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Blue Ant Media (TSX: BAMI) is an international streamer, production studio, advertising sales and rights-management business. The company operates a diverse portfolio of free streaming and pay TV channels internationally, including Love Nature, Cottage Life, Smithsonian Channel Canada, BBC Earth Canada, HauntTV, Homeful, and Love Pets, as well as the subscription streaming service MagellanTV. Its studio business produces and distributes a wide range of premium content across key genres for streaming and broadcast platforms worldwide. Blue Ant Media is headquartered in Toronto, with a presence in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Singapore, London, Washington, Sydney, Halifax, and Ottawa. blueantmedia.com⼁Instagram⼁LinkedIn
Our employees are passionate experts in all of our business areas. They are fanatical about creating outstanding content and experiences, and about delivering them on new and evolving platforms. We actively seek new employees who embody our core values. We want them to think big, act with purpose, celebrate creativity, do the right thing, respect one another, and succeed together. We attract creative talents who are optimistic about the evolving future of content and who take pride in recognizing opportunities where others see challenges. At Blue Ant Media, we give them the flexibility to think like entrepreneurs, take ownership of their projects, take risks, and embrace innovation in a rapidly evolving media landscape. Our team members excel at collaborating with internal and external partners by building trusting, respectful working relationships.
Language Assets Coordinator (6-Month Contract)
The Language Assets Coordinator manages the creation, tracking, and delivery of subtitles, dubbing materials, scripts, and metadata for global distribution. This role works closely with clients, vendors, sales teams, and internal stakeholders to ensure language assets are delivered accurately, on time, and in accordance with technical and quality standards.
This role will report to the Senior Director, International Distribution and Business Operations and is a hybrid position requiring in-office attendance at our head office in Toronto for a minimum of three (3) days per week.
The anticipated salary range for this role is $50,000 - $60,000 per year, with final compensation determined by experience and qualifications.
Core Responsibilities and Duties
- Sales & Requests
- Fulfill global language asset requests, including subtitles, dubs, scripts, and related metadata.
- Review incoming requests to confirm availability, scope, and technical requirements.
- Language Asset Management
- Oversee the full lifecycle of language assets from request through delivery.
- Act as the main contact for sales agents, clients, and vendors on all language-related materials.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to source, create, and deliver language assets.
- Track progress of all language versions, ensuring deadlines and client specifications are met.
- Resolve issues related to missing, delayed, or rejected language materials.
- Vendor & Workflow Coordination
- Collaborate with localization vendors, dubbing studios, and subtitle providers to manage workflows.
- Ensure all language assets meet required technical and quality standards.
- Manage version control and maintain accurate records of all language deliverables.
- New Client & Project Support
- Support onboarding of new clients by aligning on language requirements and delivery expectations.
- Assist in defining workflows for new language projects and territories.
- Systems & Tracking
- Maintain language tracking tools and databases, ensuring data accuracy and consistency.
- Provide regular updates to stakeholders on language asset status and delivery timelines.
- Support process improvements to streamline language versioning workflows.
Qualifications and Experience
- High proficiency in Excel or specialized project management tools (like Airtable) to track hundreds of moving parts simultaneously.
- Understanding of descriptive and technical metadata related to language assets for global storefronts.
- Deep knowledge of subtitle formats (SRT, STL, SCC, VTT, DFXP/TTML) and dubbing audio specifications.
- Expert-level organization to manage multiple language tracks (Dubs, M&Es, Forced Narratives) for a single title.
- Ability to work with legal documentation to extract language assets terms.
- A mindset for improving workflows to reduce "time-to-market" for localized versions.
- Providing clear, concise status updates to internal stakeholders regarding the readiness of international versions.
- Knowledge of linguistic QA processes to ensure cultural accuracy and synchronization.
At Blue Ant Media, we believe promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion is everyone's responsibility. We can all contribute. As a global media company, we recognize our platform and opportunity to influence change and promote a more inclusive world. We know what we create, distribute, and produce is better with a diverse workforce. In recruiting for our teams, we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds (who are eligible to work in Canada) and welcome the unique contributions each person brings.
While we may use digital tools to support the efficiency of our recruitment process, we do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen, assess or select candidates. Applications are personally reviewed by a member of the Talent Acquisition team or one of the hiring leaders, ensuring a fair and human-centered experience for all applicants.
If you have most of the qualifications listed in our posting, but are not sure whether to proceed with your application, we still encourage you to apply. We thank all candidates for their interest in Blue Ant Media and we will reach out to those candidates that are under consideration. If you are contacted for an interview and require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please email our Human Resources team at
[email protected].
