Creative Translator and Copywriter

Salt; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt in Abu Dhabi seeks a genuinely bilingual writer to create, translate, localise, and quality-check English and Arabic copy across campaigns, presentations, digital channels, and stakeholder materials. The role ensures linguistic accuracy, brand consistency, and audience relevance.

You will craft clear bilingual copy, adapt tone for government, executive, partner, customer, and community audiences, translate between English and Arabic, manage terminology, proofread, and ensure correct Arabic

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in translation, languages, communications, journalism, marketing, or related discipline.
• Professional fluency in both Arabic and English is required.

Responsibilities

• Write clear English and Arabic copy for campaigns, social media, websites, CRM, events, and corporate comms.
• Adapt tone for government, executive, partner, customer, and community audiences; develop headlines and calls to action.
• Translate and localise content between English and Arabic while preserving meaning, tone, and intent.
• Maintain terminology across investment, government, technology, aviation, healthcare, fintech, and other sectors.
• Proofread materials for grammar, clarity, consistency, factual accuracy; maintain bilingual style guides.
• Review final layouts for line breaks, punctuation, text direction, and Arabic typography.
• Support speeches, keynotes, briefing notes, executive presentations, and stakeholder materials.
• Collaborate with content teams to simplify complex language for infographics and strategic reports.
• Use approved AI and translation tools to support drafts and terminology checks.
• Apply full human review and flag risks in machine-generated content.

Skills

Bilingual fluency (Arabic & English)

Copywriting

Editing & proofreading

Arabic typography

AI writing & translation tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in translation/Languages/communications/journalism/marketing

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

CMS platforms

CAT tools

Job description

Role purpose

Create, translate, localise, and quality-check English and Arabic copy across group and portfolio communications, campaigns, presentations, digital channels, and stakeholder materials. The role ensures linguistic accuracy, brand consistency, and relevance for each audience.

Key responsibilities

• Write clear English and Arabic copy for campaigns, social media, websites, CRM, events, presentations, and corporate communications.
• Adapt tone for government, executive, partner, customer, and community audiences, and develop headlines, scripts, and calls to action.
• Translate and localise content between English and Arabic while preserving meaning, tone, and intent.
• Maintain appropriate terminology across investment, government, technology, aviation, healthcare, fintech, and other portfolio sectors.
• Proofread materials for grammar, clarity, consistency, and factual accuracy, and maintain bilingual style and terminology guides
• Review final layouts for line breaks, punctuation, text direction, and Arabic typography, and keep language versions aligned.
• Support speeches, keynotes, briefing notes, executive presentations, and senior stakeholder materials.
• Work with content and storytelling colleagues to simplify complex language and create concise copy for infographics and strategic reports.
• Use approved AI and translation tools to support first drafts and terminology checks.
• Apply full human review and flag accuracy, cultural, or brand risks in machine-generated content.

Key deliverables

• English and Arabic campaign copy
• Translated and localised materials
• Executive and stakeholder copy
• Bilingual style guide and terminology library
• Proofread final assets
• Website social and CRM copy

Measures of success

• Translation accuracy
• Copy quality and clarity
• Turnaround time
• First-time approval rate
• Terminology consistency
• Stakeholder satisfaction
• Reduction in rework

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in translation, languages, communications, journalism, marketing, or a related discipline.
• Professional fluency in both Arabic and English is required.

Required experience

• Three to six years of professional copywriting and translation or localisation experience.
• A strong portfolio of Arabic and English marketing or corporate work.
• Experience with UAE or GCC audiences and formal government or corporate communications is preferred.

Technical skills

• Arabic and English translation
• Copywriting
• Editing and proofreading
• Arabic typography
• Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• CAT and translation tools
• AI writing and translation tools
• CMS platforms
• Terminology management
• SEO copy fundamentals

Core competencies

• Sound strategic and commercial judgement appropriate to the role level.
• Ownership of outcomes, quality, and follow-through.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration across group and portfolio teams.
• Clear written and verbal communication, including the ability to simplify complex information.
• Strong prioritisation and execution in a fast-evolving environment.
• Curiosity, learning agility, and responsible use of data, digital tools, and AI.

Ideal candidate profile

A genuinely bilingual writer who understands the difference between translation and localisation, cares about nuance, and can make complex corporate content clear and credible in both languages.