Hebrew Sports Localization Specialist (Football)
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Job Summary
Review, localize, fact check, translate, and adapt football-related content from English (US) to Hebrew while adhering to writing style guides and guidelines. Conduct market-specific research on local content, product, and terminology trends, and provide feedback on written content to ensure cultural resonance. This role focuses on quality control, translation, copy editing, and machine translation post-editing for a global transformation partner serving over 250 languages. Applicants must hold a BS/BA and 2+ years of experience in linguistics, sports journalism, or copy-editing, with native-level fluency and extensive football knowledge.
Required Qualifications
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- 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
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