Korean Translator

Fisher Asset Management; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global investment firm in Greater London is seeking a Korean native speaker to provide translation services across various departments. You will develop language guides and translate materials related to capital markets and finance. Ideal candidates will have a degree in a related field, 2+ years of experience, and fluency in English. This role comes with excellent benefits including health coverage, annual leave, and a retirement pension plan.

Benefits

100% paid premiums for medical and dental plans

28 days annual leave + paid holidays

Enhanced maternity pay package

$10,000 fertility and family-forming benefit

Retirement pension plan with 9% company contribution

Gym subsidy of up to £50 per month

Employee Assistance Program

Ongoing training and educational support

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in translation, editing, or content production.
• Knowledge of translation practices beneficial.
• Experience editing for clarity, grammar, and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary language expert for internal clients.
• Develop tone and language style guides for each market.
• Localise multiple content types such as financial and educational materials.

Skills

Korean native speaker

Fluency in English

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Experience in finance and capital markets

Client focus

Education

Degree in Translation, Linguistics, or Communications

Tools

CAT tools

TMS technology

Job description

The Opportunity:

As part of the firm's in‑house translation team, you will provide translation services to internal clients across Sales, Service, Research, Content, Marketing, Legal and Compliance, and others. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing company and support Fisher Investments in our globalisation efforts and communications strategy. You will quickly learn about our business, industry, and writing style as you translate our educational, promotional, and service‑oriented content across the markets we operate in. You will be paired up with countries or markets that match your linguistic background and serve as the primary language expert for internal clients across the firm, while playing an important role in our ability to fulfil translation needs. You will report directly to the in‑house translation team leader.

The Day-to-Day:

• Be the primary language expert for internal clients and help facilitate all translation‑related requests
• Develop tone and language style guides for each market you service
• Develop and maintain terminology bases for your target language
• Showcase excellent written and verbal communication skills to localise multiple content types such as financial, marketing, legal and educational materials
• Be a reviewer for specialised materials by editing translated material produced by in‑house colleagues and external translation vendors
• Excel in quality management and proofreading
• Translate capital markets related content such as educational brochures, articles, marketing ads, websites and presentations from English into Korean
• Ad‑hoc projects as directed by management

Your Qualifications:

• Korean native speaker; fluency in English is required
• Degree in Translation, Linguistics, Communications, or other professional certification related to translation or localisation
• 2+ years of experience in translation, editing, or content production
• Experience in the field of finance and capital markets is advantageous
• Knowledge of CAT tools, TMS technology, and translation practices is beneficial
• Experience editing for clarity, grammar, spelling, consistency and accuracy with few revisions needed
• Manage complexity and coordinate across several departments under strict timelines
• Client focus with desire to support our global growth

Why Fisher Investments Europe:

The global Fisher organisation distinguishes itself by putting clients first, providing unmatched service, and taking a personalised approach to investing. You can feel confident knowing that we align with our clients' best interests by using a simple and transparent fee structure and recognised European custodians.

It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and to help our employees meet their long‑term goals, we offer an array of benefits, including:

• 100% paid premiums for our top‑tier supplemental medical, dental and annual health screening plans for employees and their qualified dependents
• 28 days annual leave, with the ability to purchase up to 3 additional days per year, plus up to 8 paid holidays
• Enhanced maternity pay package with 16 weeks' top up to full base pay for eligible employees
• $10,000 fertility, hormonal health and family‑forming benefit
• A retirement pension plan, featuring a 9% company contribution of base pay with an additional company match of up to 5% of base pay on personal contributions
• Gym subsidy of up to £50 per month
• Employee Assistance Program and other emotional wellbeing services
• A collaborative working environment that practises ongoing training, educational support and employee appreciation events
• This is an in‑office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work‑from‑home program. This program is subject to change.

*Employees residing outside of the US will be eligible for the $10,000 equivalent in their local currency.

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