Project Coordinator Job in Milwaukee, Wisconsin US
TransPerfect Translations was founded in 1992 with the following mission: to provide the highest quality language services to leading businesses worldwide. With no external financing, the TransPerfect family of companies grew from its humble beginnings as a two-person company operating in an NYU business school dorm room into the world’s third largest translation and software localization firm and one of the fastest growing, privately-held companies in the United States.
With a network of over 8,000 language specialists and over 1,500 full-time employees in over 65 locations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, we’re continuously ready to meet our clients’ needs, around the clock and around the world. We attribute our growth to the skill, aptitude, and commitment of our high caliber employees. Put simply, we hire the most talented candidates and give them the guidance, resources, and opportunities they need to grow their career in an expanding environment.
Position Summary:
Project Coordinators are responsible for the production lifecycle of basic projects and for assisting Project Managers by performing specific project tasks assigned to them.
Position Responsibilities:
- Managing small projects including:
- Liaising with sales staff to clarify project parameters and to communicate issues proactively
- Producing deliverables that meet the client’s quality expectations and timeline
- Meeting project markup goals which includes negotiating with vendors
- Inspecting work provided by vendors or Quality Reviewers
- Troubleshooting production issues
- Setting up projects including:
- Entering data in a project database
- Entering data and uploading files to a project workflow system
- Preparing paperwork
- Assisting in basic file preparation including activities such as extracting, cleaning up extractions, cutting and pasting, road-mapping and word-counting.
- Assisting with coordinating vendor work including:
- Assisting with lining up vendors to meet the requirements of the project
- Creating purchase orders
- Assisting in preparing guidelines and resources for vendors to perform their work
- Compiling questions and answers
- Using required tools and following required processes.
- Reporting on activity as required.
Essential Skills and Experience Required:
- Efficient, detail-oriented, and organized person who can be responsive to a deadline and results driven environment.
- Ability to balance one's own workload and be able to respond effectively to competing priorities.
- Ability to understand and abide by project instructions
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
- Ability to negotiate with vendors
- Ability to calculate percentages
- Bachelors or equivalent
Valued but not Required Skills and Experience:
- At least one year experience in an office production environment
- Experience with data-entry type work
- Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
TransPerfect is an equal opportunity employer.
TransPerfect offers a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid time-off, company sponsored life insurance, long term disability, flexible spending account options, and a pro-active and accessible HR department that focuses on the staff’s health and happiness.