Arabic (Saudi Arabia) Sports Localization Specialist (Football)

Location: Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia — Remote

Company

hirify.global provides multilingual translation, localization, adaptation, and language data transformation services for global brands across more than 250 languages.

What you will do

• Review, localize, fact-check, translate, and adapt football-focused audiovisual content for Saudi Arabian audiences.
• Follow writing style guides, localization guidelines, and market-specific terminology standards.
• Research local content, product, and terminology trends and identify effective localization practices.
• Provide feedback on written content and support quality control activities.

Requirements

• BS/BA degree and/or at least two years of experience in linguistics, sports journalism, copywriting, or copy-editing.
• Extensive knowledge of sports, especially football.
• Experience translating and localizing multimedia content; experience with machine translation and evaluation is useful.
• Native-level fluency in Arabic and excellent Arabic grammar and writing skills.
• Strong creative writing, proofreading, editing, computer, mobile device, word-processing, and spreadsheet skills.
• Ability to work independently and remotely, with a licensed version of Microsoft Office.

Nice to have

• Published work on sports platforms such as ESPN, The Athletic, FourFourTwo, or similar outlets.
• Experience with sports media platforms, live-score applications, or sports streaming services.
• Ability to adapt tone and style for Gen Z, football fan culture, and pop-culture audiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work from the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.
• Work with a global localization network serving international audiences.
• Project volume of approximately 2,000–5,000 weighted words per week.
• Assessment includes grammar and football subject-matter expertise.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed and shortlisted candidates are contacted.
• Selected candidates complete the remaining application process and an assessment covering grammar and subject-matter expertise.