# Localisation Producer - Agency Contract

**Company**: Playground Games
**Location**: Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130744

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## Description

Playground Games is looking for a Localisation Producer to work alongside their talented Forza Horizon team in Leamington Spa on an agency contract.

As a Localisation Producer, you will collaborate with internal development teams and external localisation and QA partner teams to deliver a high-quality localised experience for players. You will manage the localisation pipeline, schedule, and budget, identify risks, oversee quality, and strive to improve production methods.

Responsibilities:

- Be the key contact for all localisation enquiries for Forza Horizon.

- Organise and drive the localisation schedule with development teams and external partners.

- Manage the localisation budget, ensuring spending is planned and tracked.

- Become an expert in existing text and localisation pipelines and tools.

- Refine and evolve pipelines and tools to improve efficiency and quality.

- Evaluate text/VO additions and alterations to ensure accurate translations.

- Take ownership of the game-term glossary, context usage, and style guidelines.

- Promote best practices in development to maintain high production standards.

- Oversee a quality approach to localisation, improving processes and maintaining standards.

- Coordinate feedback from localisation partners, QA, and development staff.

- Make manual updates for English strings resulting from script or UI changes.

- Take ownership of managing and resolving localisation bugs.

- Problem-solve issues resulting from localisation hand-backs.

Requirements:

- Previous localisation management experience with driving process, schedule, and quality for multiple languages.

- 3+ years of experience working on large-scale AAA games with active live-programs.

- Experience with multi-platform titles and platform-specific terminology.

- Pro-active, organised, and detail-focused attitude.

- Exceptional communication skills.

- Genuine passion for video games.

- Interest in driving games and the Forza Horizon franchise is a plus.

- Experience with the Gridly localisation package is desirable.

## Skills

### Required
- localisation management
- AAA game experience
- multi-platform titles
- communication skills

### Nice to have
- Gridly localisation package
- driving games
- Forza Horizon franchise

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