AI Translation & Localisation Manager - 6 Month FTC

About Charlotte Tilbury Beauty

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range. Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.

Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond. It has become a global sensation across 50 markets and growing, with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.

Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic. The energy behind the bran­d is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.

About the role

We are looking for an Interim AI Translation & Localisation Manager to lead the delivery and optimisation of multilingual content across our global digital channels. This role is both strategic and execution-focused, with responsibility for managing end-to-end localisation workflows, overseeing content delivery, and ensuring high-quality output across all markets. The role will drive the research, evaluation, and implementation of AI-powered translation and localisation solutions to improve operational efficiency and scalability — while maintaining brand tone, linguistic accuracy, and content quality. 

The role will also oversee localisation project management, including stakeholder coordination, workflow optimisation, vendor management, and continuous improvement across tools, processes, and existing AI-assisted translation capabilities.

As a AI Translations & Localisation Manager you will

AI Research, Evaluation & Implementation 

• Research and evaluate emerging AI-powered translation and localisation technologies and assess their impact on quality, efficiency and scalability 

• Develop and refine AI-enabled localisation frameworks to improve productivity

• Begin the implementation and integration of AI-assisted translation solutions into existing workflows and processes 

• Partner with stakeholders to ensure effective adoption of tools 

Localisation Delivery & Operations 

• Own end-to-end delivery of localised content across digital channels, including written, static, and video assets 

• Manage day-to-day localisation workflows across briefing, translation, review, QA, approvals, and publishing 

• Ensure timely delivery, consistency, and high-quality output across all markets and languages 

• Coordinate asset delivery and localisation priorities across multiple stakeholders and digital functions 

Workflow, Process & Project Management 

• Oversee and optimise localisation workflows, processes, and operational delivery 

• Work across platforms and tools including Contentful, Figma, XTM, Monday.com 

• Identify operational inefficiencies and implement both quick-win and more scalable process improvements 

Stakeholder & Vendor Management 

• Act as the key point of contact for localisation across internal teams 

• Manage relationships with external agencies and freelancers 

• Ensure clear communication, prioritisation, and alignment across projects, timelines, and deliverables 

• Collaborate with digital, creative, content, and occasionally regional teams to support business and market needs 

Quality & Brand Consistency 

• Ensure brand tone of voice, cultural nuance, and market relevance are maintained across all localised content 

• Support language audits and QA processes 

About you

• 5+ years of experience in the translation/localisation industry

• Experience with implementing AI within localisation workflows

• Experience with in-house or agency translation project management

• Experience working within a digital business environment

• Skilled in working with CAT tools, MT engines, and translation memory systems

• Strong project management skills

• Thrives working in a fast-paced, continually adapting environment with multiple moving projects

• Ability to prioritise tasks, forward-think, and manage a team effectively

• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail

Who you will work with

Digital Content, Wider Digital team

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves.
• We’re a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you.
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday.
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.
• Financial security and to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces and not to forget our generous product discount and gifting!

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.