Position: Assistant Localization Manager
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.
Job Duties:
- 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.
Salary: $75-90K, Exempt, Direct-hire, full-time
Work location: Orange County, CA (Hybrid)
Hours: 7am~ 10am to start (Flex) 8 hours plus 1 hour lunch
Holidays: Sat, Sun, Major national holidays
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.
- Paid holidays; 88 hours of vacation per year; 56 hours sick leave per year
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.
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!
