Localisation Specialist – Japanese speaking

The role:

Produce high-quality, culturally adapted translations from English to Japanese, ensuring consistency with the company's brand voice across financial, marketing, and client-facing content. The role supports the company's global communications strategy by localising materials for Japanese-speaking audiences.

You’ll localise a wide range of content — from websites and campaigns to client communications — to drive sales, leads, and brand awareness for a global financial company.

The main responsibilities include:

• Translate, localise, and creatively adapt content for the Company’s multiple websites, mobile apps, landing pages, client communications, social media, paid ads, financial articles, and marketing materials

• Ensure cultural relevance and linguistic accuracy across all Japanese content

• Directly collaborate with the Content Marketing Localisation team on daily assignments received, as well as with the regional Japanese designated proofreader to ensure the quality delivered

• Meet daily deadlines and manage multiple translation, localisation, and proofreading assignments simultaneously

• Conduct terminology management and maintain translation quality standards

• Conduct regular research on financial terminology, cultural nuances, and market trends to ensure local relevance

• Conduct regular tentative checks on our websites, landing pages, and members areas and report any inconsistencies

Main requirements:

• Degree in translation, linguistics, communication, or finance preferred

• 3+ years’ experience in translation, localisation, or transcreation

• Fluent-level Japanese and professional English

• Expertise in financial content, especially online trading and investing

• Familiar with Japanese financial regulations and user behaviour

• Strong UX/UI localisation and microcopy optimisation skills

• Knowledge of SEO, Japanese search trends, and digital marketing

• Proficient in CAT tools and TMS; comfortable with tags and QA processes

• Excellent writing, editing, and attention to detail

• Consistent brand voice using style guides and glossaries

• Strong collaboration, time management, and adaptability

• Portfolio of impactful Japanese localisation work is a plus

How to apply:

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a sample translation (up to 500 English source words) covering a mix of financial and marketing content.