[Contract] Language Training Specialist - Japanese

Notion Labs
Tokyo
Workplace: HybridContractFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Attention to detail","Project management","Clarity","Communication","Structured thinking"]

Own Japanese localization QA standards for Notion’s Customer Education training content, ensuring accuracy, clarity, tone, terminology, and cultural nuance. Collaborate with Localization, Partner Enablement, Customer Education, vendors, and language specialists to translate feedback and learner issues into improvements across quizzes, LMS setup, and repeatable workflows. Support glossaries, style guides, QA checklists, and QA of technical implementation in eLearning authoring tools and LMS environments.

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[Contract] Language Training Specialist - Japanese

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Job Summary

Own Japanese localization QA standards for Notion’s Customer Education training content, ensuring accuracy, clarity, tone, terminology, and cultural nuance. Collaborate with Localization, Partner Enablement, Customer Education, vendors, and language specialists to translate feedback and learner issues into improvements across quizzes, LMS setup, and repeatable workflows. Support glossaries, style guides, QA checklists, and QA of technical implementation in eLearning authoring tools and LMS environments.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract · 6 months
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and apply Japanese localization QA standards across training content, including accuracy, clarity, tone, terminology, and cultural nuance.
  • •Support development of glossaries, style guides, QA checklists, review processes, and other localization assets.
  • •Serve as a go-to partner for translation questions related to Notion-specific concepts, product terminology, and training context.
  • •Coordinate QA of technical implementation in eLearning authoring tools and LMS environments, including course files and quizzes.
  • •Coordinate across Customer Education, Partner Enablement, Localization, and vendors on priorities, timelines, translation progress, and quality expectations; identify risks and document repeatable workflows.

Key Requirements

  • •Native-level Japanese expertise and strong understanding of what effective education looks like in the Japanese market.
  • •Experience with Japanese localization QA, ideally for SaaS, technical training, customer education, or partner enablement content.
  • •Strong understanding of localization workflows, including vendor collaboration, review cycles, glossaries, style guides, QA rubrics, and linguistic QA.
  • •Ability to review translated content for quality, clarity, terminology accuracy, cultural nuance, and learner comprehension.
  • •Familiarity with eLearning or LMS tools (e.g., Skilljar or Parta), plus strong attention to detail and project management skills.
Experience:SaaSTechnical trainingCustomer educationPartner enablement
Skills:Attention to detailProject managementClarityCommunicationStructured thinking
Languages:Japanese
Tech Stack:SkilljarPartaLMSELearning authoring tools

Company Brief

Notion Labs
Notion builds a customizable all-in-one workspace for notes, docs, databases, and collaboration, now adding AI-powered features and enterprise capabilities to serve teams and organizations worldwide.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2016
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