GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
Assistant Localization Manager will play a critical role in ensuring that our video games are adapted, translated, and culturally tailored to reach a global audience. Your expertise in languages, cultural nuances, and gaming industry trends will contribute to delivering high-quality localized content that resonates with players. Localization Supervisor will be responsible for overseeing the localization process, managing a team of translators and coordinators, and collaborating with various departments to ensure smooth and effective localization operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Localization Management:
- Oversee the end-to-end localization process for video games, from planning to final delivery, to meet product release timelines and quality standards.
- Collaborate with project managers, developers, and creative teams to ensure all localized content aligns with the original vision and maintains consistent quality.
- Ensure the effective integration of localized assets, including text, audio, and graphics, into the game’s user interface.
Team Management:
- Supervise and guide a team of translators, localization coordinators, and freelancers to ensure they meet project goals and maintain high translation standards.
- Conduct performance evaluations, provide feedback, and identify opportunities for professional development and training.
Quality Assurance:
- Implement and enforce rigorous quality assurance processes to maintain accuracy, cultural relevance, and linguistic integrity in all localized content.
- Work with QA teams to address any localization-related issues and ensure they are resolved promptly.
Language and Cultural Expertise:
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, gaming terminology, and linguistic developments to provide valuable insights to the localization team.
- Utilize cultural expertise to adapt content, including humor, references, and idiomatic expressions, to resonate with target audiences.
Vendor Management:
- Build and maintain relationships with external localization vendors to ensure timely delivery and high-quality service.
- Negotiate contracts, review proposals, and manage the budget for localization projects.
Process Improvement:
- Identify opportunities to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the localization process and implement best practices accordingly.
Required Qualifications:
● Bachelor’s degree in Translation, Linguistics, or a related field from a four-year college or university; or 5+ years of Localization experience in entertainment industry (including Gaming industry).
● Strong understanding of cultural sensitivities and the ability to adapt content accordingly.
● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders effectively.
● Familiarity with localization tools and software.
● Leadership skills with the ability to motivate and mentor a team.
● Passion for video games and a deep appreciation for global gaming communities.
● Strong attention to deadlines and budgetary guidelines.
● Experience with Google Suite and Microsoft Office.
Preferred Qualifications:
● Professional certification (ex: Professional Certified Marketer)
● Understanding of the concept of Gaming business in Gaming industry.
● Understanding of video game concepts, terms, and gameplay (in particular RPGs).
● Good base of knowledge for gaming industry personalities and publications.
● Knowledge and history of RPGs .
● Established media contacts.
● Experience in content development and website design
● Business level speaking and writing skill in Japanese is plus.
Other Requirements:
Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes
Key Attributes:
Candidate should demonstrate these skills
● Strong passion to introduce our game titles to the market
● Solid verbal and written English communication
● Good time management / Ability to meet schedules and deadlines
● Good negotiation
● Good sense for numbers / mathematics
● Critical thinking and problem-solving
● Planning and organizing
● Team participation with respect
● Multi-tasking
● Vendor relations
● A person of integrity
● Stress tolerance
● Detail Oriented
● Steady and prudent
● A love for Japanese games!
WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Work is typically performed either in an office environment with a moderate noise level.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to frequently sit and occasionally must stand, walk, use hands and fingers, and may lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities include the ability to read and analyze data in hard copy and on a computer screen, measure, or identify using eyesight and adjust vision focus.
- Abilities to communicate verbally and in writing to individuals and groups.
Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits: Health, Dental & Vision coverage, 401k plan
Health care: effective first of the month following 30 days waiting period.
401K: Require 3 months of service to be eligible.
11 Paid holidays; 88 hours of vacation first year; 56 hours sick leave per year
Discretionally Year-end bonus (TBD) may be available