Welocalize - Russian Music Localization Specialist - Russian (Kazakhstan)

TN Germany; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 30.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An innovative company seeks a passionate Russian linguist to join their Music Localization team. This role involves translating and adapting music-related content, ensuring it resonates with Russian-speaking audiences. You’ll work with a multicultural team, bringing an authentic voice to a global platform. With a focus on creativity and cultural fluency, this position offers the chance to shape compelling user experiences. If you have a knack for storytelling and a deep understanding of contemporary music, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join us to elevate your career in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Leistungen

Professional Development

Multicultural Team

24-hour Support

Qualifikationen

• 4+ years in music, media, or creative localization.
• Strong familiarity with current music trends and genres.
• Degree in linguistics, translation, or journalism.

Aufgaben

• Translate and adapt music-related content for Russian audiences.
• Collaborate with teams to maintain brand consistency.
• Provide feedback for improving content relevance.

Kenntnisse

Translation

Transcreation

Copy Editing

Music Localization

Cultural Fluency

UI/UX Copy

Ausbildung

Degree in Linguistics

Degree in Translation

Degree in Journalism

Tools

Welocalize CAT Tools

Jobbeschreibung

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Welocalize - Russian Music Localization Specialist - Russian (Kazakhstan), Hamburg

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Client:

Welocalize

Location:

Hamburg, Germany

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

09.05.2025

Expiry Date:

23.06.2025

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Job Description:

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

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 Russian (Kazakhstan) linguists with deep knowledge of contemporary music and exceptional writing skills to join our Music localization team. You’ll help shape compelling in-app content and user experiences that resonate with Russian-speaking audiences across genres and formats.

You’ll translate and adapt a variety of music-related content into native-level Russian, bringing an authentic tone and voice to our client's Music’s global platform. This is more than localization—it’s storytelling for a music-loving audience.

Language Pair: English (US) > Russian (Kazakhstan)

Task Type: Translation, Transcreation, Copy Editing

Volume: 1,000–2,000 weighted words/week

Tools: Welocalize CAT & client tools (training provided)

Workload: Daily/Weekly availability preferred

Assessment: Grammar + UX/Creative task via Mettl (completed in one sitting)

MAIN DUTIES

• Translate and post-edit music-related content with precision and creativity.
• Adapt tone, style, and structure to reflect the Russian music scene, culture, and idiomatic usage.
• Collaborate with our assessment team to complete brief testing in our platform (grammar + UX/marketing task).
• Maintain brand consistency and linguistic accuracy across UI, banners, and promotional assets.
• Provide feedback or suggestions for improving content relevance and impact.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Minimum 4 years' experience in music, media, or creative localization.
• Strong familiarity with current music trends, genres (Pop, K-Pop, Hip Hop), and cultural context.
• Excellent command of Russian (Kazakhstan) and deep cultural fluency.
• Demonstrated experience with UI/UX copy, music metadata, or artist bios.
• Comfortable using CAT tools and adapting content to multiple platforms.
• Degree in linguistics, translation, or journalism. Creative writing background preferred.

BONUS IF YOU HAVE:

• Published work on platforms like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, or similar.
• Experience working with music streaming services.
• A flair for adapting voice and style to Gen Z or pop culture audiences.

After your application is reviewed, shortlisted candidates will be contacted by our assessment team to complete testing. Please be prepared to submit a short, creative language test in our secure platform.

When you join Welocalize, you have the opportunity to bring your career to the next level:

... receive steady volume of work and long-term partnership {where this applies}

... professional development: work on exciting projects that will empower you keep learning and growing

... work with multicultural, international team with a great variety of documents and content types

... 24-hour 6-day a week support from our community team.