Speak

Content Localization Specialist (Japanese / Korean)

Work from home

Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.

Listed for South Korea

From the employer's advert: Speak first launched in South Korea in 2019, where Speak has now become the number one language learning app, and we now serve learners across many markets and 15+ languages.

Employer listed it 3 months ago · Added 5 weeks ago

Been open since 3 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.

Salary

Not stated

Location

Listed for South Korea

Timezone

Not stated

Contract

Experience

Mid

What the advert says

Quoted word for word from the employer's advert. Where it says nothing, we say so.

Working hours: While we respect contractors’ flexibility and ownership of their own schedule, we expect the localizer / writer to work for 15 – 20 hours a week on average.
Where you can work from: Global in nature: We're live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon.
Contract: Not mentioned in the advert
Experience asked for: Not mentioned in the advert
Pay: Not mentioned in the advert

Remote flexibility

Work from home

This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in South Korea. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.

What the employer says

Source listing states candidate location: "Korea - Remote, Remote"

What Nomaders makes of it

Residency required in South Korea
Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only

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About the role

About us

Our mission is to reinvent the way people learn, starting with language.

Learning a language can change a life by opening doors to new cultures, careers, and communities. Two billion people around the world are actively trying to learn a language, but the best way to learn (one-on-one tutoring) is hard to access at scale and hasn’t been meaningfully improved in decades. Speak is building a human-level, AI-powered tutor in your pocket: a conversation-first experience that lets learners actually speak, get instant feedback, and progress through carefully designed lessons. The result is a complete path from beginner to confident speaker across multiple languages.

Speak first launched in South Korea in 2019, where Speak has now become the number one language learning app, and we now serve learners across many markets and 15+ languages. Speak is one of the world’s leading AI companies, with over $150m raised in venture investment from OpenAI, Accel, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and more, with a distributed team across San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, and Ljubljana.

About this role

We are looking for a talented multilingual superstar (Japanese/Korean/English) with skills and backgrounds in translation and localization. The primary contribution is to localize our in-app content for the Japanese market. The secondary contribution is to create high-quality Korean content for the Japanese market with training and support. We want an expert with excellent oral and written communication skills in both languages. This candidate should have a sharp linguistic understanding of both Korean and Japanese , with working professional proficiency in English.

What you’ll be doing

Content translation and localization

Perform Japanese - Korean translation and localization for in-app learning and marketing content from a pedagogical perspective.

Iterate and polish the translated/localized content based on QA tasks in pursuit of an optimal learning experience to Koreans learners teaching Chinese

Content development and writing

If needed, design and write in-app learning materials (e.g., lesson scripts, activities, vocabulary lists) in a systematic way for Korean learners at different levels of Simplified Chinese proficiency under training and guidance of the manager.

Content project support

If needed, support operation of content-related projects, such as uploading scripts, QAing lessons, coordinate pieces of the operation under training and guidance of the manager.

Communication and collaboration with international team members

Receive directions well form the manager, implement instructions, complete projects, and maintain clear communication from end-to-end.

What we’re looking for

Required

Native Japanese and native or near-native Korean writing and speaking skills

Deep understanding of both languages and the status quo of Korean learning in Japanese

Demonstrated experience and expertise in Japanese - Korean translation and localization

Experience in Korean teaching, language pedagogy, or curriculum design

Great attention to detail with a strong sense of ownership and agency

Passion for technology-assisted language learning and willingness to learn and use advanced technologies for work

Requirements

·Deep understanding of both languages and the status quo of Korean learning in Japanese
·Demonstrated experience and expertise in Japanese - Korean translation and localization
·Experience in Korean teaching, language pedagogy, or curriculum design
·Great attention to detail with a strong sense of ownership and agency
·Passion for technology-assisted language learning and willingness to learn and use advanced technologies for work

Benefits

No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.

How to apply

1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
2Tailor your CV to the role at Speak, mentioning your remote working experience.
3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.

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