Coordinate English localization for games by implementing translated text, checking it on actual devices, proofreading, and creating, editing, and managing translation-related materials.
About this role
This project manager works with a CG video team. Day-to-day work centers on managing project budgets and schedules, driving planning and operational activities, and coordinating and negotiating with internal departments and external partner companies.
Required qualifications are basic skills with Office software, specifically Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; the ability to communicate smoothly with relevant departments; and basic business skills. Preferred experience includes project management in large-scale team structures in the video or game industries; planning and operating live-action projects in video, games, commercials, or related areas; and practical experience in production coordination and sales for large-scale content. English ability ranging from daily conversation to business level is listed as a welcome qualification, not as a stated requirement.
The role is situated in a CG video production context, with the posting also referencing video, games, commercials, film, and game content. Desired qualities include acting with the future in mind, making flexible situational judgments, communicating flexibly, and working with speed. An interest in films or games is also listed.
The authoritative listing specifies full-time employment, while the description notes that a contract-employee arrangement may also occur. Annual compensation is JPY 4.5 million to JPY 12 million, determined according to experience and ability under company rules. The posting lists annual compensation examples of JPY 6 million, JPY 6.5 million, and JPY 8 million. A semiannual performance incentive is available. Annual compensation includes designated overtime and late-night-work allowances, paid regardless of whether overtime occurs.
Work is based at either the Shibuya or Meguro office in Tokyo. Hours are 10:00-19:00, with eight scheduled working hours and a 60-minute break from 13:00-14:00. Average monthly overtime is approximately 18.5 hours based on 2025 results. Holidays include two full weekend days and public holidays, three summer leave days taken between July 1 and November 30, year-end and New Year leave from December 29 to January 3, 10 days of annual paid leave granted on the joining date in the first year, and bereavement leave.
Benefits include health, employment, workers’ compensation, and employees’ pension insurance; company meetings, an official club program, social gathering subsidies, and a game playroom; onboarding training, CyStudy, Skill Thursday, and a mentor-trainer program for new and second graduates; influenza vaccination, an in-house osteopathic service, free soft drinks, lunch subsidies, babysitter-use discounts, and brain checkups. Regular employees may also receive rent subsidies under the two-station and anywhere rules, moving allowances, child allowances, and access to a corporate defined-contribution pension plan. Indoor areas at both offices are generally non-smoking, with designated heated-tobacco smoking rooms. Side jobs are prohibited.
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