German & French Localisation Manager (Contractor)

We're looking for a bilingual Localization Manager (German & French) to support our multilingual content operations across web, app, and marketing channels. You'll work within a high-performing editorial and growth team, using our internal AI model to generate first-pass transcreations and then refining, subediting, publishing, and ensuring all output meets our brand and compliance standards. This role blends AI-assisted localization, transcreation, editorial subediting, CMS publishing, and project management - ideal for someone who moves comfortably between language precision, creative nuance, and operational efficiency.

Please note this is a contract role: 2-3 days per week

Key Responsibilities:

Transcreation & Localization

- Adapt and trans create English marketing and product copy into German and French, ensuring a natural tone and cultural authenticity

- Review, refine, and QA translations from internal AI systems or external linguists for accuracy, clarity, and consistency

- Trans create content into other key languages for internal reviewers to subedit

- Ensure all localized materials (in German and French) align with brand voice, terminology, and style guides

- Publish localized content via the CMS and manage localization workflows end to end

- Please note this is a contract role: 2-3 days per week

Cultural & Market Relevance

- Assess and adapt creative concepts to fit local cultural nuances and consumer expectations

- Provide local insights and guidance to the global growth and editorial teams on market-specific preferences and sensitivities

- Act as a linguistic and cultural ambassador for the DACH and French markets

Compliance & Quality Assurance

- Collaborate with Compliance and Legal teams to ensure all content meets local regulatory standards and disclaimers are correctly adapted

- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regional compliance requirements

- Review all marketing copy, campaigns, and customer communications for accuracy, tone, and compliance approval

Project Management

- Oversee localization timelines and deliverables across multiple content streams

- Coordinate with editors, designers, and marketing leads to ensure smooth publishing workflows

- Track localization metrics and recommend process or AI model improvements

Requirements:

• Fluent (native-level) German and French; fluent English
• Proven experience in localization, transcreation, or editorial roles (ideally in finance, or regulated industries)
• Strong editorial judgement, with a balance of precision and creative flair
• Familiarity with CMS tools
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable using AI-assisted translation tools
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and communication
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