Japanese Sports Localization Specialist (Football)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Japanese Sports Localization Specialist (Football) based in Ireland.

• Join a localization team focused on making football content accurate, engaging, and culturally relevant for Japanese audiences.
• In this role, you’ll review, translate, localize, fact-check, and adapt sports content with a strong focus on football.
• You’ll help ensure content reflects local language, terminology, culture, and audience expectations.
• The role combines linguistic expertise with deep football knowledge, editorial judgment, and creative writing skills.
• You’ll research market trends and provide feedback that helps improve the quality and consistency of localized content.
• You’ll work within established style guides and quality standards while contributing your own subject-matter expertise.
• This is an opportunity to support high-impact multilingual content projects in a collaborative, technology-enabled environment