Copywriter, Canadian French

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Adapt marketing content to ensure the intended message, tone, and brand identity are effectively communicated in Canadian French.

• Produce high-quality copy for product launches and descriptions while ensuring consistency across customer-focused marketing materials, including web, in-store, direct mail, print, social, digital, and other channels.

• Revise and modify machine-translated content to guarantee accuracy, fluency, and overall quality.

• Localise content for the target audience while adhering to the brand’s tone of voice, messaging, and inclusive writing standards.

• Conduct proofreading and editing of copy during final validation to ensure accuracy, clarity, and consistency.

• Create engaging copy and headlines for selected deliverables, including English back-translations of localised headlines.

• Investigate product and technical specifications and collaborate with cross-functional teams, project managers, and editors to ensure precision.

• Stay updated on market trends, cultural shifts, and socio-political changes in the Canadian French market that may influence copy and localisation choices.

• Provide brief feedback on AI/machine-translated content as part of the quality assurance process.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience in copywriting or localisation writing.

• Demonstrated expertise in transcreation – creatively transforming content from English to Canadian French instead of mere translation.

• Exceptional time management and prioritisation abilities, particularly when facing tight deadlines.

• Experience with premium or technology-focused brands.

• Proficient in adapting body copy, including post-editing and modifying machine translation.

• Native-level proficiency in Canadian French.

• Solid understanding of inclusive language principles.

• Active experience working directly with English source material.

• Attention to detail in proofreading – errors in spelling and grammar in final submissions are not acceptable.

• A portfolio showcasing completed projects for international brands.

🏝️ Benefits

• N/A