German Translator (m/f/d)

Part Time
Lisbon, Portugal
2 months ago
Location

hybrid in Lisbon (3 home office days per week)

SHAPE THE FUTURE OF PRIVACY WITH USERCENTRICS

Usercentrics is a global leader in data privacy and privacy-led marketing solutions. We believe there is no need for a trade-off between growth and privacy compliance. Our vision is to unlock the potential of data privacy to empower a thriving digital ecosystem. We work with companies to create a healthy balance between data-driven business and privacy-led marketing for every size of enterprise. Our customers build trust with their users through improved transparency and control to drastically improve marketing and monetization, while achieving full privacy compliance.We are looking for a talented native German translator. The position is part-time, with a workload of 20 hours/week. The new hire will be part of our Localization Team within Web Development, reporting to our Localization Manager. We offer a high degree of flexibility and a hybrid work policy.

Your Tasks

  • Your main task is to localize and review translations from English to German for different marketing content assets. The key topics are related to privacy legislation in the EU and beyond, and technology and software that enable organizations and website owners to comply. 
  • You will maintain our content updated and SEO-optimized, partnering with SEO and web experts.
  • You will ensure that our texts really cater to and resonate with the DACH audience, avoiding literal translations while preserving accuracy. 
  • Other ad-hoc tasks may show up from time to time, such as researching on DACH media outlets, enhancing our German Google Ads, writing shorter articles in German, etc.

You Bring

  • You bring at least 2 years of experience in marketing/comms translations and/or content creation in your mother tongue, German, preferably in the tech or legal industry.
  • You are familiar with privacy tech, software and EU law.
  • You have a university degree in translation studies, German language, journalism, communication, marketing, or a relevant field. 
  • You enjoy the challenge of localizing in-depth texts and making complex matters intelligible and pleasant to read about. You know how DACH customers and prospects should be addressed and what they expect from a company like Usercentrics.
  • You are a fluent writer who speaks and writes perfect German, with impeccable grammar and an innate “sense for language”.
  • You are efficient but also thorough and detail-oriented. You are personable and dependable.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Usercentrics we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why join Usercentrics?

  • Joining Usercentrics means becoming part of a fast-growing, diverse and international team of tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurially-minded who build our success story together
  • Company culture is important to us - we strive to continuously develop a positive, vibrant and inspiring environment that enables everyone to thrive both personally and professionally
  • Get involved! We have plenty of initiatives and love to see people from all department enthusiastically participating and shaping our future together in different cross-department projects
  • Your work-life balance is important to us too - we offer flexible working hours, hybrid working and the possibility of workcations (in accordance with our company policy)
  • We always remember to have fun along the way, both in our day-to-day work and at our regular team events on site in our offices in Munich, Copenhagen, Odense, Lisbon and Prague or online
  • You are the most valuable asset to our company which is why we’re happy to offer awesome benefits like our personal development budget, job-related language courses and a lot more (depending on your location) to focus on your well being