Localisation Executive

Summary

Join UNiDAYS as a Localisation Executive and play a key role in the Creative Services team, ensuring high-quality translation and cultural relevance for global sites. You will manage the translation process, work with an external agency, and apply your language and cultural expertise to create engaging messaging for student demographics. Responsibilities include delivering translation services, conducting cultural research, and optimizing processes. The role requires experience with digital platforms, translation/transcreation, and fluency in German. This remote-friendly position offers a competitive benefits package, including paid time off, a bonus scheme, private health insurance, and flexible working hours.

Requirements

• Experience working with digital platforms
• Knowledge of translation/transcreation and the processes/skills involved
• Fluency in German
• Understanding of cultural and linguistic nuances across EMEA
• Some experience of the creative process, contributing to ideation and creative campaign

Responsibilities

• Deliver translation, transcreation and localisation services across multiple channels, business teams and markets
• Research for and review creative across multiple regions reporting back any potential cultural considerations and localisation requirements
• Manage the day-to-day translation/transcreation process end-to-end, from briefing the agency, feedback and implementing with the copy team and designers
• Apply cultural and language expertise to prepare comms and campaigns for market, working and writing in-language where required
• Assess transcreation options provided by agency linguists, choosing based on the the resonance in-market and consistency across languages
• Work in daily conjunction with our external translation agency to facilitate and feed back on transcreation projects, maintaining and increasing the quality of the transcreation outputs
• Use linguistic knowledge to proofread and adapt in-language communications
• Contribute to research and cultural insights for the business’ foreign markets, assuring we are always ahead of the curve
• Support on linguistic reviews with internal natives and external agencies for inconsistencies, localisation issues and ongoing optimisation across multiple channels
• Optimise the translation briefing and delivery processes with the agency, finding efficiencies and opportunities to streamline and make smoother
• Maintain the UNiDAYS translation memory and foreign-language brand messaging bank
• You will evaluate and measure your own performance and seek feedback for continuous improvement. You also commit to regular check-ins with your line manager and to be proactive in completing your quarterly, Mid-Year and End of Year reviews to ensure your manager has enough time to complete before the deadline

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of other foreign languages

Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year increasing with length of service, plus flexible bank holidays
• Competitive salaries
• 4pm finishes every Friday
• Company bonus scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Private health insurance (Vitality)
• Income protection policy
• Life assurance policy
• Employee Assistance Program
• Enhanced parental leave pay
• Core hours with flexibility around how/when you manage your time
• Regular team building activities
• The latest tech and hardware will be supplied from day one
• Good Vibes Program: we know we’ve all had to adapt to new ways of working and UNiDAYS has always taken pride in the community we’ve created in the office but we’re just as committed to creating an innovative approach to fostering connections and improving engagement outside of the office! We want to boost your remote working experience so think virtual parties, pottery classes, wellness classes and guest speakers just to name a few!
• Support for home working for all new team members. We will help assess your home set up and you can expense £150 towards any additional furniture you may need to be safe and comfortable when working from home
• Remote work