead, or similar role.
- Experience in web translations is preferred but not required.
- An understanding of sport, health, the Intellectual Disability (ID) community is preferred but not required.
- Ensure that translated content is not only accurate but also culturally appropriate.
- Experience with website content management systems (CMS) required
- Understanding Brightspot is preferred, not required
- Understanding of Google GA4 and other web-based metrics
- Excellent organizational and communication skills.
- Ability to work well independently and under pressure while meeting deadlines.
- Think and solve critical issues creatively
- High degree of creativity, adaptability, flexibility and enthusiasm
For USA based staff: Special Olympics offers full-time employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package, which includes: medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life insurance, disability, retirement, legal resources, and PTO.
Special Olympics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
**Special Olympics is an E-Verify Employer**
Job Tags
Full time, Local area, 3 days per week,