Ralph Lauren Localization Associate

Ralph Lauren; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in premium lifestyle products is seeking a Localization Associate to manage translation and localization projects while supporting external language providers. This role requires experience in the localization industry, excellent communication skills, and fluency in English. The successful candidate will ensure quality and deadlines are met and contribute to continuous improvement efforts in localization strategies. Experience with e-commerce is an advantage. This position is based in Greater London.

Qualifications

• Experience in the localization industry, whether vendor or client side.
• Fluent in English and knowledge of another language is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and detail orientation.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end translation and localization projects.
• Ensure deadlines and quality standards are adhered to.
• Work with external linguists and vendors to maintain translation tools.

Skills

Experience in localization industry

Familiarity with translation technologies

Strong communication skills

Detail oriented

Fluent English

Job description

Company Description

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands. At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

Position Overview

The Localization Associate is a key part of the Localization team, reporting to the Localization Manager and sitting more broadly within the Digital Commerce team at RL EMEA. This role supports on daily and regular translation projects for product descriptions, content campaigns, and adhoc marketing requests. Using their understanding of the translation and localization best practices they will ensure external language providers have all the information required to deliver high quality copy within the agreed timelines for the business. In the role, they will consistently develop their understanding of the RL brand and localization needs of various internal stakeholders to enable them to make and implement improvements to the localization strategies in place.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end translation and localization projects with the assistance of Vendor PMs and language teams.
• Ensuring deadlines and quality standards are adhered to and provide pre and post-translation support upon request.
• Own and maintain the process of linguistic UAT on content pages and UI enhancements, to ensure optimum customer experience.
• Support language teams in meeting deliverables by answering queries, setting deadlines and creating/maintaining supporting documents.
• Work with external linguists and vendors to develop and maintain established translation tools, workflow, style guides and glossaries for a clear and consistent approach.
• Contribute to continuous quality improvement initiatives.

Experience, Skills & Knowledge

• Experience in the localization industry, whether vendor or client side.
• Familiarity with translation technologies.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and keep multiple simultaneous projects on track at once.
• Awareness of cultural differences across different markets and how this can affect consumer needs and behaviours.
• Highly solution-oriented and excellent problem-solving skills.
• Detail oriented and able to take initiative to follow up on issues and provide ideas for resolutions.
• Strong communication skills.
• Fluent English. Knowledge of another language besides English is highly desired.
• Previous knowledge of e-commerce is a definite advantage.