Back to search.Jagex - Brazilian Portuguese Translation Team Leader
| Employment Type: | Permanent |
| Location: | Cambridgeshire - East Anglia, United Kingdom, Cambridge |
| Salary: | £26k |
| Languages: | Portuguese |
Jagex Ltd, one of the world’s largest independent computer games studios, is looking for a Translation team leader/manager with excellent project management experience and leadership skills to be heavily involved in the creation of a Brazilian-Portuguese language version of its products, including the legendary MMORPG RuneScape.
Jagex develops and publishes PC browser games internationally, with over six million active players.
The company is built on its industry-leading bespoke technology and the Brazilian-Portuguese Translation Team Leader would work closely with the Localisation Manager to plan and manage the localisation of RuneScape into Brazilian-Portuguese, as we look to further our presence in this market.
This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Translation Team Leader, who will be responsible for managing major parts of the translation project, leading the Brazilian Translation Team, defining the overall creative direction of the translations, as well as liaising with an external team of translators and testers.
Key duties include:
- Leading a team of translators and localization testers
- Managing major parts of the translation project and its deliverables
- Definte the overall creative direction of the translations
- Accurately reporting project process and team performance to the Localisation Manager
- Liaising with external translators and testers as and when required
- Monitoring individual and team quality and productivity, identifying skill gaps and developing talent
- Leading by example through commitment, passion and professionalism towards Jagex, the RuneScape universe and the gaming sector as a whole.
Essential requirements:
- Excellent translation background, translating from English into Brazilian Portuguese
- Strong leadership skills, with relevant experience leading translation teams
- Excellent project management skills
- Great attention detail allied to awareness of the bigger picture
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to communicate enthusiastically, clearly and concisely to groups and individuals
- Real interest in computer games/RPGs/MMOs and a thorough understanding
Salary
£26k+ fully negotiable depending on experience, plus excellent benefits package including annual bonus, private health care, gym membership and other benefits
Jagex develops and publishes PC browser games internationally, with over six million active players.
The company is built on its industry-leading bespoke technology and the Brazilian-Portuguese Translation Team Leader would work closely with the Localisation Manager to plan and manage the localisation of RuneScape into Brazilian-Portuguese, as we look to further our presence in this market.
This is a great opportunity for an enthusiastic Translation Team Leader, who will be responsible for managing major parts of the translation project, leading the Brazilian Translation Team, defining the overall creative direction of the translations, as well as liaising with an external team of translators and testers.
Key duties include:
- Leading a team of translators and localization testers
- Managing major parts of the translation project and its deliverables
- Definte the overall creative direction of the translations
- Accurately reporting project process and team performance to the Localisation Manager
- Liaising with external translators and testers as and when required
- Monitoring individual and team quality and productivity, identifying skill gaps and developing talent
- Leading by example through commitment, passion and professionalism towards Jagex, the RuneScape universe and the gaming sector as a whole.
Essential requirements:
- Excellent translation background, translating from English into Brazilian Portuguese
- Strong leadership skills, with relevant experience leading translation teams
- Excellent project management skills
- Great attention detail allied to awareness of the bigger picture
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to communicate enthusiastically, clearly and concisely to groups and individuals
- Real interest in computer games/RPGs/MMOs and a thorough understanding
Salary
£26k+ fully negotiable depending on experience, plus excellent benefits package including annual bonus, private health care, gym membership and other benefits
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