Publishing Operations Coordinator (6-month Contract)

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents, Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun, social, and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion, encouraging kids and adults to move more, play more, and have fun together. Nex Playground, the company’s award-winning active play system, is purpose-built to get families moving year-round, with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE+ COPPA compliant and built to support healthy, active play for all ages and abilities. Nex Playground features a growing library of 50+ experiences, including motion and dance games, fitness and educational experiences, and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro, Sesame Workshop, and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, TIME’s Best Inventions, and Parents’ Best Entertainment System for Families, and has earned Red Dot, IDEA, and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have Fun and Is Motion Gaming Back? , as they offer a deeper look into our culture, values, and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations. To protect yourself from recruitment scams, please note that Nex communicates through official company emails ending in @nex.inc. If you receive a suspicious email or message, please do not respond and report it immediately to us. Location: Hong Kong Type: 6-month contract (with the possibility to convert or renew) We are seeking a highly organised, proactive, and detail-oriented Publishing Operations Coordinator to support global game publishing initiatives and marketing localisation across both renowned IPs and Nex Originals. This role will be central to ensuring marketing assets are accurately localised, approved, delivered, and deployed across international markets. You will work closely with the Localisation Program Manager, linguists, localisation vendors, designers, copywriters, legal and publishing stakeholders, as well as external IP partners. You will also support wider publishing operations projects, CMS deployment, workflow automation, and more areas as needed. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys coordinating complex cross-functional workstreams, improving processes, and helping bring game releases to market across multiple regions. Core Responsibilities: Marketing Asset Localisation Coordination Own and coordinate the end-to-end publishing-side localisation process for marketing assets once an English game title and logo have been confirmed. Manage localisation workstreams for a range of assets, including marketing copy, key art and images, game titles, logos, store assets, and other publishing materials. Partner closely with the Localisation Program Manager, linguists, localisation vendors, designers, copywriters, legal teams, and broader publishing stakeholders to ensure work is scoped, tracked, reviewed, approved, and delivered on time. Assess the suitability of English game titles for local markets in collaboration with linguists and localisation stakeholders, identifying potential linguistic, cultural, legal, or brand considerations. Coordinate the development, review, and approval of localised game titles and logos, including obtaining required feedback and approval from IP owners or external rights holders where applicable. Lead internal coordination for localisation-related approvals, including legal clearance, brand review, publishing approval, design updates, and vendor handover. Maintain accurate records of localised assets, approvals, naming conventions, version history, and final delivery status. Ensure approved localised assets are distributed to the appropriate internal teams, partners, platforms, and regional stakeholders. Publishing Project Coordination Support the management of publishing project schedules, tasks, dependencies, and key milestones across game launches and the related marketing initiatives. Track deliverables across multiple workstreams and proactively follow up with internal stakeholders to help ensure deadlines and approvals are met. Identify risks, bottlenecks, missing dependencies and escalate issues before any crisis occur. Support ad hoc publishing and operational projects as team priorities evolve. Help maintain action trackers, prepare status updates, and ensure decisions and next steps are clearly documented. CMS Content Deployment Support content localisation, scheduling and deployment through the PlayOS Launcher CMS and other relevant publishing platforms. Coordinate with content owners and publishing stakeholders to ensure CMS content is accurate, fully approved, and deployed according to launch and merchandising timelines. Review CMS entries for copy, image assets, localisation, and metadata before deployment. Maintain clear deployment records and help troubleshoot basic content, asset, or workflow issues in coordination with relevant teams. Reporting and Analysis Assist in preparing regular publishing operations and localisation status reports. Maintain trackers and dashboards covering asset readiness, localisation progress, approval status, deployment schedules, outstanding actions, and launch milestones. Consolidate information from multiple stakeholders and archive into clear, accurate, and actionable updates for the wider publishing team. Support basic analysis to identify opportunities for operational improvement. Required Qualifications: Strong project coordination or project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, deadlines, and changing priorities. Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail, particularly when managing assets, approvals, version control, and schedules. 3 - 4 years of experience working cross-functionally with teams such as creative, design, copywriting, localisation, legal, product, engineer