Content Designer, Terminologist, Games
The Role
In this six-month contract, you’ll audit current and in-development UI to identify and document terminology, naming conventions, and language patterns. Collaborating with content designers, you’ll help create and maintain a terminology database and support the development of a comprehensive content design system. You’ll surface inconsistencies, propose clear naming standards, and ensure alignment across product, legal, and localization teams. As the system matures, you’ll help define a governance model—leveraging automation or AI—to keep our language assets current and evolving.
What You’ll Do
- Audit game UIs and documentation to collect and analyze existing terminology and language patterns
- Develop and maintain a centralized terminology database for the games ecosystem
- Collaborate with content designers to ensure terminology aligns with content patterns and style guidance
- Identify inconsistencies, redundancies, and gaps in naming conventions; propose clear, scalable solutions
- Partner with localization, legal, and product teams to ensure terminology meets member needs
- Help define and implement a governance strategy to keep terminology accurate and up to date, using automation
- or AI wherever possible
About You
You have a passion for language precision and consistency, and you excel at establishing clear, scalable terminology systems. You’re comfortable navigating complex technical and creative environments, and you thrive on bringing order to ambiguity. You enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners and are skilled at making nuanced language choices accessible and actionable.
Your Skills
- Deep expertise in terminology management, lexicography, or content standardization
- Experience building and maintaining terminology databases or glossaries
- Strong systems thinking and attention to detail
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to advocate for clear, consistent language across diverse stakeholder groups
Your Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in terminology management, linguistics, content design, or related field
- Experience working with digital products, games, or technology environments
- Familiarity with terminology management tools and best practices
- Outstanding organizational and documentation skills
- Ability to flex across Pacific & Eastern Time hours
- Please provide a portfolio or relevant work samples. This is a contract position reporting to the Content Design Manager for Games.
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