Senior Game Editor

About the Team

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our extremely popular TCG in Japan - Duel Masters - and our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

Job Overview

This Senior Game Editor position draws on your mastery of the Japanese language, drive for thoroughness and consistency, and love of collaboration. Our team of outstanding editors collaborates to ensure that all text elements of Duel Masters card sets and related materials meet our quality standards for gameplay, player experience, rules accuracy, grammar, punctuation, and clarity.

At Wizards, we believe diversity of experience is fundamental to creating accessible and fun gaming experiences for all of our players. We encourage everyone to consider being a part of our team.

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Location and Work Arrangement

This role is based at our Tokyo, Japan office and follows a hybrid schedule designed to support in-person collaboration. Employees are expected to work onsite on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, with the flexibility to work remotely or onsite on Mondays and Fridays. 

What You'll Do:

• Craft the language of Duel Masters. Lead the team of internal and external editors plus the rules manager, owning the presentation and technical implementation of each new card's wording in Japanese. Ensure all cards and mechanics in upcoming releases adhere to the team’s current philosophies, balancing historical precedents with innovation and player understanding. Make the final call on all text for cards and packaging.
• Support creative text development. Collaborate with the teams providing creative and gameplay goals of each card, and ensure card names, flavor words, and flavor text align with and reinforces those goals.
• Keep a sharp eye on quality. Lead the proofreading process on cards and packaging for content concerns, text errors, layout inconsistencies, and typographical anomalies.
• Shape tomorrow’s Duel Masters cards today. Plan out and optimize all future work with an eye towards efficient resource management, and schedule adherence. Engage with Game Designers to understand and improve potential new game mechanics in future sets. Compose, maintain, and expand upon workflow documentation.

What You'll Bring:

• At least 1 year of professional experience at a Senior Level in editing, game writing, or comparable work; or 3+ years of experience with some project lead experience.
• Strong content editing and proofreading skills, plus attention to detail.
• Deeply collaborative outlook and the confidence and trust to work with others, balanced with proven communication skills in Japanese and English.
• Flexible, adaptable, and creative, with a constant appetite for knowledge. Ability to lead and manage multiple tasks, teams, and projects simultaneously.
• Familiarity with Smartsheet, Microsoft Office (esp. Word), Adobe Suite (Acrobat, InDesign), and/or Confluence.
• Experience playing or interacting with Trading Card Games or various other kinds of games.

Who We Are

We’re a team of creators, storytellers, and innovators united under the Hasbro family and home to beloved brands, AAA digital games studios and immersive experiences that spark imagination across generations. Together, we’re committed to a culture rooted in creativity, excellence, curiosity, and inclusion, and where every employee is empowered to think boldly, act with integrity, and spark joy for all. 
 
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Equal Opportunity

Hasbro is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. We are committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status.

Accommodations

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