Creative Translator and Copywriter

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.

• 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.

• 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

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

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

• 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.

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

• 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.

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.