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 Sweden. 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