Freelance Editor

Key responsibilities:

• Validating a diverse set of internal and customer-facing content for multiple channels and formats, ensuring linguistic standards, brand guidelines and tone of voice are met.
• Reviewing, reworking and approving copy from our translation partners to guide and maintain consistency and quality across varying projects and campaign lengths from short copy to long form (10,000 words +).
• Cultural market insight, ensuring special attention is paid to whether content is appropriate and correct for the intended market.
• Transcreation and LQA for specific content groups as required.
• Leveraging glossaries, style guides and TM's to bring clarity, consistency and accuracy to translations, maintaining the highest possible standards at all times.
• Keen eye for detail and linguistic precision to ensure all product, programme and technical language is accurate and on-brand.
• Able to work independently and as part of a team, collaborating with various stakeholders across an in-country network team.
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously and ensuring timely delivery with a flexible, responsive approach to evolving priorities.
• Brand guardianship; responsible for keeping product, brand and market knowledge up to date.

Key requirements:

• A minimum of 5 years experience in copyediting and/or subediting for both marketing and technical materials, preferably for a creative or consumer brand.
• Native Hong Kong speaker and based in Hong Kong as this role will require you to edit Cantonese and English
• Possess familiarity with U.S. English style and usage. As well as a nuanced understanding of language conventions, style and usage.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to perform effectively and efficiently under time pressure.
• Experience working for global brands.
• Working knowledge of translation and project management tools and a willingness to learn client specific programs and systems.
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to focus and prioritise in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess a solid understanding of the creative development and production process.
• Must be flexible and able to adapt within an environment of change.
• Ideal candidates will have previous editorial, proofreading, and localisation experience at either an advertising agency, marketing communications group or localisation/transcreation agency.