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German Metadata Specialist (Movies and TV Shows) in Austin, TX

This role is for a German Metadata Specialist in Austin, TX, offering a 12-month W2 contract at $27/hour. Key skills include native German fluency, data accuracy, problem-solving, and familiarity with movies/TV shows. Experience with XML and advanced spreadsheets is a plus.
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
216
🗓️ - Date discovered
March 8, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
More than 6 months
🏝️ - Location type
On-site
📄 - Contract type
W2 Contractor
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Austin, TX
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Data Quality #Data Integration #Metadata #XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
Role description
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Do you love movies and tv shows?  Like to work with data?  Are you up to date on the latest social media platforms?  Then keep reading!

We are looking for someone to join our team that ensure our client’s products have the metadata quality and coverage needed to offer the best-in-class customer experience.  You will work cooperatively with international teams to monitor, curate, and improve the quality of our products and partner data integrations.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Verify content accuracy, ensuring it meets the provided standards

  • Make possible edits, fixes, or suggestions to the data content when needed

  • Make decisions on content often with limited information on hand

  • Report any patterns of issues observed to help improve database and product performance

  • Test tools to provide feedback for improving efficiency and accuracy

  • Work and communicate with cross-functional teams

Location: On-Site in Austin, TX - Northeast location

Project Duration: 12 months

Type of employment: W2 Contract, eligible for benefits based on hours worked

Pay Rate: $27 an hour

Working Hours/Schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week) with 1 hour of unpaid lunch included

  • Normal Hours (assigned by the client):

Sun-Thur:  10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

OR

Tues-Sat:  10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Desired Start Date: As soon as possible

Please bear in mind that Welocalize does not offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Benefits:

▪️ Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance

▪️ Telemedicine Benefit

▪️ Paid Sick Time - Employees accrue 1 hour of paid sick leave every 30 worked hours

▪️ Paid Holiday: 2 days

▪️ Employee Assistance Program

▪️ Mileage Reimbursement

Following eligibility requirements:

▪️ Medical Insurance

▪️ Dental Insurance

▪️ Vision Insurance

▪️ FSA and HSA

▪️ Voluntary Life Insurance

▪️ 401(k) Retirement Plan- After 1000 hours worked

Qualifications and Skills:

   • Native level fluency in German

   • Strong written and verbal communication skills

   • Proven ability to maintain motivation and solid focus through hours of repetitive tasks

   • Highly detail-oriented with ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment

   • Sharp problem-solving and analytical skills, along with ability to learn from history and prevent errors from recurring

   • Comfortable navigating ambiguity to make sound judgment calls

   • A wide-ranging and up-to-date knowledge of the local movies, TV shows, music, literature, social media platforms, cultural sensitivities and nuances

   • Experience with some or all of the following: Apple products and MS Office

   • Degree not required but preferred in: Art, Design, Media, Production, Literature, Film, etc.

   • Knowledge of advanced spreadsheet and XML a plus

   • This position may require work outside of normal business hours, on weekends and holidays

Recruitment Process:

  • Sign NDA

  • Complete a Language Proficiency Test (approximately 15 min)

  • Interview with Recruiter

  • Movies and TV shows Metadata Test (2 hours)

  • Interview with Vendor Project Managers

  • Offer