Creative Translator & Copywriter (Arabic)

Creative Translator and Copywriter (Arabic and English)

Department: Marketing

Function: Creative Studio

Reports to Creative Manager

Location: Permanent Remote

About the organisation

Our client is an Abu Dhabi-based diversified holding and platform-building group focused on developing and scaling businesses across strategically important sectors. Its portfolio includes mobility, aviation, fintech, insurance, healthcare, mining and energy, professional services, and other high-impact opportunities. The group is building an integrated marketing function covering strategy, brand, creative, digital, insights, operations, and growth.

Why join

• Work across several businesses, sectors, audiences, and commercial models rather than supporting a single brand.
• Help shape the standards, systems, and working practices of a growing group marketing function.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, portfolio companies, institutional stakeholders, strategic partners, and specialist advisers.
• Use data, digital tools, and approved AI solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of marketing delivery.

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.

Key responsibilities

Bilingual copywriting

• 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.

Translation and localisation

• 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.

Editing and quality assurance

• 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.

Executive and strategic content

• 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.

AI-assisted language workflows

• 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.

Key deliverables

• 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

Measures of success

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

Qualifications

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

Required experience

• 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.

Technical skills

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

Core competencies

• 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.

Ideal candidate profile

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.

Role scope

Responsibilities may evolve as the organisation and its portfolio businesses continue to grow.