Localization Project Manager Internship

**12-month Internship**

**Work Location: Remote (U.S. Or Canada)**

**Must reside in one of following states for the U.S.**:Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Idaho, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin).

**About RWS**:
RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

**RWS Division**:
RWS’s Language Technology and Services teams help top multi-national companies humanize the digital world, enabling them to engage successfully with their global customer audiences, through any number of languages, cultures, and channels.

A pioneer of intelligent machine translation, RWS is at the cutting edge of language technology, and from your first day with our Localization Project Management team, you will get hands on experience working with flagship tools, such as Trados Enterprise - the translation memory tool of choice for over 80% of the localization industry.

**About The Role**:
From launching websites in new countries, localizing global video campaigns, translating car manuals for well recognized automotive companies to blog posts for world leading gaming corporations, you will be an integral part of the translation process. The aim is to ensure client retention, satisfaction and ultimately repeat revenue growth.

For the internship and graduate programs, experience or an interest in language or global business is encouraged. Project Management thrives on transferable skills and is well suited to any enthusiastic, determined individual.

Finally, the Localization Project Manager Intern will be required to complete a unique project during their time with RWS that will focus on an area of their choosing but with the intention of improving a process, quality, etc. The Localization Project Manager Intern will present their proposal to RWS management during their final month and if accepted will help to begin implementing it into daily work.

**Responsibilities**:

- Delivery of projects to client’s expectations achieving targeted levels of profitability.
- Analysis of files using translation memory tools and systems
- Compiling estimates and proposals for approval.
- Assignment of appropriate translation teams, rate negotiation and deadline coordination with translators, typesetters, engineers, in-country client reviewers, etc.
- Adhering to the sales process and RWS project processes.
- Close financial monitoring and control of projects through budgets, invoicing and change orders to ensure timely and final invoicing.
- Strategic project planning involving best practices, processes, and risk assessments.
- Accurate documentation and filing of all project related materials.
- Identification and development of project/process improvement opportunities and escalating to Program Manager.
- Hosting regular, documented verbal and written communications with clients, network offices and internal team members.

**Required Skills**:

- Good written/verbal communication and presentation skills
- Customer service experience
- Ambitious and with a desire to learn and progress
- Analytical and organized problem-solving abilities
- Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Adaptable and flexible to a changing work environment
- Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Suite)

Desired Skills
- Degree in either Translation Project Management or a business-related area or equivalent work experience
- Project management experience is a plus
- Familiar in the use of CAT tools (including translation memories, content management, and glossary and file management tools)

**Benefits**:

- Infinite training, professional development, and personal growth opportunities.
- The rare opportunity to im