Kannada (IN) Music Content Specialist
WelocalizePosted 3/7/2025
Kannada (IN) Music Content Specialist
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Job Summary
Welocalize is seeking a Music Content Specialist in Kannada (IN) to transcribe lyrical content, evaluate quality, and analyze music metadata. The ideal candidate has strong music, lyrics, metadata, data analyst, and translation backgrounds, with excellent linguistic skills and music knowledge. They must be passionate about technology and willing to improve tools and processes. This role involves transcribing lyrics, proofreading/editing/QC-ing lyrics, analyzing music/artist metadata, and curating top artists in the local market. The position requires native-speaking knowledge of Kannada and professional or native-level knowledge of additional Indian languages. The candidate should be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to handle repetitive tasks. They must also have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with the team. This is a remote opportunity with flexible work options.
Job Description
- Native-speaking knowledge of Kannada
- Ability to read and write Kannada in both Indic script and Latin alphabet
- Professional knowledge of English
- Professional or native-level knowledge of additional Indian languages (Malayalam, Gujarati, Bengali, Kannada, Marathi, Urdu) is considered a bonus
- A wide range of knowledge/passion of/for music, musicians, and genres of music preferred
- Experience working within tech, product, digital media, and entertainment
- Self-motivated & able to handle repetitive tasks
- Familiarity with XML and web-based content management systems preferred
- Ability to thrive on change as products evolve
- Must be highly detail-oriented with ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines in a high-pressure environment
- Ability to quickly detect issues and inconsistencies from a massive sea of content and make sound judgment calls based on information at hand
- Proven ability to maintain solid focus through many hours of performing repetitive tasks
- Sharp problem solving and analytical skills, along with the ability to learn from history and actively help prevent errors from recurring
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Analyze content problems with the ability to quickly assess complex situations
- Work collaboratively with members of the team
Experience and Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree and experience working with music, metadata, and content management (preferred).
