Executive Interpreter

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate, timely, and context-aware Korean-English interpretation during executive meetings, business reviews, strategic discussions, and other stakeholder communications.
• Support simultaneous or near-simultaneous interpretation for sensitive, confidential, and business-critical conversations with discretion, professionalism, and sound judgment.
• Help Korean- and English-speaking stakeholders understand not only the language, but also the business implications, decision points, risks, priorities, and cultural nuance behind the discussion.
• Translate written materials as needed, including meeting notes, presentations, emails, internal documents, follow-up items, and other business communications.
• Aid leadership, cross-functional teams, and multiple stakeholders with interpretation and translation needs across both formal and informal settings.
• Accurately interpret gaming-related terminology, product discussions, development concepts, publishing topics, localization, live operations, monetization, operational updates, and cultural nuance.
• Capture, clarify, and summarize key meeting takeaways, decisions, action items, and follow-ups when needed.
• Provide light project coordination or PM support, including scheduling assistance, action item tracking, follow-up coordination, and team alignment support.
• Help bridge communication between Korean- and English-speaking teams by ensuring tone, intent, context, and business meaning are clearly conveyed.

Qualifications

• Fluency in Korean and English, with strong verbal communication, listening, and comprehension skills in both languages.
• Experience providing live interpretation in business meetings, executive discussions, cross-functional meetings, or similar professional settings; executive interpretation or translation experience is strongly preferred.
• Ability to provide simultaneous or near-simultaneous interpretation with accuracy, composure, and awareness of business context.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to understand how discussions, terminology, priorities, and decisions connect to broader business objectives.
• Ability to interpret sensitive, confidential, and high-context conversations accurately while maintaining discretion and professionalism.
• Strong written translation skills, with attention to accuracy, tone, context, terminology, and audience.
• Strong understanding of the gaming industry, including product, development, publishing, localization, live operations, player experience, and business concepts; deeper game knowledge is highly preferred.
• Ability to support multiple stakeholders and manage shifting priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Pay

Salary Range: $100,000 – $120,000 annually, depending on executive interpretation experience, gaming industry knowledge, and overall qualifications.