Project Manager, Keywords Studios
$70-80k
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Technical & creative services provider
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Technical & creative services provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$70-80k
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To use the passion for games, technology, and media to create a global services platform for video games.
Role
Who you are
- Project management experienced required; experience or knowledge of audio description a bonus
- Live event production a bonus
- Fully remote and work from home
- Occasional travel to onsite venues for live events
- Additional consideration given to candidates able to commute to our LA or NYC studios as needed
What the job involves
- Descriptive Video Works now has an exciting opportunity for an organized, proactive Project Manager to join our team
- Fully remote—with occasional travel for live events (additional consideration given to candidates able to commute to our LA or NYC studios as needed) —you will oversee the full production lifecycle, managing project scheduling, technical workflows, and quality control alongside our clients, writers, narrators, and audio mixers
- The ideal candidate brings strong project management experience, crisp communication, and a solution-oriented mindset
- Direct experience with Audio Description or live event production is a major plus
- If you are ready to help shape accessible media with a high-performing global team, we’d love to hear from you
- Liase with clients concerning receiving, scheduling, approving, updating, and supporting DVW projects
- Schedule and/or coordinate scheduling DVW projects and staff including writers, narrators, and mixers. This includes receiving and quality checking materials from clients, then getting materials to writers and mixers
- Deliver final materials to client. Utilize upload/download/preview services as necessary
- Work with Client Services Manager to assist in project organization - getting and/or keeping projects on track, scheduling, and monitoring and reporting on project progress to involved parties
- Respond to client technical and scheduling questions where required
- Supply client with narrator sample and draft scripts for approval when requested
- Manage back-end systems for client specific applications
- Manage Live Audio Description Events from inquiry to delivery
- Source remote equipment when needed
- Collaborate with clients on venue set up and technical limitations
- Maintain schedule on a daily basis and send billings to accounting. Respond to billing questions
- Transcode projects and send out updated/revised proxies as necessary
- Coordinate reports and/or paperwork through the production chain
- Assist in ensuring DVW Project Quality Control guidelines are met including making/revising/updating applicable quality control and other reports
- Coordinate and solve problematic and challenging project issues such as additional QC research and coordination, proxy re-issue, follow-up and coordination, etc
- Coordinate and arrange CC, subtitling, etc
- Support Client Services Manager with the quoting processes
- Input required data into Project Management System. Run appropriate reports to understand business gaps and make recommendations as necessary
- Manage the Change Order process when DVW projects change
- Be willing to work flexible hours occasionally to take care of client and internal issues including providing technical support for writers and sending AD or DV to clients in the evening or on a weekend if necessary
- Upon completion of projects, archive on central server. Keep up-to-date records of what is archived and when it was archived. Implement, maintain and/or assist with DVW data backups
- Attend weekly meetings to update progress, discuss challenges, and input into strategy
Our take
Keywords Studios is an international technical service provider to the global video games industry and beyond. The company works as an external development partner for its users, enabling leading content creators and publishers to leverage Keywords' expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content. In so doing the company enables its clients who are operating in complex and fast-moving environments to remain lean and agile, and to focus on creating and monetising the most engaging experiences.
The company has over 70 studios in 26 countries across the globe. Providing integrated art production, engineering, audio services, testing, localisation, and player support services in more than 50 languages and 16 game platforms.
With a strong market position, Keywords provides services to nearly all of the prominent gaming companies, including T2, EA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix. Keywords had also been on an acquisition spree, with its total acquisition count sitting at 60 before it was acquired by private equity firm EQT in 2024.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- WFH Opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Bonus Schemes
- And More (Varies by Location)
- Paid time off (including sick and select holidays)
- 401(k) with 3% employer matching
Company HQ
Carmanhall And Leopardstown, Dublin, Ireland
Leadership
Bertrand Bodson
(CEO)Current Non-Executive Director at Tesco and Wolters Kluwer. Co-Founder & former CEO of Bragster.com (Acquired by Guinness World Records). Previous Chief Digital & CMO at Sainsbury's, and Non-Executive Director of Electrocomponents.
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