Ukrainian Music Localization Specialist - Ukrainian

TN Germany; Rostock; Remote; EUR 40.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading company is seeking passionate Ukrainian linguists for their Music localization team. You will translate and adapt music-related content, ensuring an authentic tone for Russian-speaking audiences. This role requires creativity and cultural fluency in music, with an emphasis on storytelling beyond simple localization.

Leistungen

Professional Development

Steady Volume of Work

Multicultural Team

24-hour Support

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 4 years' experience in music, media, or creative localization.
• Strong familiarity with current music trends and genres.

Aufgaben

• Translate and post-edit music-related content with precision and creativity.
• Collaborate with the assessment team to complete testing.

Kenntnisse

Creative Writing

Cultural Fluency

Translation

Adaptation

Ausbildung

Degree in Linguistics

Degree in Translation

Degree in Journalism

Tools

Welocalize CAT

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11.05.2025

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Job Description:

Welocalize is a trusted global transformation partner that accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. We deliver multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages, supported by a network of over 400,000 in-country linguistic resources. Our innovative approach blends technology and human intelligence to provide high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning, collecting, annotating, and evaluating various content types. Our team operates across North America, Europe, and Asia, serving global clients in key markets. For more information, visit 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 Ukrainian linguists with deep knowledge of contemporary music and exceptional writing skills to join our Music localization team. You will help craft compelling in-app content and user experiences that resonate with Russian-speaking audiences across genres and formats.

You will translate and adapt a variety of music-related content into native-level Ukrainian, ensuring an authentic tone and voice for our client's global music platform. This role involves storytelling that connects with music-loving audiences, beyond simple localization.

Language Pair: English (US) > Ukrainian

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 Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian 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.