Production Manager

<h2>About ElevenLabs</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenLabs is an AI research and product company transforming how we interact with technology.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We launched in January 2023 with the first human-like AI voice model. Today, we serve millions of users and thousands of businesses - from fast-growing startups to large enterprises like Deutsche Telekom and Meta. Our investors are some of the world's most prominent, including Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth and Sequoia. We've raised $781M in funding and our last valuation was $11B - multiples of 11, always.<br><br>We have expanded from voice into three main platforms:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAgents enables businesses to deliver seamless and intelligent customer experiences, with the integrations, testing, monitoring, and reliability necessary to deploy voice and chat agents at scale.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenCreative empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, image, and video across 70+ languages.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">ElevenAPI gives developers access to our leading AI audio foundational models.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em">Everything we do is the result of the creativity and commitment of our team - builders doing the best work of their lives. We are researchers, engineers, and operators. IOI medalists and ex-founders. If you want to work hard and create lasting positive impact, we want to hear from you.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>How we work</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>High-velocity: </strong>Rapid experimentation, lean autonomous teams, and minimal bureaucracy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Impact not job titles: </strong>We don’t have job titles. Instead, it’s about the impact you have. No task is above or beneath you.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>AI first:</strong> We use AI to move faster with higher-quality results. We do this across the whole company—from engineering to growth to operations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Excellence everywhere: </strong>Everything we do should match the quality of our AI models.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Global team: </strong>We prioritize your talent, not your location.</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>What we offer</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Innovative culture:</strong> You’ll be part of a generational opportunity to define the trajectory of AI, surrounded by a team pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Growth paths: </strong>Joining ElevenLabs means joining a dynamic team with countless opportunities to drive impact - beyond your immediate role and responsibilities.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Learning & development</strong>: ElevenLabs proactively supports professional development through an annual discretionary stipend.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Social travel</strong>: We also provide an annual discretionary stipend to meet up with colleagues each year, however you choose.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Annual company offsite: </strong>Each year, we bring the entire team together in a new location - past offsites have included Croatia and Italy.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Co-working</strong>: If you’re not located near one of our main hubs, we offer a monthly co-working stipend.</p></li></ul><h2><strong>About the role </strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Productions is the 'done for you' managed services wing of ElevenLabs made for creators and media businesses. We bring together our AI audio tools and human experts to unlock human-edited dubs, audiobooks, and more in 15+ languages directly on the ElevenLabs platform. </p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Here are a few recent projects Productions has helped bring to life:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Dubbing for some of the world's biggest creators (DudePerfect, Lex Fridman, Andrew Huberman) and media businesses</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Audiobook production for leading publishers and digital storytelling platforms </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Voice creation, sound design, and other audio engineering services for ElevenLabs' largest customers</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You can learn more about Productions here: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://elevenlabs.io/productions">https://elevenlabs.io/productions</a></p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>As a Production Manager, you drive the success of Productions for one or multiple language teams, including:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Onboarding and training linguists and other audio professionals (Producers) to use the ElevenLabs platform</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Building quality control and monitoring systems for your language to ensure the dubs, audiobooks, and other content we deliver sound natural and professional-grade </p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Working with the Productions product and engineering team to optimize our tools and processes for high-quality content creation</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Define our editorial line and set our creative direction, such as style guides, voice casting, translation and adaptation principles</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>Requirements</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">While we don’t require any formal experience, certifications, or degrees, the following will set you apart as a candidate for a Production Manager role:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Native speaker of or native-level knowledge</strong> of Japanese or Korean (but no requirement to be based in either country).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Experience building and/or running a production team</strong> inside a language service provider (LSP), localization agency, media company, or similar for one or multiple of the following:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Transcripts</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Translations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Dubs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Audiobooks</p></li></ul></li></ul><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Strong attention to detail</strong>: you should have keen eyes and ears in your native language and be capable of spotting even the smallest inconsistencies or mistakes that keep something from reading or sounding 100% natural.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Comfortable giving feedback:</strong> you will be responsible for the quality of content the team produces in your language and should feel comfortable setting and maintaining a high bar.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Bonus points for:</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with the ElevenLabs platform, including our transcript editor, Studio, and dubbing products</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Native-level abilities in multiple non-English languages</p></li></ul></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>Location</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is remote and can be executed globally. If you prefer, you can work from our offices in Bangalore, Dublin, London, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Warsaw.</p><h2></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">#LI-Remote</p>

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