Ukrainian Music Localization Specialist - Ukrainian

Welocalize; Nürnberg; Vor Ort; EUR 35.000 - 50.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading localization company seeks passionate Ukrainian linguists for their Music localization team. The role involves translating and adapting music content to resonate with Ukrainian audiences, utilizing strong writing skills and cultural fluency to create authentic experiences. Candidates will bring at least 4 years of relevant experience and have the opportunity for professional development in a multicultural team with diverse projects.

Leistungen

Steady volume of work

Professional development opportunities

Work with a multicultural team

24/6 support from community team

Qualifikationen

• Minimum 4 years' experience in music or media localization.
• Excellent command of Ukrainian and cultural knowledge.
• Experience with UI/UX and music-related content.

Aufgaben

• Translate and adapt music-related content for Ukrainian audiences.
• Collaborate on testing via the assessment platform.
• Maintain brand consistency across promotional materials.

Kenntnisse

Music localization

Writing skills

Cultural fluency

Adaptation to Ukrainian culture

Familiarity with music trends

Ausbildung

Degree in linguistics or translation

Creative writing background

Tools

Welocalize CAT tools

Jobbeschreibung

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 Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian, 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) >

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.
• Professional development : work on exciting projects that will empower you to keep learning and growing.
• Work with a multicultural, international team with a great variety of documents and content types.
• 24-hour 6-day a week support from our community team.