Hybrid Localization Copy Editor - Game Text & VO

TAPP Film; United States; Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Office 2-3x a week

Job summary

Nexon America is seeking a Localization Copy Editor to write and edit in-game text and voiceover scripts for Nexon games. You’ll help decide style rules, update localization documents, and monitor copy editing progress across titles. Hybrid work includes 2-3 days in-office.

Required: 2-3 years game-related experience and 3-5 years professional writing. A bachelor’s in English preferred, with a creative writing background. Familiarity with CAT tools is a plus.

Qualifications

• Excellent grammar and copy-editing skills.
• Familiarity with CMoS
• Ability to edit to specific established voices and styles while faithfully conveying the source material's vision
• Avid player of anime-style character-collecting mobile games, such as Girls Frontline and Azur Lane
• Ability to multitask and prioritize in a busy, deadline-driven environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with sharp attention to detail
• Ability to work well with a variety of stakeholders with different priorities and requirements
• Ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Previous game localization experience a plus
• Familiarity with editing game strings with codes, localization QA testing, and text tools/CAT tools a plus
• Experience editing voiceover scripts and attending voiceover sessions a plus

Responsibilities

• Edit and culturalize translated game text and voiceover scripts to make them entertaining, immersive, accurate, and relatable to a western audience, to the extent agreed upon with the product owners of each game.
• Contribute to discussions about text issues in Nexon’s games and other communication channels.
• Fix in-game text bugs and typos.
• Create and update various localization documents, including style guides, NPC documents, story bibles, process guides, proper noun pages, Q's docs, QA notes, etc.
• Guide the style direction of assigned Nexon games by initiating style discussions with the project manager and copy editing lead.
• Take ownership of the copy editing tasks of assigned games by keeping tabs on each content update’s editing progress, divvying up work between editors assisting with the project, checking that all tasks are completed, and notifying the project manager if things start to fall off track or if the team encounters any obstacles.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Excellent grammar and copy-editing

CMoS familiarity

Voice/style consistency

Anime/mobile games knowledge

Multitasking & prioritization

Written and verbal communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Feedback skills

Game localization experience

CAT tools & QA

Voiceover editing experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English

Creative writing background

Tools

CAT tools

Job description

Nexon America is seeking a Localization Copy Editor to write and edit in-game text and voiceover scripts for Nexon games. You’ll help decide style rules, update localization documents, and monitor copy editing progress across titles. Hybrid work includes 2-3 days in-office.

Required: 2-3 years game-related experience and 3-5 years professional writing. A bachelor’s in English preferred, with a creative writing background. Familiarity with CAT tools is a plus.