About Ubisoft & Shanghai Studio:
Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2016-17 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,460 million.
Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.
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Job Description*Please note that this position will be signed with a third-party with a maximum 2 years contract.
About the Role
A Localization Project Manager works closely with production teams/publishing teams from both China and worldwide, responsible for organizing and managing game localization of multiple languages, during the pre-launch and post-launch of a game. They find the most suitable solutions to cope with local market objectives, linguistic/technical constraints and project specificities.
本地化项目经理与来自中国和全球工作室的制作团队/发行团队密切合作,负责在游戏发布前和发布后组织和管理多种语言的游戏本地化。有效结合项目特殊性,克服语言/技术限制力以求找到最合适的解决方案来应对目标市场需求。
What you will do
Define localization and communication pipeline and ensure their implementation on specific project.Set the Localization budget, planning and risk assessment.Be the champion of Chinese localization: reviewing game text, orchestrating linguistic tests and managing recording sessions.Analyze the game scope and content from the localization perspective and, together with the development team, set the linguistic guidelines of the project with a priority on the censorship adaptations required for Chinese versions.Set up and direct “best fit” external and/or internal teams (translators, proofreaders, studios, actors, testers).制定本地化和沟通流程,并确保其在项目中的落地设定本地化预算、项目计划和风险评估对中文本地化负责:审查游戏文本、安排语言测试并有效管理配音从本地化角度分析游戏范围和内容,并与开发团队一起制定项目的语言指南,优先考虑中文版本所需的政府审查需求管理和指导最合适项目调性的内外部团队(翻译、校对、工作室、演员、测试员)QualificationsWhat you will bring
Organizational skill (orchestrating timeline, internal/external resource, and workflow sit at the core of loc pm’s responsibilities)Collaboration willingness and communicational skills (a loc pm needs to negotiate with vendors/prod teams/and coworkers)Linguistic skill (both English and Chinese proficiency are required)Gaming background (likes video games, even better if you’re partial to shooting genre)组织能力(协调本地化排期,内外部资源并梳理工作流程是本地项目经理职责的核心)合作意愿和沟通能力(本地项目经理必须与供应商/开发团队/同事沟通)语言能力(需要精通英语和中文) 游戏背景(喜欢电子游戏,如果您偏爱射击类游戏就更好了)Additional InformationWhy Ubisoft Shanghai?
Be a part of the most exciting and innovating video game company in China. Come to work in Shanghai, an amazing city renowned as “Paris of the East”.
Together with a team of multi-national professionals equipped with the cutting-edge technologies, you can be assured of an experience that is both aspirational and fulfilling.
By working in Shanghai studio, you will also be offered with an array of career development opportunities, an abundant training resources, and moreover, a stimulating and creative work environment.
If you’re looking for this kind of job opportunity, you’ll find it here at Ubisoft Shanghai.
Join us for an exciting adventure and make great games!