Job Opportunities

Below are job opportunities from companies within our network.

If your company has a job opening and you would like to post it, please read the following:

The French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest is able to advertise job opportunities on our website, in our newsletter, and on our social media. If you are a member of the FACC PNW, this is a service that comes at no cost to you. If you are interested in becoming a member, you can find more information here. If you are not a member and would like to post a job opportunity, you can find more details and pricing here.

If you are sending us a job opportunity, please send the following to coordinator@faccpnw.org:

• Position description (ideally 1 paragraph long, no more than 200 words)
• Link to any online resources regarding the position
• Point of contact for applicants or link to the online application
• Link to the company website and logo
• Position qualifications

Please email info@faccpnw.org when the position has been filled, and we will remove it from the website. Merci!

NWSE International Program Coordinator: France Programs

NorthWest Student Exchange is hiring for an International Program Coordinator: France Programs. Responsibilities include coordinating NWSE High School Exchange Programs from France and other countries. As a vital part of the NorthWest Student Exchange team, the International Program Coordinator coordinates all aspects of the NWSE High School Exchange Programs assigned to him or her.

See the full job posting here: https://www.nwse.com/about/jobs/

Please e-mail resume, cover letter, references and one writing sample with subject line “International Program Coordinator” to jobs@nwse.com.

Job Posted 7/19/18

ASSOCIATE FRENCH TRANSLATOR

Founded in 2002, Big Fish is the world's largest producer and distributor of casual games, delivering fun to millions of people around the world. Through its mobile and online distribution platforms, Big Fish has distributed more than 2.5 billion games to customers in 150 countries from a growing catalogue of 500+ unique mobile games and 3,500+ unique PC games. After successfully transitioning from a PC-centric to a mobile-centric company, Big Fish has emerged as a top grossing mobile publisher worldwide with a portfolio that includes the #1 mobile social casino game, Big Fish Casino. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Aristocrats Leisure Limited and is headquartered in Seattle, WA, with regional office in Oakland.

As Associate Translator, you will work directly with our French Localization Team in a rapidly changing environment to ensure the quality of a large volume of new game titles for our French web portal http://www.bigfishgames.fr. Your responsibilities will be, but are not limited to, translating and proofreading game content as well as ensuring that linguistic quality adheres to our high standards and guidelines. You excel at handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment – all with the goal of furthering the company's international growth and success. Additionally, you have a passion for linguistics and games; you love to take on new challenges and are eager to join an agile, fun, and culturally diverse team that's on the forefront of casual gaming. 

Responsibilities:

• Translation and proofread in-game and marketing translations
• Become familiar with our standard processes for game translations across all genres
• Adapt your translation style to agree with our accepted translation and linguistic standards and vocabulary
• Handle additional projects for the French site as needed
• Work under pressure and translate a minimum of 300 words per hour for premium projects

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• English to French translation experience
• Great attention to detail and passionate about the French language
• Experience working with industry standard text editing tools
• Proficient computer skills and MS Office Suite knowledge

Required Experience:

• Proficiency with a CAT tool (ideally Trados) preferred
• Knowledge of target culture
• Translation experience preferred, game and marketing translations a plus
• Associate’s degree or language/linguistic field degree preferred

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST INCLUDE A COVER LETTER WRITTEN IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. TELL US WHY YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE AND WORKING AT BIG FISH GAMES.

Want to discover more about life at BigFish? Check us out onTheMuse.com!

Be the next BigFish in the Pond!

This role is not eligible for any company sponsored immigration visas.

APPLY HERE: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=o8FR7fwv&s=French_American_Chamber

Job posted on 7/6/18 

ASSOCIATE EDITOR, FRENCH LANGUAGE

COME PLAY!

Since its founding in 2002, Big Fish has been the world’s largest producer and distributor of casual games, with titles which continuously land us at the top of app store charts. Today, we’re bounding into the mid-corespace, exploring new and exciting forms of gameplay, and producing more fun than ever! Big Fish is home to six individual studios,each with its own unique style of game-play. Together, we’re united under a common goal: to produce and develop the very best in mobile gaming,and bring fun and entertainment to our millions of customers across the globe!

