Job Profile:
The bilingual Japanese Content Producer (seasonal) is responsible for writing, editing, creating and managing Major League Baseball’s Japanese-language content and posting it to digital platforms. They work closely with supervising editors to ensure that our site, app and email content is accurate, timely, informative and fun.
The role requires versatility, as all candidates will be expected to write, edit, translate, and work within our content management systems. We want someone who's a baseball nut and comfortable around stats, but also appreciates the lighter side of the game, can write and translate articles quickly and accurately, understands effective headline writing and is intuitive about which types of content will resonate with a Japanese audience.
This is not an office-based position and we will consider strong candidates from any U.S. location. Candidates who want to be seriously considered MUST include a cover letter with the application.
Responsibilities:
- Write, edit, translate and post content in Japanese for use on MLB digital platforms
- React quickly and accurately during breaking news
- Craft entertaining headlines, captions and blurbs
- Package stories with video, photos, social media and other features
- Make judgments on story significance and arrange content into lead packages
- Communicate consistently in both English and Japanese with others on the content team on latest developments
Qualifications & Skills:
- Professional-level writing, editing and translating in Japanese
- Experience with content management systems and web publishing
- Thorough grasp of baseball landscape and comfort with stats
- Work well under deadline and in fast-paced situations with multiple responsibilities
- Obsessive about accuracy
- Knowledge of social media and SEO
- Strong communication, presentation and organization skills
- Basic HTML and Photoshop skills a plus
- Must be available to work some nights and weekends
Pay Rate: $25 per hour
The actual offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your work experience, education, skills, and any other factors MLB considers relevant to the hiring decision.
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the major leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please email us at [email protected]. Requests received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.
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