Job Purpose

The Arabic Localization Coordinator is responsible for translating and localizing English product descriptions into high-quality Arabic that aligns with Ounass brand voice, luxury positioning, and customer expectations. This role combines hands-on translation expertise with coordination responsibilities to ensure accurate, culturally relevant, and timely delivery of Arabic content. The role also supports AI/Translation Memory assisted translation workflows, performs post-editing, and contributes to improving linguistic quality of Arabic output. This role involves coordinating resources, tracking progress, and ensuring the seamless upload of Arabic copy onto Ounass platform ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely delivery.

Essential Roles and Responsibilities

Strategic Roles and Responsibilities

• n/a

Functional Roles and Responsibilities

• Translate product descriptions (RTW, bags, footwear, jewelry, accessories, beauty) from English into Arabic.

• Ensure translations reflect luxury tone, accuracy, and cultural relevance.

• Independently assess translation accuracy, context alignment, and image-copy consistency, and proactively flag and resolve issues.

• Evaluate and refine AI/Translation Memory generated outputs.

• Perform linguistic QA and validation checks.

• Provide constructive feedback to freelancers.

• Support continuous improvement of localization workflows.

• Create and analyze categorized sheets using SDL Trados.

• Distribute the sheets and Translation Memories into the freelancers’ folders.

• Upload the Arabic copy onto the designated platform.

• Update and maintain the Translation Memories with the latest translations.

• Import Arabic sheets into the Copy Management System for further processing.

• Update the translation trackers to keep stakeholders informed of progress.

• Manage several brands/sheets and adapt to changes in work priorities and schedules as needed.

• Follow up on pending and completed copy translations, providing timely updates to relevant parties.

• Follow up on emails and other related work channels including customer issues.

People Management Roles and Responsibilities

(No items listed)

Job Requirements

Education/Certification and Continued Education

• Bachelor's degree in translation, business, project management, or a related field.

Years of Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of professional translation experience and project management.

Knowledge and Skills

• Working knowledge with Microsoft Excel

• Strong team player

• Positive attitude

• Takes initiative and direction and works well independently

• Manage workload with limited supervision

• Good communication skills written and verbal

• Flawless language skills, strong grammar and style, and the ability to produce clear, engaging Arabic content

• Experience with SDL Trados tools and translation memories

• Mandatory fashion translation experience

• Willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities as needed

• High desire to assist others

• Strong organizational and prioritizing skills

Key Internal Relationships

• Studio Team

• English Copy Team

Key External Relationships

• Third Party Vendors and Suppliers

• Have a strong quality focus and can do precise, accurate work under tight deadline

Languages

• English and Arabic

Additional Requirements

• Prior experience in an administrative support role is preferred

• Experience working on translation of fashion product descriptions is mandatory for hiring Arabic candidate with translation background

Competencies

Core Competencies

• Integrity and Trust

• Managing Diversity

• Customer Focus

• Collaboration

• Learning Agility

Managerial and Leadership Competencies

(Not specified)

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Customer

• Finance

• People

• Operations/Process

Disclaimer

Statements in this job description are intended to reflect, in general, the duties and responsibilities of the position, but are not to be interpreted as totally inclusive.