Junior Localization Project Manager (Apprenticeship contract)

“Apprentissage/alternance” contract to get a Master's degree related to the translation industry

> 6 month experience in Localization

Paris

Office + remote work (2 optional remote working days per week)

Lucca is getting global! For this job, the required level in English and French is C1 (reading, writing, listening, speaking)

Context

Our company, Lucca, develops SaaS solutions to increase employee efficiency and engagement.

We address the main administrative and HR management areas: time and activities, annual reviews, employee pulse surveys, expense reports, etc.

Our solutions are now used by over one million users in all types of companies (from the chic hotel chain Accor to the surf brand Rip Curl) and particularly in those with strong growth developing internationally (Novo Nordisk, Nexthink, Michel&Augustin). While we operate in the very serious field of management tools, our work is guided by the belief that management software doesn't have to be grey, ugly, or boring. That is why we attach great importance to the design of our interfaces and the user experience.

In 2022, Lucca celebrated its 20th anniversary and embarked on its internationalization journey by establishing its first three subsidiaries outside of France, in Barcelona, Geneva and Munich.

2022 is also the year when we started to professionalize our Localization approach (first hire, TMS implementation, etc.) and we now want to grow the team to consolidate our internationalization.

Our software interfaces are currently available in more than 7 languages (French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese) and our Sales and Customer Success teams support our clients in 4 of them.

As the number of clients operating in various countries increases, we want to offer them the best user experience, and this means improving the availability and quality of translations for both software and documentation.

Your mission

With the aim of progressively improving language availability and quality, we are seeking an intern to join our Localization expertise within the International Cooperation team.

On a daily basis, you will work closely with Emilie, Clara, Ludivine and Frédéric who joined Lucca to help better address our new markets by localizing our products and services, progressively improving the user experience.

Here are more details about your main missions.

Supporting the production flow

1. Investigate, prioritize and organize translation requests made by internal teams
2. Coordinate requests between localization vendors, subject-matter experts, and internal stakeholders
3. Prepare and send relevant instructions to vendors, answer questions to facilitate project deliveries
4. Ensure QA before delivery and feedback to vendors
5. Monitor progress and statuses
6. Contribute to maintaining tools (glossary, TM, TMS…) and terminology consistency

Contributing to process improvements

1. Contribute to the gradual improvement of our L10N systems by analyzing main issues, sharing ideas and suggestions with the team
2. Identify where you are able to make small adjustments to improve the production workflow
3. Contribute to the optimization of our language guidelines

Candidate we are looking for

1. Bachelor’s degree and looking for an “apprentissage/alternance” to get your Master's degree in the translation industry or similar.
2. Linguistic skills: Fluent in English and French, proficiency in German would be a plus.
3. A first experience in a localization related area.
4. A go-getter, self-starter attitude and a passion for problem-solving and learning.
5. Attention to detail: result and quality oriented.
6. Organization: ability to handle multiple tasks and projects concurrently within set deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
7. Autonomy: ability to work independently and proactively, take the initiative to solve problems and propose process improvements.
8. Adaptable team-player, able to work well in a cross-functional environment.
9. Communication: ability to effectively communicate with team members and other departments.
10. Cultural Sensitivity: understanding of the cultural nuances of the languages you will work with.
11. Tech savviness: a first knowledge of localization tools (TMS) is a good plus.

Recruitment process

1. Phone interview with our Talent Acquisition team (30 minutes)
2. Interview with the Localization Manager (1 hour)
3. Case study followed by an interview with the team (1 hour)
4. Final Talk (45 minutes)

At Lucca you will find…

1. Passionate Luccasians who take things seriously, without taking themselves too seriously
2. A corporate culture based on collaboration and empowerment
3. An environment where every day feels like the first day
4. From time to time, a dog in the office waiting to be petted
5. Remote work possibilities
6. Ambitious career paths, with internal mobility opportunities and even Erasmus between departments

Come and join our human-sized company, whose highly participative operation leaves plenty of room for initiative, innovation and non-conformism.

Benefits

1. A profit-sharing system
2. A summer holiday bonus
3. One global seminar per year
4. “RTT”
5. And classic but essential benefits: luncheon vouchers (Swile), health insurance (Benefiz) covered at 100% by Lucca, Gymlib membership at competitive prices, CE benefits...

And finally, a little cultural focus

1. Wages are fully transparent at Lucca
2. Team comes first: there is no individual commission at Lucca, but a collective bonus (profit-sharing) based on our yearly growth target achievement
3. After 3 years' seniority, each employee can define his/her salary at a committee

Our offers are open to employees with a Recognition of Handicapped Worker Status (RHWS).