KAYAK is hiring a
Freelance Localization Specialist, Remote - Germany

Summary

The job is for a freelance Canadian French Localization Specialist to work on marketing content localization and transcreation for KAYAK and OpenTable. The role involves translation, transcreation, linguistic quality checks, tool maintenance, and has potential for increased workload based on projects.

Requirements

• Native speaker of Canadian French (required)
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
• Localization / translation experience
• Creative translation / copywriting skills
• Training or education in a relevant field (communication, marketing, translation, linguistics, or similar)
• Ability to learn new tools and technical procedures quickly and effectively
• Enjoys working with a variety of tasks, and capable of independently handling workflows, information and processes for different types of projects

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial and creative translations from English to Canadian French for our products (websites and apps)
• Transcreate content for landing pages, blogs, newsletters, SEO pages, social media copy and other marketing content and promotional materials
• Run linguistic quality and functionality checks (LQA) and increase engagement with the local audience
• Maintain and update language-specific tools such as the style guide and glossary

Preferred Qualifications

• SEO experience is a plus
• LQA (linguistic quality assurance) experience

Benefits

Lower workload in the beginning, with the potential for more work in the future, depending on upcoming projects and availability within the team