French (Canada) Sports Localization Specialist (Football)

As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com [http://www.welocalize.com/] To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. OVERVIEW MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB Welocalize is seeking passionate and culturally fluent Sports Subject Matter Experts specialized in football with exceptional writing skills to join our localization team. You’ll review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt football-related content so it resonates with audiences in your market. Project Details: Language Pair: English (US) > French (Canada) Task Type: QC Content Specialties: Audiovisual Assessment: Grammar + SME knowledge \n MAIN DUTIES * Review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt sports-related content, mainly football, while adhering to writing style guides and guidelines * Conduct market-specific research on local content, product and terminology trends, and best localization practices for the target audience in your market * Provide feedback on written content REQUIRED SKILLS * BS/BA and/or 2+ years of work experience in the linguistic field, sports journalism, copywriting, or in copy-editing * Extensive sports knowledge, mainly football * Experience in translation and localization of multimedia content, preferably also machine translations and evaluations * Native-level fluency in the target language * Excellent grammar and writing skills in the native language * Strong creative writing, proofreading, and editing skills in the native language * Tech savvy: strong practical knowledge of computers and mobile devices, word processors, and spreadsheets * Owning licensed version of MS Office apps * Ability to work independently and remotely BONUS IF YOU HAVE: * Published work on platforms like ESPN, The Athletic, FourFourTwo, or similar. * Experience working with sports media platforms, live score apps, or sports streaming services. * A flair for adapting voice and style to Gen Z, football fan culture, and pop culture audiences. \n After your application is reviewed, shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our team to complete the application process.

The specialist will review, localize, translate, and adapt football-related content to ensure it resonates with the target audience. They will also conduct market-specific research and provide feedback on written content while adhering to style guides.

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree or at least 2 years of experience in linguistics, journalism, or copywriting. Extensive knowledge of football and native-level fluency in French (Canada) are required.

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• Translation
• Localization
• Copywriting
• Copy-editing
• Sports journalism
• Football knowledge
• Grammar
• Proofreading
• Creative writing
• MTPE
• Quality control
• Linguistics
• MS Office
• Market research
• Style Guides
• Sports Journalism
• Fact Checking
• Research
• Editing
• Multilingualism
• Copy Editing
• Spreadsheets
• Creative Writing
• Data Transformation
• Word Processing
• English Language
• French Language
• Innovation
• Machine Learning
• Multimedia
• Target Audience
• Writing
• Quality Control
• Technical Acumen

• Creative & Media
• Sports & Recreation
• Marketing
• Localization Specialist
• Proofreader
• Coding, Proofreading and Related Clerks
• Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Formation minimale

Baccalauréat

Expérience minimale

2+ ans

Langue de l’offre

anglais

Heures de travail

40 heures par semaine