A lesson by Hannah Leske.
As one of the world’s first action camera manufacturers, GoPro created a category-defining product for capturing and sharing immersive and exciting videos and photos. Recently, GoPro has bolstered its camera products with mobile phone apps for greater control, better usability, and visibility into camera usage data. It has also prioritized direct-to-consumer sales through its website. This year, the company is attempting to pivot away from its strategy of a single flagship camera to a lineup featuring multiple cameras for different types of users.
GoPro owners hail from all over the globe. The company offers official shipping to 70 countries, and repair services are available in nearly half of these. It’s crystal clear that the company needs a strong localization team to help reach their international consumers.
The localization program is managed by four individuals. Brody Phillips heads up a team of two other full-time localization specialists who oversee the website, firmware, and software localization, as well as a contractor who handles marketing localization.
We spoke to Marina Lee, head of website localization, for this Lesson in Localization.Â
Team responsibilities are aligned with distinct silos: each localization expert is in charge of localization processes for a specific vertical.
Vendor responsibilities are determined by task: one vendor manages linguistic work while another handles quality control processes.
A unique TMS solution allows each localization expert to work with the systems that best suit their needs.
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The present report is the culmination of over 65 interviews with different companies as well as a separate survey Nimdzi conducted among localization and translation managers. It is is aimed at buyers of language services who are interested in benchmarking their own efforts or in learning how other companies tackle similar challenges or who are simply curious about what others in their position are doing.