SumUp’s Content team is looking for a Localisation Manager. As part of the Marketing team, you'll play a key role in shaping the voice of SumUp and will be reporting directly to the Localisation Lead. You’ll help us ensure that our content is not only localised for all 33 languages of SumUp’s current markets, but also consistently implemented and updated across all of our merchant communication.
Our Marketing team is a cross-functional group working in the fields of Acquisition, Brand, CRM, Content, PR and Social Media. Together, we devise innovative strategies to grow SumUp’s brand, attract new customers and keep existing merchants excited about our products. Our Berlin-based team consists of 40+ people from 15 different countries. If you’re excited about empowering small business owners around the world, we’d love to hear from you.
What you’ll do
- Manage translation requests for Marketing, Product, Operations, Retail and Legal by using our translation management system supported by Smartling
- Prioritise requests, build translation roadmaps and track execution
- Plan and monitor deadlines to ensure the timely and qualitative delivery of translations
- Recruit and onboard freelance and in-house linguists
- Educate and consult teams within the business on localisation processes
- Provide support to translators and proofreaders, and evaluate their linguistic performance
- Create and optimise documentation to reduce knowledge dependencies between teams.
- Implement and update all content across channels
- Build, align and streamline processes as well as drive the optimisation of workflows by facilitating agile project management approaches
You’ll be great for this role if
- You have experience as a Localisation Manager within an in-house localisation team, with a strong understanding of localisation tooling and processes
- You have previously worked with translation management systems, CAT tools and project management tools
- You thrive in a fast-paced environment with the ability to work cross functionally with many stakeholders.
- You pay great attention to detail and have strong linguistic and cultural sensibility
- You’re very structured, able to multitask and coordinate several projects at the same time, and you know how to prioritise your daily responsibilities in an agile environment.
- You’re fluent in English, both spoken and written, any additional languages would be a big plus!
Why you should join SumUp
- We’re a truly global team of 2700+ people from 60+ countries, spread across 3 continents.
- We get together regularly for breakfasts, team events, office parties and sports.
- You’ll receive an annual budget for attending conferences and external training.
- We offer a corporate pension scheme, 28 days’ paid leave, subsidised Urban Sports Club membership and other great benefits.
- We offer visa and relocation support for you, your family and even your pets.
- You’ll be based in the heart of Berlin, one of Europe’s leading tech hubs and most vibrant cities.
About SumUp
We believe in the everyday hero.
Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we create powerful, easy-to-use financial solutions to help them run their businesses. With a founder’s mentality and a 'team-first’ attitude, our diverse teams across Europe, South America and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love.
SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate.
