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Japanese Language Specialist

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Key Responsibilities

We are looking to hire a remote-based Japanese Language Specialist in Japan to join our Localization team. This is a remote role based out of Japan.

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The role

We are looking to hire a remote-based Japanese Language Specialist in Japan to join our Localization team.

This is a remote role based out of Japan.

Working at WGSN

Together, we create tomorrow

A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.

WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, beauty, consumer tech, fashion, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.

Role overview

The role of Japanese Language Consultant is a full-time position. The primary duty of the role is to oversee WGSN's Japanese localised content and site updates, acting as a strategic arm of Content, and collaborating with Marketing, Design and Product departments to localise assets for digital publishing on WGSN product sites – Fashion, Interiors, Beauty, Food & Drink, and Consumer Tech – for the Japanese language market. This position will also work closely with the Tech team to incorporate machine translation systems for optimising localisation workflow. This is a hybrid role based in Hong Kong that requires working onsite 3 days a week.

The team

Our mission is to bridge markets through crafting intuitive, user-friendly localized content that drives engagement across every touchpoint. We empower WGSN to establish credible voices globally, ensuring content connects authentically, while maintaining brand integrity and honoring cultural nuances.

Enable Market Growth: By removing language and cultural barriers, we open doors to new markets and strengthen presence in existing ones

Build Trust: We safeguard and elevate brand equity that establish genuine connections with audiences, capture cultural subtleties, and creates distinctive product differentiation

Drive Engagement: We ensure consistent brand messaging while allowing for necessary cultural adaptation, calibrate content that reflects local realities, generating higher engagement and conversion rates

Manage translated Japanese content for various verticals and brand-related marketing materials, ensuring the tone of voice, ideas, and concepts are accurately and consistently conveyed in the target language using culturally appropriate terminology

Collaborate with internal Product and Tech teams to assist machine learning development and customise suitable workflows for Japanese language

Manage linguistic resources: 6 glossaries and 2 style guides. Develop and maintain documentation and best practices, ensuring terminology consistency across localised content

Monitor content quality and implement necessary changes to improve the in-house machine translation system. Review WGSN content compatibility with MT to tailor editing approaches

Guide freelancers and part-time staff by offering instructions, constructive feedback, and keeping support materials up-to-date

Effectively communicate and collaborate across teams to ensure the smooth execution of Japanese localised multimedia content (video, marketing collateral, etc)

Report regularly on project status to localisation managers, and support communication with the Japanese commercial team

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Must be a native Japanese speaker with an exceptional command of Japanese and English research, reading and writing – skilled in transcreating and localisation editing from English to Japanese

Prior experience with machine translation API such as DeepL, Google, Amazon, Bing and post-editing Prioritise and organise tasks under tight deadlines while demonstrating attention to detail

Comfortable with flexible work hours and working across regions and time zones, and collaborating virtually with teams and freelancers

Self-starter and proactive communicator who is passionate about sharing knowledge and connecting with people and ideas

Technical skills: usage proficiency in Apple computer and Google tools, including a basic understanding of data analytics, is desired