European Portuguese Sports Localization Specialist (Football)

About this task

Overview:
Localize football content for European Portuguese audiences. Language pair: English (US) > Portuguese (Europe). Task type: quality control; assessment covers grammar and football subject-matter knowledge.

Responsibilities:
- Review, localize, fact-check, translate, and adapt football-related content in line with writing style guides.
- Research local content, products, terminology trends, and localization practices for the target audience.
- Provide feedback on written content.

Requirements:
- BS/BA and/or at least two years of experience in linguistics, sports journalism, copywriting, or copy-editing.
- Extensive football knowledge and experience translating or localizing multimedia content; experience evaluating machine translation is preferred.
- Native-level European Portuguese, excellent English grammar and writing skills, and strong European Portuguese creative writing, proofreading, and editing skills.
- Practical knowledge of computers, mobile devices, word processors, and spreadsheets; a licensed version of Microsoft Office apps is required.

Preferred:
- Published work on sports platforms such as ESPN, The Athletic, or FourFourTwo.
- Experience with sports media platforms, live-score apps, or sports streaming services.
- Ability to adapt voice and style for Gen Z, football fans, and pop-culture audiences.