Language Content Specialist - French, Amazon Business Marketing

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Language Content Specialist, where your expertise in French will be pivotal in localizing and transcreating marketing content. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, ensuring cultural authenticity and linguistic accuracy while adapting content for diverse markets. You'll collaborate with teams to maintain high-quality deliverables and develop essential language assets. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are passionate about language and culture, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in foreign languages or equivalent experience required.
• Fluent in English and French with strong localization skills.

Responsibilities

• Localize and transcreate marketing content for French markets.
• Maintain terminology databases and collaborate with project managers.

Skills

French Language Proficiency

Localization Expertise

Cultural Sensitivity

Critical Thinking

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Foreign Languages

Experience in Localization or Subtitling

Tools

GlobalLink

Trados

MemoQ

Job description

Language Content Specialist - French, Amazon Business Marketing

Job ID: 2964495 | Amazon Business EU Sarl, UK Branch - P97

Come be a part of a rapidly expanding $35 billion global business. At Amazon Business, we set out every day to innovate and disrupt the status quo. We stand at the intersection of tech and retail in the B2B space, developing innovative purchasing and procurement solutions to help businesses and organizations reimagine buying. Bring your insight, imagination, and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Join us in building and celebrating the value of Amazon Business to buyers and sellers of all sizes, unlocking our potential worldwide.

We are seeking an experienced Language Content Specialist to join the Amazon Business Marketing team. As a native French speaker, you will ensure the highest quality localization and transcreation of marketing content while maintaining cultural authenticity and market-appropriate terminology. This role also involves evaluating and adapting source content for target markets, taking into consideration product availability, cultural sensitivities, and local business practices. The position includes terminology management (style guides, term bases and translation memory management) for the French market. Working within established standard operating procedures, you will exercise independent judgment to make critical decisions about content adaptation and quality assurance. Success in this role requires deep cultural knowledge, excellent linguistic skills, and a thorough understanding of marketing communications.

Please note that this is a London-based role and requires presence 5 days in the office.


Key job responsibilities
* Apply native-level expertise in French to localize and transcreate marketing content, utilizing quality assurance tools and metrics to ensure excellence
* Review and validate localized and transcreated content for linguistic accuracy, cultural appropriateness, and adherence to style guidelines, including identification and correction of any grammatical or contextual errors
* Collaborate with the Localization Project Manager to maintain project timelines and ensure consistent, high-quality deliverables across all marketplaces
* Develop and maintain terminology databases and style guides for French markets, ensuring standardization of language assets
* Adapt source content for target markets, considering regional product availability, cultural sensitivities, and local business practices
* Engage with corporate and partner teams in-country to understand and address localization issues
* Manage routine escalations as needed

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in foreign languages, translation studies or linguistics (or equivalent experience of at least 1-2 years in localization or subtitling) for French
- Speak, write, and read fluently in English
- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Ability to deliver results and prioritize tasks in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to apply critical thinking and provide insights while working with creative content.
- Technical experience with localization and terminology platforms and tools, such as GlobalLink, Trados, and MemoQ

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