[Hiring] Localization Live Sports Producer @Summa Linguae Technologies

Role Description

DATAmundi is seeking a Localization Live Sports Producer to support a leading global technology client in delivering multilingual live sports and digital content to global audiences. You will play a pivotal role in delivering real-time, culturally resonant sports content to global audiences, ensuring that fans experience the thrill, emotion, and immediacy of live sports in their own language.

• Lead end-to-end multilingual localization for live sports broadcasts and digital content, ensuring real-time or near-live delivery across markets.
• Manage simultaneous multi-language workflows under tight broadcast deadlines, proactively mitigating risks and dependencies.
• Confirm operational readiness before assigned events, including access, staffing, schedules, workflows, and known dependencies.
• Monitor localization workflows throughout live events and respond promptly to issues, changes, and production needs.
• Coordinate vendors, reviewers, QA, editorial, and live production teams to ensure seamless execution during live cycles.
• Communicate delivery status and any risks clearly to enable confident production decisions.
• Maintain seamless communication with cross-functional producers, video production managers, and technical teams to support rapid issue resolution.
• Ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and adherence to brand voice, style guides, and sports terminology standards.
• Follow client-specific tools, workflows, approval processes, escalation procedures, and data-handling requirements.
• Flexibility to support live sports event schedules, including evenings, weekends, and other non-standard production hours as required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in localization project management or multilingual content production.
• Proven experience running time-sensitive localization for digital, media, or live content.
• Strong operational coordination skills, including content management, system management, and scheduling across multiple simultaneous workflows.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments with shifting priorities during live production cycles.
• Demonstrated experience managing and executing structured handoff processes between teams, vendors, and stakeholders to ensure seamless continuity during live or high-priority production cycles.
• Solid grounding in localization processes, quality, and terminology management.
• Ability to work accurately within client-specific systems, CMS platforms, approval processes, and documented procedures.
• Discretion with confidential information and strict data-handling standards.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to ramp up quickly in complex localization environments and operate seamlessly within client internal tools and workflows.
• Comfortable working in a macOS-based environment and able to quickly learn client-specific tools, systems, and workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in live sports, broadcast, or streaming localization workflows.
• Background in digital media production or live events.
• Proficiency in one additional language beyond English.
• Familiarity with Unicode, CLDR, or other internationalization standards.
• A genuine love of live sports - soccer, baseball, F1, or beyond.