Exploding Kittens is a leading game and entertainment company with a mission to inspire people to connect, laugh, and play fun games in the physical world. After initially seeking to raise $10k through Kickstarter, Exploding Kittens’ campaign raised $8.7M in 30 days from 219,000 backers. To date, Exploding Kittens is the #1 most-backed project in Kickstarter history and the company has sold over 11 million games.
Started by former Xbox game designer Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s founder Matt Inman, Exploding Kittens and its family of games recreates game night for a humorous and fun person-to-person experience. Today, there are over a dozen games and expansions available for purchase: Exploding Kittens, Bears vs Babies, You’ve Got Crabs, Throw Throw Burrito, On a Scale of One to T-Rex, Poetry for Neanderthals A Game of Cat & Mouth, Tacocat Spelled Backwards, A Little Wordy, as well as mobile app games Kitty Letter and Exploding Kittens, one of the top 30 premium games on both iOS and Android.
Exploding Kittens is looking to hire a Localization Coordinator to join our International Sales Team. In this role, you will be responsible for the translation and localization of the copy for Exploding Kittens games and products, websites and related assets. Our ideal candidate understands our international community and customers, is in tune with global cultures and languages and can present our products in way that appeals to our international community.
HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE:
- Project manage all localization projects, coordinating internally with stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, Art and Production & Logistics teams and communicate externally with vendors and customers
- Develop and own end-to-end project plans, localization processes and workflows, including timelines, budgets and quality assurance
- Assign, monitor and measure translation work, while communicating with stakeholders
- Maintain language assets including glossaries, style guides and trademarks
- Triage, escalate and resolve localization and internationalization issues
- Build methodologies and playbooks to improve and ensure the efficiency of the localization process
WHAT WE NEED:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, or equivalent experience in a related field
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, results-driven environment
- Exceptional organizational skills and a flexible, problem solving attitude
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and GSuite (Calendar, Docs, Sheets)
- Proficient in English, proficiency in German, French, Italian or Spanish a plus
- Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
In the interim, this role will be officially hired by Papaya Concepts, an international contracted partner of Exploding Kittens. For more information please email [email protected] for any questions or clarifications.
Please apply directly below. Make sure to include a PDF of your current resume along with a cover letter.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity employer we are committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunity to applicants and employees regardless of sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race (including protected hairstyles such as dreadlocks, braids and twists), religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression and/or the fact that an individual is transgender, transitioning or transitioned), color, ancestry, national origin, possession of a driver’s license, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/trait/condition, marital or familial status, family care or medical leave status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, membership in military reserves, political affiliation, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation We consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local, state and federal “ban the box” and “fair chance” laws.
