Localization Specialist - English/Spanish/Italian

The Role

As a Localization Specialist at Bitly you will be working closely with content creative marketing product and engineering teams to translate adapt optimize and create a variety of content and copy types across various channels to help promote the Bitly brands and make our products more accessible to audiences all over the world. Depending on the language combination this can be a full-time or part-time role.

What You’ll Do

• Translate and localize website content product copy landing pages help center articles ad campaigns and other digital assets from English into Spanish and/or Italian (and preferably also into Portuguese).

• Ensure translations are culturally relevant linguistically accurate and adhere to local SEO best practices.

• Proofread and edit localized content to ensure grammatical correctness stylistic consistency and adherence to language-specific conventions.

• Post-edit machine translated content and leverage AI translation features.

• Collaborate with content creative marketing product and engineering teams to gather information for localization or content creation.

• Work with content and translation management systems for publishing and organizing localized content.

Who You Are

• 5+ years of experience as a freelance or in-house translator.

• Proficiency in CAT tools like Phrase SDL Trados Studio or Crowdin.

• Understanding of localization principles and strategies.

• Familiarity with basic SEO principles to optimize content for search engines.

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams .

• Very good organizational and time management skills.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple deliverables.

• Ideally experience with SEO tools like SEMrush Google Search Console or Google Analytics.

• Basic knowledge of content management systems (CMS).

EU Employee Benefits

• Competitive Salary + Stock Options

• 30 days paid vacation and 2 annual recharge weeks

• Flexible working hours and remote working model

• High standard equipment (laptop. monitors keyboards ..)

• Full support for remote work including a home office stipend

• Cell phone and WiFi allowance

• Budget for professional development opportunities including courses and conference attendance

• Fitness Membership at Urban Sports Club

• Regular onsite & offsite team events

• Company sponsored volunteering opportunities

• Meaningful opportunity for community building through our Employee Resource Groups

• Access to care for everything from mental health reproductive health family planning pediatrics with Maven

• Access to mental health support and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with confidential counseling services through Lyra

Eligibility & Closing

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Germany on a full-time basis and located in Germany.

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