Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and
you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the
point.

Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney Australia but in this project you'll be
working remotely from wherever you are located. That means you have the
ultimate flexibility. Wherever works for you, works for us.

What you 'd be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think
that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of
things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

About the team
Every month, more than ‎50 million Canva users create a design in one of the
‎100 languages other than English, that Canva supports. The Localisation
specialty is a small team of linguists, project managers, and engineers
distributed throughout the company. Our mission is to celebrate the diversity
of our global users and make their experience delightful by delivering a
hyper-localised experience
If you join our team as a Language Manager, you'll bring your linguistic and
cultural knowledge to all aspects of localisation, ensuring our international
users have the best possible Canva experience. You'll be the creative hub for
all content in Hindi and help advise on Canva's branding in that market.

This is a remote, part-time (‎20 hours/week), ‎12-month contract role, based
remotely in Egypt.

What you 'll be doing
* Building a language strategy that will efficiently meet the needs of Arabic-speaking customers around the world
* Advising product teams on the best UI and UX practices for designing in right-to-left languages
* Creating Canva's voice across all parts of the Canva product in Arabic.
* Translating key content and managing the relationship with our localisation partners for Arabic.
* Developing/Updating a style guide and glossary
* Reviewing and evaluating translation quality
* Providing cultural insights and guidance
* Reviewing vendor translations
* Assessing and sourcing new LSPs
* Answering linguistic questions
* Triaging results of scripted testing

After ‎6 months you will have established relationships with key stakeholders
in marketing, subscriptions, and content that will allow you to deploy your
local expertise. You'll have created processes and channels for communicating
best practices and completing internal requests such as copywriting, content
review, and translation guidelines. And you will have developed a
comprehensive plan for meeting the needs of Arabic speakers the world over.

Who you are
You're a natural at writing clear, fun, and engaging content. You have
experience with creative writing and/or design and you're able to hit the
perfect tone in multiple different contexts. You're passionate about languages
and cultures and you understand how these can impact people's experience of a
product. Above all else, you understand what speakers of Arabic need to be
able to understand and use Canva.

You also love taking things from chaos to clarity -- you're a natural at
understanding ambiguous, complex problems and communicating them simply to
others. You also have the drive to see things through despite changes and
setbacks. You're equally comfortable discussing details with engineers and
ideas with product managers and designers. You're great with tech (Atlassian
project management tools, basic web development) and you write a mean doc. You
understand the global user experience and how to improve it, ideally from
experience working in a localisation/internationalisation environment within a
SaaS company.

**Also, we 'd love it if you had the following but it's not a

prerequisite!**
* You have experience as a Language Lead at an LSP
* You're an expert with CAT tools (experience with Smartling gets full marks)
* You have copy-writing experience -- you maintain a blog or, even better, you have experience in localisation for a SaaS product
* You showcase a solid understanding of organic growth (SEO and Wordpress
* )You have some design experience
* You've got a tertiary education in linguistics, literature, or localisation
* You have experience as a Language Lead at a software company

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience,
skills and passion. When you signify interest in the Project, please tell us
the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the
contractor-accreditation interview process.

Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.

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Arabic Language Manager