Japanese Multimedia Content Reviewer

1 month ago
Full-time
Junior
Quality Assurance and Testing
Welocalize

Welocalize

Welocalize provides translation and localization services to help businesses reach global audiences with precision and efficiency.

Professional Services
1K-5K
Founded 1997
$34M raised

Description

  • Localize, translate, and adapt content across categories (multimedia, legal, technical, marketing) while adhering to style guides and guidelines.
  • Write new copy for multimedia products such as music, TV, app store listings, video-on-demand, and game subscription services.
  • Perform regular linguistic review and LQA of own work and other team members’ work for all content types, including live platform content.
  • Copy-edit and fact-check content to ensure factual and linguistic accuracy.
  • Conduct market-specific research on local content treatment, terminology trends, and best localization practices for the target Japanese audience.
  • Transcribe spoken content such as lyrics and report on data and assets across a broad scope of media and content types.
  • Review linguistic assessments and create training materials and documentation for new projects to ensure team alignment on terminology and style.
  • Collaborate with the global language team via virtual meetings and written communications to calibrate terminology, style, and market-specific insights.
  • Flag potential cultural issues, propose localization suggestions, and act as a cultural ambassador for the language market.

Requirements

  • BS/BA and 2+ years of work experience in journalism, copywriting, or copyediting media content with proof of writing samples.
  • Native-level proficiency in Japanese, including the ability to type in Japanese using a local (English) keyboard.
  • Experience in translation and localization of multimedia content.
  • Proven creative writing skills and a background or strong knowledge of music, TV, cinema, gaming, and pop culture.
  • Ability to quickly detect issues and inconsistencies across large volumes of content and make sound judgment calls.
  • Highly detail-oriented with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and meet deadlines.
  • Fluency in written and verbal English.
  • Strong computer literacy; familiarity with iOS/macOS systems is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Smartling or similar localization tools (preferred).
  • Ability to work independently and remotely while collaborating effectively in multicultural teams.

Benefits

  • Full-time employment.
  • Remote work / work-from-home arrangement.
  • Opportunity to work with global clients and a multicultural team across North America, Europe, and Asia.
  • Work on leading multimedia platforms and products (music, TV, apps, video-on-demand, games).

Interested in this position?

Apply directly on the company website

Apply Now

Similar Roles

Ad Operations Associate

GroundTruth 251-1K Media

Ad Operations Associate at GroundTruth responsible for launching, managing, and optimizing mobile advertising campaigns to ensure accurate delivery, measurement, and fulfillment that drive real-world business results.

HTML JavaScript
14 hours, 46 minutes ago

Content Editor

AlphaSense 251-1K Internet Software & Services

AlphaSense is hiring transcript editors to convert recorded events (interviews, webcasts, calls) into accurate, formatted transcripts for clients, ensuring verbatim accuracy, correct speaker/product identification, and timely delivery.

14 hours, 46 minutes ago

Manual QA Tester - Mobile

Fieldwire 251-1K Construction & Engineering

Fieldwire is hiring a Manual QA Tester to own QA validation for its mobile platforms within its construction-management SaaS product, ensuring features are production-ready and high-quality for jobsite users.

Agile Android Android Studio Angular Bootstrap iOS JavaScript Kotlin Scrum Swift Xcode
1 month ago

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Kasten 

Veeam Software 1K-5K Internet Software & Services

Software Development Engineer in Test at Veeam Kasten working on the infrastructure and test frameworks for the Kubernetes-focused Veeam Kasten data management platform to ensure high-quality, secure backup and recovery capabilities.

AWS Bash CI/CD Docker Git Go Helm Kubernetes OpenShift Python Rancher Shell Scripting
1 month ago

You're on a roll! Sign up now to keep applying.

Sign Up

Already have an account? Log in

Used by 14,729+ remote workers