Localization Specialist

Experience with Excel
- Bachelor's degree or relevant experience in Linguistics, Translation, or related field /
- Proficiency in LATAM Spanish, with a deep understanding of regional variations and colloquialisms.
- 6+ Months experience in an English contact center environment or similar.

Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television? Do you want to define the next generation of how and what Amazon customers are watching?

Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed content to exciting live sports events. We also offer our members the opportunity to subscribe to add-on channels which they can cancel at anytime and to rent or buy new release movies and TV box sets on the Prime Video Store. Prime Video is a fast-paced, growth business - available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. The team works in a dynamic environment where innovating on behalf of our customers is at the heart of everything we do. If this sounds exciting to you, please read on.

The primary responsibility of this role is to perform various tasks related to localization of content available in the Amazon Prime Video catalog, under general supervision. This is a contract position for 11 months which may be extended basis business need.

Key job responsibilities
The day to day job requires the individual to make judgment-based decisions by following a standard operating procedure. This will involve tasks such as:
1. Localizing SDH/Subtitles and metadata synopsis from English to LATAM ES
2. Quality check subtitles/metadata assets for translation accuracy (idiomatic, spelling, grammar, punctuation)
3. Lead quality audits to benchmark localized content and perform corrections
4. Create or fix subtitle, metadata and ensure high quality localization of content
5. Provide inputs to update Prime Video's style guides to continue to raise the bar on customer experience

San Jose, CRI
- Experience in subtitling and metadata localization for SDH content, with a strong portfolio showcasing previous work in this area.
- Familiarity with subtitling software and tools, such as Aegisub or Subtitle Edit.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to work efficiently under tight deadlines.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Knowledge of industry standards and best practices for subtitling and localization in the entertainment industry.
- Additional language skills or experience in other localization tasks (e.g. dubbing, translation) would be a plus.
- Demonstrated strong analytical and logical skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven ability on internal and external stakeholder management.
- Comfort working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision.