Japanese Content Producer (Seasonal)

Major League Baseball; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an exciting opportunity with a leading sports league as a bilingual Japanese Content Producer. This seasonal role involves crafting engaging content for digital platforms, ensuring accuracy and timeliness while appealing to a Japanese audience. Ideal candidates are passionate about baseball, possess strong writing and editing skills in Japanese, and are adept at using content management systems. You'll be part of a dynamic team that values growth and teamwork, contributing to the legacy of America's pastime. If you're ready to make an impact in the world of sports media, this position is for you!

Qualifications

• Professional-level writing and editing in Japanese required.
• Experience with content management systems and web publishing is essential.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, translate and post Japanese content for MLB digital platforms.
• React quickly and accurately during breaking news events.

Skills

Japanese writing

Editing

Content management systems

Web publishing

Baseball knowledge

SEO

Social media

Communication skills

Basic HTML

Photoshop skills

Job description

Job Profile :

The bilingual Japanese Content Producer (seasonal) is responsible for writing, editing, creating and managing Major League Baseball’s Japanese-language content and posting it to digital platforms. They work closely with supervising editors to ensure that our site, app and email content is accurate, timely, informative and fun.

The role requires versatility, as all candidates will be expected to write, edit, translate, and work within our content management systems. We want someone who's a baseball nut and comfortable around stats, but also appreciates the lighter side of the game, can write and translate articles quickly and accurately, understands effective headline writing and is intuitive about which types of content will resonate with a Japanese audience.

This is not an office-based position and we will consider strong candidates from any U.S. location. Candidates who want to be seriously considered MUST include a cover letter with the application.

Responsibilities :

• Write, edit, translate and post content in Japanese for use on MLB digital platforms
• React quickly and accurately during breaking news
• Craft entertaining headlines, captions and blurbs
• Package stories with video, photos, social media and other features
• Make judgments on story significance and arrange content into lead packages
• Communicate consistently in both English and Japanese with others on the content team on latest developments

Qualifications & Skills :

• Professional-level writing, editing and translating in Japanese
• Experience with content management systems and web publishing
• Thorough grasp of baseball landscape and comfort with stats
• Work well under deadline and in fast-paced situations with multiple responsibilities
• Obsessive about accuracy
• Knowledge of social media and SEO
• Strong communication, presentation and organization skills
• Basic HTML and Photoshop skills a plus
• Must be available to work some nights and weekends

Pay Rate : $25 per hour

The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision.

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.