Language Specialist at Google Jakarta Office
Google is a universally recognized name. The Localization team helps Google's ideas and products look, feel and sound natural to users in their own countries. We collaborate with international Engineering, Product and Marketing teams to steer products through the localization process and ensure successful launches across the globe. Our team is an international collection of enthusiastic, creative and knowledgeable people who excel in a fast-paced, culturally diverse environment. You are an excellent communicator who plays a strategic role by building relationships with partner teams to establish needs, deadlines and budgets. You will flex your project management skills in order to ensure that our Localization process runs effectively and efficiently.
Google's mission is to make all of the world's information universally accessible and useful. We take that seriously for far more than just products in English language. Help us make sure that Google is useful and fun for our international users.
You have a passion for language and want to help shape Google’s voice in your market or region.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Google's translation and review vendors to ensure localization quality, and monitor language quality data. Develop a good understanding of market expectations for localization quality and how Google's products fit in the market.
- Form a critical part of the Google in-country “go-to-market” team with Marketing, Product and PR to drive localization of Google products. Work closely with local teams to develop specific terminology for new features and products, and shape the Google voice for the local market/region.
- Work with localization project managers and other teams at Google to identify and address linguistic issues. Maintain language references such as terminology databases and the style guide.
- Ensure quality of high-priority products and highly visible materials through quality assurance and bug fixing, taking a hands-on approach as necessary.
- Understand challenges in the localization process and lead broad language quality improvement initiatives at the language and team level, as well as upstream.
Minimum qualifications
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience as an Indonesian translator, linguist, copywriter, writer or editor.
Preferred qualifications
- MBA or Master's degree.
- Experience within creative, localization or the online marketing/advertising industry.
- Ability to relate to ambiguity, work independently and be able to chart direction of projects.
- Detail-oriented, quality-focused and proactive, with strong ability to manage projects.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels.
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