Content Editor at Affirma Consulting Ireland

Affirma Consulting Ireland; Dublin; Remote; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Employee assistance program

Sick pay

Job summary

Affirma Consulting Ireland is seeking a skilled Localisation Editor to manage and publish Japanese-market content, with focus on accurate translation and cultural relevance. The role also supports Chinese-language content as needed.

You will work with global teams, ensure editorial quality, and maintain content standards across digital platforms.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of professional experience in the media industry, with relevant experience in content editing or multilingual content environments.
• Japanese and Chinese at advanced or native-level proficiency, with excellent writing and editing skills in both languages.
• Experience in linguistic quality assurance.
• Ability to localise and adapt English-language content naturally and accurately for the Japanese market, considering language conventions and cultural context.
• Ability to manage multiple content localisation and QA tasks concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Experience in online research and evaluating content quality and relevance.
• Awareness of cultural trends, holidays, and seasonal content for the Japanese market.
• Basic knowledge of HTML, markup, and content tags.

Responsibilities

• Localise, edit, quality-check and publish content for the Japanese market, focusing on Japanese-language and Japan-market content.
• Localise English-language content into Japanese, edit and create Japanese-language content, and perform QA.
• Support Chinese-language content and other multilingual initiatives as required.
• Localise and adapt content for the Japanese market, ensuring natural and accurate Japanese.
• Create and edit market-relevant content for Japan, including calendars, seasonal content, and cultural content.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver high-quality Japanese-market content in a timely manner.
• Research and edit visual assets to support editorial and localisation needs.
• Publish content through internal content management systems.

Skills

Japanese language proficiency

Chinese language proficiency

Linguistic QA

Content localisation

CMS usage

Adobe Photoshop

HTML basics

Tools

Adobe Photoshop

Content Management Systems

Microsoft Office

HTML basics

Job description

This Full time on site position offers great opportunities for career growth.

Responsibilities

• Localise, edit, quality-check and publish content for the Japanese market, with a primary focus on Japanese-language content and Japan-market content.
• The role involves localising English-language content into Japanese, editing and creating Japanese-language content, performing linguistic and editorial quality assurance, and developing content relevant to the Japanese market.
• Where required, the role also supports Chinese-language content and other multilingual content initiatives.
• Localise and adapt English-language content for the Japanese market, ensuring natural and accurate Japanese and alignment with Japanese language conventions and cultural context.
• Create, edit, and quality-check Japanese-language content for digital platforms and Japan-market content initiatives.
• Create and edit market-relevant content for Japan, including Japanese calendars, seasonal content, cultural content, and other locally relevant content.
• Support Chinese-language content and other multilingual localisation initiatives where required.
• Perform linguistic and editorial quality assurance (QA) to ensure content meets quality, consistency, and platform requirements.
• Research, source, and edit visual assets to support editorial and localised content as required.
• Manage, organise, and publish content through internal content management systems.
• Collaborate with global teams and relevant partners to deliver high-quality Japanese-market content in a timely manner.
• Apply editorial judgement to ensure content is appropriate for Japanese audiences.
• Monitor cultural trends, notable events, holidays, and seasonal topics relevant to the Japanese market and apply these insights to content creation and localisation.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience in the media industry, with relevant experience in content editing or multilingual content environments.
• Japanese and Chinese at advanced or native-level proficiency, with excellent Japanese and Chinese writing and editing skills.
• Experience in linguistic quality assurance.
• Ability to localise and adapt English-language content naturally and accurately for the Japanese market, taking into account Japanese language conventions, cultural context, and audience expectations.
• Ability to manage multiple content, localisation, and quality assurance tasks concurrently.
• Strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Experience in online research and evaluating content quality and relevance.
• Awareness of cultural trends, notable events, holidays, and seasonal content relevant to the Japanese market.
• Understanding of digital content, editorial, and localisation best practices, with basic knowledge of HTML, markup, and content tags.
• Basic proficiency in Adobe Photoshop for editing and preparing visual assets.
• Experience using content management systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.

The Successful candidate will work 39 hours per week.

Why Affirma?

One of Ireland’s Top 12 Tech Companies.

Pay

€36,605.00 per year

Benefits

• Company pension
• Employee assistance program
• Sick pay

Work Location

Remote