• Current Vacancies 

    Search Marketing Intern, London

    An opportunity for an energetic, proactive quick learner to join our London based International Search Marketing team. A background in, and passion for digital & search is essential, plus a keen interest in global marketing. Good understanding and previous application of SEO techniques preferred. 

    You will be trained and mentored by our International Online Marketing Manager, helping with all aspects of the team’s remit and evolving to have independent responsibilities.

    Primarily, you will support the team activities related to selling and delivering our international search marketing services which bring together website localization, international PPC, SEO and social media to maximise our clients’ global reach and ROI.

    Great communication skills, both written and oral, are a must, as is your ability to work to deadlines and deliver to brief.
     
    The position is available immediately. For more information, or to apply for this role, please send CV and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com 

     

    Linguistic QA Support, London 

    A rare opportunity for an energetic, proactive quick learner to join our London-based Linguistic Services team at entry level and develop a specialist linguistic quality assurance skillset. A background in, and passion for, linguistic quality is essential. Good understanding and previous application of translation technologies, such as TMs and glossary software, is preferred.  

    You will be trained and supported by our Linguistic Services Managers. Primarily, you will support the team activities related to translation consistency checking of print and online material and pre-delivery layout checks. Given success in this area, there is potential for your role to evolve to have wider reaching responsibilities in the fields of Linguistic QA and Terminology Management.  

    Excellent attention to detail and a fluency in a language other than English are essential, together with the ability to concentrate in a dynamic environment and work to deadlines.  

    The position is available immediately and can be full time or part time (to a minimum of 10 hours per week).  

    For more information, or to apply for this role, please send CV and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com 

     

    Linguistic QA/Terminology Specialist, London 

    An exciting opportunity to join the well-established Linguistic Services team in our busy London office. 

    Your role as a full time Linguistic QA/Terminology Specialist will cover two interlinked parts of the localization process: quality management and terminology/brand asset management.   

    The QA aspect includes reviewing multi-language translation projects for overall consistency and quality. You will also carry out layout checks on typeset material and functional online QA to ensure that the localized end-product matches the format and functionality of the original.  

    The terminology/brand asset management side of the role involves maintaining translation memory and glossary databases with constantly updated localized content and reviewing changes and requests from local markets.  

    You will have experience in the area of Linguistic QA and/or Terminology, fluency in a language other than English and the ability to proofread in your native language. A good understanding of translation technologies is essential, as is excellent attention to detail with a good sense for consistency and accuracy.    

    The position is available immediately. For the full job specification or to apply for this role, please send CV and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com  

     

    Freelance Multilingual SEO Specialists: Keyword Research & Web Page Optimization

    To meet increasing demand for our International Search Marketing Services, Wordbank is growing its base of freelance multilingual SEO specialists. To join us for this role, you will have an excellent understanding of SEO strategy and methods and solid experience in carrying out keyword research and web page optimization in your native language and dominant browser. You will have fluent English and be organized, analytical and motivated. We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you are a native speaker of Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Japanese or Swedish.

    Applicants for this role should send their CV/resume and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com 

    ***Stop press: We have an immediate need for Hindi specialists in this area. Please contact us now to hear more about this opportunity.***

     

    Freelance Multilingual PPC Specialists: Keyword Research & Paid Ad Localization

    To meet increasing demand for our International Search Marketing Services, Wordbank is growing its base of freelance multilingual PPC specialists. To join us for this role, you will have an excellent understanding of PPC strategy and methods and solid experience in carrying out keyword research and ad localization/adaptation in your native language and dominant browser. You will have fluent English and be organized, analytical and motivated. We are particularly interested in hearing from you if you are a native speaker of Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Japanese or Swedish.

    Applicants for this role should send their CV/resume and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com 

    ***Stop press: We have an immediate need for Hindi specialists in this area. Please contact us now to hear more about this opportunity.***

      

    Freelance International PPC Campaign Managers based in London

    To meet the increasing demand for our International SEM services, Wordbank is growing its existing in-house International SEM team. We are looking to expand our base of freelance PPC Campaign Managers specialized in the following language & search engine pairs: 

    LANGUAGE  SEARCH ENGINE 
    Arabic Google
    Czech Seznam
    Japanese Yahoo!
    Japanese Google
    Korean Naver/Daum
    Russian Yandex
    Mainland China Baidu
    Taiwan/Hong Kong Google
    Taiwan/Hong Kong Yahoo!


    The Role  

    As a freelance International PPC Campaign Manager, you will work with the in-house SEM team in our London office to create, configure, run and report on paid search campaigns in your native language and dominant search engine. You will provide services on an hourly basis at a pre-agreed fee.  

    The Candidate 


    • Native speaker of one of the required languages 
    • Strong technical knowledge of PPC for your target language and search engine pair  
    • Fluent English  
    • Excellent written skills 
    • Organized, analytical and motivated  
    • Proactive hands-on approach  
    • Proven track record of analyzing PPC issues and opportunities and implementing recommendations to improve performance  


    Applicants for this role should send their CV/resume and covering letter to recruitment@wordbank.com
     

     

    Localization Process Engineering Consultant Opportunity

    Wordbank requires a competent, customer-facing process consultant to work with a client in Asia on integrating centralized marketing and localization processes. On offer is a 6-month contract which will involve travel between Asia and London, visits to the client and partners in Asia and regular communication across the Asian time zone. We anticipate that execution of the task will require about 5-6 days per month (approx. 1-2 days per week) with an initial intense, two-week period of training and familiarization with Wordbank in London. 

    The preferred candidate will: 

    • Have a good understanding of the localization industry and processes 
    • Have experience and a track record in managing centralization projects 
    • Have strong consultative, negotiation and relationship-building skills 
    • Have a good understanding of and experience in dealing with business and cultural issues in Asia, as well as the dynamics of a US-based multinational corporation 
    • Be comfortable working in multicultural and global teams 
    • Be highly organized and have the ability to grasp complex strategic issues 
    • Have worked extensively in Asia and be fluent in Japanese or Mandarin and English.

    The position will receive direction from and report to Wordbank’s strategic account manager in London. Commencement subject to successful interview will start as soon as possible but within the next calendar month. 

    Please send CV/resume and covering email to gordon_husbands@wordbank.com

     

    Freelance Media Professionals, Denver

    We are currently seeking freelance media professionals in the Denver area with expertise in interactive applications (Flash, Captivate, FinalCut Pro), print applications (XPress, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop) and/or common markup languages for the web. You will receive work and project briefs from our in-house Creative Engineers. Prior experience of the technicalities of working with language in these environments is essential, as are good communication skills and the ability to deliver against deadline.

    If you feel you have these characteristics and are interested in joining our freelance database, please send your resume and covering letter to denver_recruitment@wordbank.com.