Turkish Language Manager (12-month Contract)

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Alongside our global campuses we also collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our crazy big goals. While we support flexible remote-friendly ways of working for this role were focusing on Istanbul so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.

This role is a 12 month engagement working full-time hours.

About the team

Canvas International Supergroup is responsible for driving growth and deepening adoption across our key regions worldwide. We are an entrepreneurial cross-functional team that turns bold strategy into culturally resonant execution.

In Türkiye our mission is to empower all Turkish people to design and to make Canva one of the most beloved and culturally iconic brands in the country. We see an enormous opportunity to accelerate Türkiyes creative economy uplift millions of creators and position Türkiye as a regional creative hub.

About the role

As a Language Manager youll bring your linguistic and cultural knowledge to all aspects of localisation ensuring our international users have the best possible Canva experience. Youll be the creative hub for all content in Turkish and help advise on Canvas branding in that market.

After 6 months you will have established relationships with key stakeholders in marketing subscriptions content and localisation that will allow you to deploy your local expertise. Youll have created processes and channels for communicating best practices and completing internal requests such as copy-writing content review and translation guidelines.

What youll be doing

• Working with the Country Localisation Lead to create Canvas voice across all parts of the Canva product in Turkish. 
• Translating key content and managing the relationship with our localisation partners for Turkish. 
• Developing/updating a style guide and glossary
• Reviewing and evaluating translations
• Providing cultural insights and guidance
• Identifying key opportunities for localisation improvements in Turkish
• Reviewing vendor translations 
• Assessing and sourcing new LSPs
• Answering linguistic questions
• Triaging results of scripted testing

Youre probably a match if

Youre a natural at writing clear fun and engaging content. Youre passionate about languages and cultures and you understand how these can impact peoples experience of a product. Above all else you understand what our customers in Türkiye need in order to be able to understand and use Canva. 

Were looking for someone with an entrepreneurial spirit with a strong bias towards action and ownership. The team in Türkiye is small and there will be lots of opportunities to contribute beyond the scope of this specific role so we value energy and adaptability over specific experience or years of experience.

Also wed love it if you had the following but theyre not prerequisites!

• You have copy-writing experience you maintain a blog or even better you have experience in localisation for a SaaS product
• Youre an expert with CAT tools (experience with Smartling gets full marks) and other tools in the marketing tech stack (Braze Wordpress and of course Canva!)
• You showcase a solid understanding of organic growth (SEO)
• You have some design experience or familiarity with design tools
• Youve got a tertiary education in linguistics literature or localisation

Other stuff to know

Please submit your application & resume in English.

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 interviews are conducted virtually.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time