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Junior English Editor

Job in Cape Town, 7100, South Africa
Listing for: Pixelogic
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-11-29
Job specializations:
  • Entertainment & Gaming
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Junior English Editor (Subtitles, Scripts and Transcription)

Be part of building innovative solutions to service our media and entertainment clients and help us fulfill their content distribution needs. Join us if you’re passionate about entertainment, innovation and customer service excellence!

About the job:

Candidates will be trained in advanced transcription techniques, using proprietary Pixelogic software, to create subtitles and dubbing scripts for use in the localization industry.

Shifts:

We are hiring for Junior English Editors!!!

Night shift

  • Wednesday-Saturday & Sunday-Wednesday (4X10 hour shifts)
  • Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's or Master's Degree desirable, preferably in English, linguistics and language study majors and/or Entertainment and Media.
  • Knowledge of professional scripting, subtitling, and audio software highly desirable but not a requirement - we will train you from the ground up!
  • Comfortable with computers, Microsoft Office and using different software.
  • Excellent reading skills, spelling/vocabulary and grammar.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks while focusing on a high amount of attention to detail.
  • Ability to perform under pressure with changing priorities.
  • Testing process

    All candidates will be required to complete an international industry standard transcription test and proofing test. The tests are designed to highlight your English grammar, spelling, punctuation and listening skills. They are also designed to showcase your feel for the type of tasks required for the position. The purpose of the test is not to test your knowledge of the software or technical specifications of subtitling.

    It is a prerequisite for consideration.

    Training

    Successful editors will be given training by our experienced team and approved by a US specialist before beginning work on live projects. The training and initial experience portion will be completed during a paid training period. Once we have established the groundwork, permanent positions will be made available to all editors able to meet the performance requirements.

    Training takes roughly 8 weeks, with a further 4-8 weeks of live work before being considered fully trained.

    Growth Opportunities:

    Pixelogic rewards continuous education and encourages career development and growth. English editors learn the fundamentals of localization; of one of the fastest growing industries within Entertainment. There is always something new to learn, and Pixelogic strives to create opportunities whenever possible.

    Requirements

  • Responsible for creation of English closed captions, SHD, English templates, Transcriptions and dialogue list scripts.
  • Annotate key English phrases to high quality of our translation products.
  • Maintain quality standards for accuracy and speed.
  • Must be punctual, dependable and flexible, and possess a team attitude and willingness to adapt to last-minute changes to programming and industry.
  • Other duties as assigned.
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