Manager, Localization; YouTube

Manager, You Tube Localization

Disney Entertainment segment includes the company's full portfolio of entertainment media and content businesses globally, including streaming. The Digital Marketing team oversees the creative, publishing, and operations of Disney Entertainment's global portfolio, building authentic stories that create lasting relationships with new audiences and fuel fandom across key brands.

The You Tube Localization team makes sure that storytelling travels, enabling worldwide distribution of content by overseeing localization, media asset management, quality control, and global delivery across Disney's portfolio of You Tube channels, so every story meets audiences in the language and context where they'll feel it most.

The Manager, You Tube Localization leads the operational execution of localization workflows supporting Disney Entertainment's global You Tube portfolio. This role owns the end-to-end lifecycle of localized content from source asset intake through localization, quality control, stakeholder review, and final delivery — partnering closely with the Mastering team to ensure assets are technically ready for distribution across international markets.

The Manager serves as the primary operational partner for internal creative teams, regional stakeholders, and external localization vendors, balancing creative intent with scalable, nimble processes that can turn around quickly as priorities and trends shift. This role also looks for opportunities to improve workflows through automation and fresh thinking, revisiting processes regularly rather than letting them go stale, and identifies emerging technologies that can help.

The ideal candidate combines strong project management skills with experience in digital media operations, localization, technical quality control, and vendor management, and brings genuine curiosity about how stories connect across cultures and markets. Success in this role requires exceptional organization and communication, the ability to manage multiple concurrent productions in a fast-paced global environment, and a consistent eye toward what's actually driving audience engagement and business results.

Responsibilities:

• Gather, organize, and track localization assets for You Tube content
• Communicate with localization vendors to request bids, confirm deliverables, and manage timelines
• Maintain localization records and update documentation using established templates and systems (e.g., Airtable, Box)
• Coordinate with the Mastering team to confirm localized assets meet technical specifications and that all required deliverables are fulfilled
• Traffic assets to key stakeholders and reviewers
• Generate, maintain, and distribute localization-focused project trackers to stakeholders, flagging milestones, delays, and issues, and proposing solutions
• Assist in tracking localization budgets, costs, and invoicing, working with Digital Marketing's Finance and Operations teams
• Manage assets into and within designated repositories, archives, and catalogs
• Liaise with You Tube Creative and Publishing teams to ensure content delivers as required and on time to fulfill Digital Marketing plans
• Participate in team meetings and share updates on assigned tasks

Localization & Global Content Operations

• Own end-to-end localization operations supporting Disney Entertainment's You Tube content portfolio.
• Manage localization schedules, milestones, budgets, and delivery timelines across multiple concurrent productions.
• Coordinate the creation and delivery of localized dubbing, subtitling, accessibility assets, translated metadata, titles, graphics, and marketing materials. Perform and oversee quality control to ensure localized assets meet Disney and platform creative and linguistic standards.
• Route assets through internal review and approval workflows while incorporating stakeholder feedback.
• Manage localization budgets, purchase orders, invoicing, and forecasting in partnership with Finance and Operations.
• Maintain asset repositories, metadata, documentation, and reporting across Airtable, Box, and internal asset management systems.
• Coordinate distribution of localized assets to regional…