Russian Music Localization Specialist - Russian (Kazakhstan)

Welocalize; Germany; Remote; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking culturally fluent Russian linguists to join their Music localization team. This exciting role involves translating and adapting music-related content, ensuring it resonates with Russian-speaking audiences. You will bring an authentic tone and voice to the content while collaborating with a diverse team. With a focus on creativity and cultural relevance, this position offers the chance to work on engaging projects in a vibrant environment. Join a forward-thinking company that values professional development and offers a steady stream of work, empowering you to grow your career in the dynamic world of music localization.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Multicultural Team Environment

Flexible Work Hours

24/6 Support from Community Team

Qualifications

• 4+ years in music, media, or creative localization.
• Strong familiarity with music trends and cultural context.
• Excellent command of Russian with deep cultural fluency.

Responsibilities

• Translate and adapt music-related content with precision.
• Collaborate with the assessment team for testing.
• Maintain brand consistency across various content types.

Skills

Music Localization

Creative Writing

Cultural Fluency

Translation

UI/UX Copy

Familiarity with Music Trends

Education

Degree in Linguistics

Degree in Translation

Degree in Journalism

Tools

Welocalize CAT Tools

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 provides 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 operates across North America, Europe, and Asia, serving our global clients in key markets. 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 role involves storytelling for a music-loving audience, emphasizing localization that captures the essence of the culture.

Project Details:

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 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.
• 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.

$25 - $30.60 an hour

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.