Senior Translations Specialist

July 7

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Education • eCommerce • Professional Development

HMH is an educational company that specializes in providing comprehensive curriculum and assessment solutions across a wide spectrum of subjects. They offer programs and resources for literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and social-emotional learning for K-12 students. Additionally, HMH focuses on professional development for educators to enhance instructional strategies and improve student outcomes.

1001 - 5000 employees

📚 Education

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Description

• The Senior Translation Specialist contributes to the on-schedule delivery of translation and multilingual services for print and/or digital projects. • Oversees the review of K-12 learning materials so that the translated product is grammatically correct, clear, consistent, accurate, pedagogically aligned, and complete, while also adhering to required styles, publishing, and production standards. • Helps guides assigned projects to completion on time and on budget, determines appropriate resource needs, manages external and internal resources while providing training as necessary, monitors status and schedule, and troubleshoots problems toward resolution. • Works extensively and collaboratively with other HMH cross-functional groups to satisfy internal and external customer requirements and implement best practices to ensure product quality. • Understands, advocates for, and applies best practices for translation quality reviews to ensure that all project deliverables meet or exceed established standards and specifications for translated products in Spanish and other languages. • Efficiently and effectively plans and delivers assigned projects while meeting expected translation quality review standards within required time frames and budgets. • Builds mutually beneficial, long-term personal relationships with peers, colleagues, management, various HMH stakeholder groups, and external customers through effective use of written and oral communication, including preparing and moderating PPT presentations and hosting internal/external conference calls.

🎯 Requirements

• BS or BA in education or related field • Bilingual (English/Spanish) • 5 years of related industry or functional experience with at least 4 years of translation, copyediting, proofreading, and/or other content quality assurance experience. • And at least 2 years of project management experience, print and/or digital production or publishing experience with preference for educational publishing environment. • Must be highly skilled copyeditor with an extensive knowledge of editorial and Spanish-language conventions with excellent attention to detail, organization, and accuracy to drive on-time, high-quality results. • Must have strong oral and written communication skills. Verbal and written communication must be professional, comprehensive, clear, direct, and accurate. • Must have strong project management skills exhibited by leading multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing in a time-sensitive, fast-paced environment. Must demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, organization, accuracy, and outstanding follow-up skills. Must drive on time, high-quality results. • Must have an understanding of the principles of Agile methodology and how to efficiently plan and execute tasks within sprint workflow. • Must be able to identify, understand, and articulate issues as well as apply critical thinking toward reaching decisions. Must use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions. Must be able to think holistically and identify potential risks. • Must have extensive knowledge of print and/or digital production and publishing processes.