Freelance Live Subtitling/Streaming Project Manager

Location: United Kingdom, remote

Company

hirify.global provides audio post-production, content localization, translation, subtitling, dubbing, voice-over, and linguistic quality assurance for media and entertainment clients.

What you will do

• Manage live captioning and streaming projects from conception to completion, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.
• Define requirements, timelines, and deliverables with broadcast, engineering, IT, and accessibility teams.
• Configure and deploy streaming infrastructure, captioning tools, and platforms including OBS, Wirecast, YouTube Live, Twitch, and Zoom.
• Develop workflows integrating live captions, transcripts, and translations with streamed content.
• Troubleshoot audio/video quality, latency, synchronization, and captioning issues in real time.
• Manage relationships with vendors, freelancers, and captioning service providers.

Requirements

• Proficiency with live streaming platforms and encoders such as OBS, Wirecast, vMix, Wowza, and Restream.
• Knowledge of RTMP, HLS, WebRTC, CDN services such as Akamai and Cloudflare, and server-side and client-side streaming architectures.
• Strong understanding of real-time captioning technologies, including stenography, CART, and automated speech recognition.
• Experience with captioning tools such as Ai-Media, EEG Falcon, CaptionSync, StreamText, or similar software.
• Knowledge of SRT, VTT, and SCC caption formats, including caption positioning, timing, and quality practices.
• Ability to troubleshoot audio/video quality, latency, synchronization, and captioning delays; familiarity with video codecs, resolutions, and bitrates.
• Knowledge of ADA, WCAG, FCC guidelines, and country-specific live captioning regulations, plus experience with closed captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, prioritize tasks, work under tight deadlines, and communicate with stakeholders across different time zones.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Broadcast Engineering, Media, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in live streaming, captioning, or a related technical project management role.

Culture & Benefits

• Freelance engagement with flexible project volume.
• Set your own schedule.
• Competitive pay, constructive feedback, and support.
• Work on broadcast events across television, streaming, games, and other media.
• Early access to unreleased content.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, respect, integrity, customer focus, and innovation.