THE MISSION

As a French Language Editor, you will work directly with our French Language Lead and Localization Department in a rapidly changing environment to ensure the quality of a large volume of new game titles destined for a variety of platforms to include content on our web portal http://www.bigfishgames.frand mobile devices.  You excel at handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. Your responsibilities will be, but are not limited to, editing and proofing game content as well as ensuring that linguistic quality adheres to our high standards and guidelines, testing games on numerous platforms for linguistic and functional issues, and leading individual titles through linguistic QA for all core languages. You have a passion for linguistics and you love to take on new challenges and are eager to join an agile, fun, and culturally diverse team that is on the forefront of casual gaming.

THIS INCLUDES

• Perform a variety of linguistic tests on PC, iOS and Android platforms
• Create bug reports in JIRA
• Regress issues on all platforms per company guidelines
• Edit existing localized game content according to internal processes
• Maintain multiple projects simultaneously, while handling short release cycles and tight deadlines
• Provide short translations for marketing projects and in-game strings
• Proofread texts in French
• Perform linguistic Asset checks and Final checks for our PC products
• Work with other Editors to make recommendations for process improvements
• Work with various internal stakeholders to provide high quality and on-time delivery of completed products
• Handle additional projects for the Lead Language Editor as needed

REQUIRED ABILITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND XP

• Must be fluent in English and French(native tongue strongly preferred)
• 6+ months experience working as a game tester preferred
• Strong organizational skills
• Great attention to detail

BONUS POINTS

• Associate’s degree or linguistic field degree
• Previous translation experience

YOU ARE

• Passionate about French!

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE YOU MUST INCLUDE A COVER LETTER WRITTEN IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE. TELL US WHY YOU WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS ROLE AND WORKING AT BIG FISH GAMES.

Want to discover more about life at BigFish? Check us out on TheMuse.com!

Be the next BigFish in the Pond!

This role is not eligible for any company sponsored immigration visas.

APPLY HERE: https://app.jobvite.com/j?aj=o11R7fwK&s=French_American_Chamber

Jon Posted on 7/6/18

Area Manager- Aeronautics - Western USA

Summary /Objectives

This individual will be required to manage the business development, sales, projects and operations throughout the Western USA area while adhering to, and in-line with, the strategic orientations of the group to support the achievement of the site’s business goals and objectives.

The first phase of this new role for the Western USA area is to start up the activity, within REEL USA, the US entity of the North American Business Unit, with a strong support coming from the Executive Management team and the Subject Matter Experts of the Aeronautics Division. Business development, networking and sales activities with Aerospace customers will be the main focus during this first phase in order to develop and established strong business relationships within local targeted companies in the aeronautical industry such as The Boeing Company and its tiers 1 & 2.

The second phase will be to build and manage a team of designers, engineers, project managers and technical experts to manage, execute and deliver projects in the area mainly for the Aerospace market. You may also be involved in other markets with synergies with other Divisions of REEL International such as Hydropower, Nuclear, Offshore and Aluminum.

Required Education and Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree in Professional Engineering or related field. Strong aircraft /automotive production environment skills and knowledge is a must to shorten the learning curve,

2. Experience in Assembly Jigs & Tooling and handling & lifting specialized equipment would be a strong asset,

3. Excellent leadership skills; approachable and able to cultivate positive rapport with employees

4. Prior experience in management and supervisory roles, business development, sales,

5. 10-15 years of relevant working experience mainly in the Aeronautics industry with an established network within important clients such as The Boeing Company and its tiers 1 & 2,

6. Computer literate in Microsoft Windows, Office, ERP

7. Fluent in English (both written and oral), ability to understand, read and communicate in French would be a plus but is not mandatory.

For more information and to apply, contact Jonathan BUJOLD at JBujold@reelusa.us

Jon Posted on 6/20/18

The French Bilingual Association is Hiring!

 The French Bilingual Association (www.frenchbilingual.org) is seeking a French teacher for the 2018-2019 school year to teach a class daily from 6:48 am to 7:38 am in Bellevue. The curriculum of the association is aligned with the program of the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale Française. If you are interested, please send a cover letter and resume to  FBAinfo@frenchbilingual.org.

Posted on 6/06/18