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

This is a remote localization opportunity for a language and football enthusiast who can bring authentic German voice and cultural nuance to global sports content. You’ll review, translate, fact-check, and adapt football-focused audio‑visual content for German‑speaking audiences. The role combines linguistic precision with deep sports knowledge, creative writing, and editorial judgment.

You’ll help ensure terminology, tone, and messaging feel natural and relevant to local football fans. Working independently, you’ll contribute to high‑volume localization projects while following established quality and style guidelines. This is an excellent chance to combine professional language expertise with genuine passion for football in a flexible, global environment.

Accountabilities

- Review, translate, localize, fact-check, andadapt sports‑relatedcontent, with aprimary focus onfootball, from USEnglish into German.
- Perform quality control on audiovisualand multimedia content while maintaining accuracy, consistency, tone, andadherence to applicablestyle guides.
- Research German‑marketcontent, terminology, producttrends, and localizationpractices to ensurecontent resonates withthe target audience.
- Provide constructive feedback on localized andwritten content to improve linguisticquality and audiencerelevance.
- Adapt language andeditorial style to different audiences, includingfootball fans, youngeraudiences, and contemporarypop‑culture communities.
- Manage an expectedweekly weighted volumeof approximately 2,000-5,000 words whilemaintaining high standardsof accuracy andconsistency.
- Apply strongproofreading and editingjudgment to identifygrammatical, stylistic,cultural, and factualissues.
- Work independently ina remote environmentand manageassigned workloads, deadlines, and quality expectationseffectively.

Requirements





- Bachelor’s degree orequivalent experience,with 2+ yearsof experiencein linguistics, translation, localization, sports journalism, copywriting, copy‑editing, or a relatedfield.
- Extensive knowledgeofsports, particularly football, with the abilityto understand relevantterminology, competitions, teams, players, andfan culture.
- Native-level fluencyin German andexcellent grammar, writing, editing, and proofreadingskills in thetarget language.
- Professionalexperience translatingor localizing multimediacontent; experience withmachine translation andevaluation is anadvantage.
- Strong creative writingskills and theability to adaptvoice, tone, andmessaging naturally forGerman-speaking audiences.
- Excellent research andfact‑checking abilities, with strong attentionto linguistic andfactual detail.
- Practicalproficiency with computers, mobile devices, word‑processing applications, spreadsheets, and othercommon digital tools.
- Ownership of alicensed version ofMicrosoft Office applications.
- Ability to workindependently, meet deadlines, manage high‑volumeassignments, and maintainconsistent quality ina remote setting.
- Published sports‑relatedwork for outletssuch as ESPN, The Athletic, FourFourTwo, or comparableplatforms is astrong advantage.
- Experience with sportsmedia platforms, live‑score applications, sportsstreaming services, orsimilar digital productsis desirable.
- Familiarity with GenZ communication, footballfan culture, andpop‑culture languageis a plus.

Benefits

- Fully work from home arrangement with the flexibility to work from Anywhere.
- Opportunity to contributeto international sportslocalization projects andglobal content experiences.
- Work that combinesprofessional language expertisewith football andsports interests.
- Exposure to multilinguallocalization, audiovisualcontent, and evolvingtranslation technologies.
- Flexible, independent workingenvironmentsuited to remoteprofessionals.
- Opportunity to collaboratewith a globalnetwork of linguisticand localization specialists.
- Potential to buildexperience across sportsmedia, localization, qualityassurance, and multilingualcontent.

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