Translation Specialist

Join us at Smartbox as a Translation Specialist!

Are you a passionate Translation Specialist looking to make a real impact by giving a voice to those without speech Smartbox is looking for a dedicated individual like you to join our team and contribute to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities.

Your Impact

As our Translation Specialist, you will:

Content Translation:

• Managing content: Prepare course files for translation, including exports, formatting, and reintegration post-translation. Work with our content creation and translation tools, such as Articulate and SmartCat.
• Resource management: Working with the Head of Department and other stakeholders, to carefully manage the resources required from the team to deliver on translations against competing priorities and other workloads and projects. Ensure requirements for team members are well communicated and timelines and deadlines are clear, well-documented and managed.
• Quality: Ensure consistency and high standards at all times to reflect the Smartbox Academy brand.
• Design: Lead the translation of the platform UI for each language. Set up the branch, including adding all content and assets, ensuring consistency with the English branch.
• Translation memory: Work with our R&D Localisation Manager to ensure, where possible, we are using existing translation memory to support the translation of our courses.

Project Management:

• Processes and improvements: Develop and refine the process around the translation of our courses. Identify areas for optimisation in workflows, tools and team coordination. Develop and maintain documentation around the translation and localisation process.
• Delivery: Ensure each translation project is delivered on time and within budget. Identify any risk to delivery along the way and seek to mitigate those risks with clear and deliverable solutions.
• Growth: Working with the Head of Department to develop and deliver a plan for ongoing translations, including growing the number of translations and branches offered. Planning will need to consider feedback from the wider Group and reflect areas for growth identified in the business plan.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with local teams, marketing and other stakeholders to identify and deliver new branches and translations to an agreed launch date.

Essential Qualifications/Skills/Experience:

• Content translation experience ideally in a digital learning/e-learning context.
• Excellent organisation and communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Comfortable collaborating with global teams.
• Familiarity with content authoring, design and translation tools such as Articulate Rise 360, SmartCat, and Canva.
• Solution-focused and adaptable to identify and overcome bottlenecks.

About Smartbox

At Smartbox, we're proud to be at the forefront of assistive communication technology. Our innovative products are used globally by individuals with diverse needs. Our values - passionate, caring, empowering, achieving together, and enabling change - resonate in everything we do.

Our Inclusive Culture

We believe in giving everyone a voice. Joining Smartbox means joining a diverse team that values collaboration and supports a community that relies on our technology for effective communication.

Our Commitment to Sustainability

At Smartbox, we not only innovate but also prioritise sustainability. We aim to minimise our carbon footprint and promote a greener world through sustainable solutions. By joining us, you'll contribute to shaping a more inclusive society while actively supporting our sustainability efforts.

Our D&I Commitments

At Smartbox, we prioritise diversity and inclusivity in our work environment. Here's how we do it:

• Recognised as a Disability Confident Employer by the UK Government and Founding Partner of Purple Tuesday.
• Our recruitment practices are inclusive and barrier-free, with adjustments available during the application process and throughout your career with us.
• We believe in adding to our culture, not just fitting in. Our diverse team combines unique talents to create products that reflect the diversity of our users and customers.

Rewards and Benefits

Discover a world of rewards and benefits tailored to your wellbeing at Smartbox. Beyond a competitive salary and private medical insurance, explore perks like a hybrid working model, wellness benefits, and paid volunteering days. Dive into our website to uncover all the fantastic benefits waiting for you at Smartbox.

Ready to Make a Difference

Join us at Smartbox and embark on a fulfilling career where your work truly matters. Apply now and be a part of a team dedicated to creating technology that changes lives.

Agencies

Please respect that at this current time, we wish to try and recruit directly from the market rather than engage support from an agency.