Bilingual Editorial Director – English & Arabic

Confidential Careers; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Careers in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Head of English Editorial to lead the English editorial function, overseeing daily production, editing, quality control, and timely delivery of English-language content.

The role works closely with the Arabic Editorial team to ensure narrative consistency across languages; content may originate in either language, with translation and final editing handled to publication standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Media, Translation or a related discipline.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in editorial, journalism, newsroom, media, or press communications.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supervising an editorial team.
• Strong hands-on experience editing and finalizing press releases, official statements, news content, and public-facing communications.
• Proven experience managing high-volume daily editorial workflows and multiple competing deadlines.
• Experience coordinating Arabic and English editorial content is essential.
• Experience working within a fast-paced newsroom, media organization, government communications environment, or major corporate communications function is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the English Editorial team and oversee all daily English-language output.
• Review, edit, and finalize press releases, statements, news stories, and digital content.
• Ensure content is accurate, clear, concise, and publication-ready.
• Coordinate with the Arabic Editorial team to maintain alignment across both languages.
• Oversee the translation/adaptation of Arabic-origin content into English and vice versa.
• Develop and enforce editorial standards, style guides, and terminology references.
• Manage daily workload, deadlines, and high-volume content traffic.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Team management

Editing

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Confidential Careers in Abu Dhabi is seeking a Head of English Editorial to lead the English editorial function, overseeing daily production, editing, quality control, and timely delivery of English-language content.

The role works closely with the Arabic Editorial team to ensure narrative consistency across languages; content may originate in either language, with translation and final editing handled to publication standards.