Localization Language Lead - Italian (Game Localization)

Location: Madrid, Spain

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes culture-shaping video games through studios including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, and Gearbox.

What you will do

• Own the localization strategy, quality standards, and final sign-off for Italian content across hirify.global titles.
• Review and edit in-game text, UI, scripts, and voiceover content for tone, clarity, fluency, and cultural relevance.
• Create and maintain Italian glossaries, style guides, cultural policies, and terminology standards.
• Partner with localization producers, developers, producers, QA, marketing, publishing, and game studios on language decisions and quality issues.
• Lead Italian voiceover casting, script review, and creative direction sessions.
• Audit in-development and near-final builds, mentor linguists and vendors, and improve localization processes and tooling.

Requirements

• Professional localization experience in games, technology, or entertainment.
• Native fluency in Italian with strong command of tone, grammar, and regional nuance.
• Advanced English fluency in written and spoken communication.
• Ability to work independently on complex language projects and resolve ambiguous or conflicting language decisions.
• Knowledge of platform-holder guidelines, naming conventions, brand alignment, Italian culture, media, and the Italian-speaking gaming audience.
• Familiarity with CAT tools, translation memory systems, XLOC, JIRA, or CMS.

Nice to have

• Experience with voiceover scripting, dubbing production, and linguistic performance direction.
• Bachelor's degree in translation, linguistics, media, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual contributor role within the Content Localization team.
• Work alongside global game development, publishing, QA, and localization teams.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation.
• Opportunity to shape scalable localization standards, practices, and tooling across a major game portfolio.