About the role
Company Overview
2K, headquartered in Novato, California, is a wholly owned label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Founded in 2005, 2K is an international video game publisher behind studios including Visual Concepts, Firaxis, Hangar 13, CatDaddy, Cloud Chamber, 31st Union, HB Studios, Gearbox Entertainment, and 2K SportsLab. 2K publishes titles across genres such as sports, shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, casual, and family entertainment. Notable franchises include NBA 2K, BioShock, Borderlands, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization, XCOM, WWE 2K, WWE SuperCard, TopSpin 2K25, and PGA TOUR 2K.
Role Overview
The Localization Coordinator serves as an operational bridge between Embedded Localization Production, Content Localization (CLOC), and Linguistic QA (LQA). This role acts as a link between developers, publishing teams, and localization stakeholders. The Coordinator is responsible for implementing localization solutions and representing localization efforts to North American game teams for the Arabic language.
Responsibilities
- Drive logistical and operational support for local and regional localization stakeholders, ensuring high-level alignment across production, QA, and development partners.
- Manage and optimize asset flow tracking and coordination across multiple tools, serving as the primary point of contact for these activities to development teams during their standard working hours.
- Own language-related internationalization efforts by proactively identifying linguistic risks, recommending culturally appropriate content, and collaborating with developers to ensure a localization-friendly foundation.
- Direct tooling and pipeline support, including the creation of process documentation, oversight of feature testing, and synthesized feedback collection.
- Ensure certification and compliance readiness by verifying that localization deliverables, specifically for Arabic, consistently meet platform requirements and regional standards.
- Lead coordination between internal teams and external vendors to maintain high-quality delivery standards.
- Leverage expert-level native language knowledge to resolve complex linguistic questions, pre-emptively flagging culturally sensitive issues to support LQA teams.
- Initiate and lead internal projects to enhance localization consistency, automation, and scalability across the organization.
Requirements
- 4–6+ years of experience in localization, production coordination, QA, or related fields in gaming or media.
- Expert organizational and communication skills; able to independently manage complex tasks across diverse stakeholders and platforms.
- Mastery of localization tools and workflows (e.g., TMS, CAT tools, Jira, CMS, Confluence, etc.) with the ability to optimize these systems.
- Advanced understanding of internationalization principles and/or platform certification processes.
- Native or near-native fluency in Arabic with strong English communication skills.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving with a focus on identifying potential issues before they impact the pipeline.
- Passion for video games and the creation of high-quality game experiences in a multicultural context.
Working Conditions
- Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada (In Office).
- Type: Full-Time.
- 2K is committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive work environment.
- The company provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities during the application and interview process and for the performance of essential job functions.
- 2K Games and its studios do not use instant messaging apps or personal email accounts to contact prospective employees; official communication is conducted via 2K.com accounts.