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Role Description

This position is a highly visible and engaged client-facing position. The Content Strategist/Translator will work directly with our gaming and entertainment clients in conjunction with a fully-established account and creative project team. We are looking for a multilingual, experienced translator to function as an extension of clients’ communications team.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Translating text from Japanese to English and English to Japanese for marketing, PR, internal, and corporate communications messages across all mediums (emails, presentations, videos, documents, website copy, social media posts, etc).
• Providing strategic and unique content ideas for publication across online or digital platforms.
• Having a pulse on the gaming and entertainment media landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Marketing, Communications, or related field experience.
• Must read and write at a fluent level in at least two languages, for this role - English and Japanese.
• Must have prior experience doing translations and be able to provide proof of language fluency.
• Must be able to interpret Japanese and English technical conversations, quickly and accurately.
• Must have a strong pulse on the latest social media/marketing trends and gaming/entertainment landscape.
• Must have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to over-communicate via multiple mediums (Slack, email, Zoom), stay organized, and be self-motivated to meet deadlines.
• Strong communications skills, with demonstrated ability to write client documents, convey clear messaging in both written (client emails) and verbal formats (client meetings and presentations) with supervision as needed.
• Strong project management abilities, able to balance multiple workstreams with different stakeholders, teams, and deadlines.
• A focus for delivering the highest quality client service possible.
• An innovation mindset that finds opportunities to optimize and improve processes/workflow.
• A detail-oriented work ethic that pays attention to the little things, with strong proofreading ability.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Adobe CC, and SRT editors.
• Self-starter/self-motivation with a “can do” attitude.
• Creative thinker willing to brainstorm and contribute ideas.
• Must have work hour flexibility, including overtime, nights, and weekends, as needed, to meet deadlines.

Requirements

• Fluency in both English and Japanese and can provide a portfolio of work demonstrating proficiency.
• Expertise in PR, Communications, social media, content publishing, or relevant field.
• Experience in supporting client deliverables via project management with tight timelines.
• Video gaming love.

Benefits

• Work with marquee entertainment clients who are the darlings of pop culture.
• Values-based people-first culture.
• Realistic work schedule encourages a rich life outside of work.
• Opportunity to contribute at a high level and spread your wings within a supportive Agency.
• Remote, flexible, collaborative work environment.

Company Description

Hailing from the vibrant hub of Berkeley, CA, with dynamic outposts in Jakarta and Bangkok, Off Base is a creative agency that ignites a blazing fusion of creativity and marketing, seamlessly entwined with digital design and software wizardry. Our laser-focused mission? Revolutionizing the entertainment and gaming realms!

Founded in 2004, Off Base is not just any run-of-the-mill agency—it's a privately funded powerhouse and the go-to choice for industry titans, boasting collaborations with gaming behemoths like Sony Interactive Entertainment, Bandai Namco, Prime Gaming, Ubisoft, Sega, Square Enix, Capcom, and a whole constellation of other major brands.

Our team? Oh, they're not your average crew. They're an elite league of industry veterans, each wielding an arsenal of diverse backgrounds and a unique perspective. Together, we're bound by an insatiable passion to transform work into play!