Swiss French Translator and Localization Expert (Freelance)

Were looking for a Swiss French Market Editor to own and elevate all written content for our French-speaking Switzerland market.

This isnt a translation role but rather an editor role. Were looking for someone to help us ensure that everything we publish from landing pages to emails feels written for your market resonates locally and supports sustainable international growth. Youll work closely with Brand CRM Performance Marketing Ecommerce and Product Marketing acting as the local voice and market expert who helps us understand what truly resonates and what doesnt.

The role reports into the Senior Brand Manager and operates with a high degree of autonomy. If youre a strong proofreader in the D2C marketing space and understand how language culture and customer journeys impact performance and youre motivated to help a fast-growing subscription brand scale successfully across European markets then wed love to talk with you.

What youll do

Own local market content

• Adapt tone structure and messaging to local expectations not literal translations into high-quality market-native Swiss French
• Provide voiceovers for ads
• Ensure brand consistency while maximizing local relevance

Act as market expert

• Provide feedback on customer needs objections and cultural nuances
• Flag messaging offers or UX elements that dont translate well locally
• Share market input on influencer and creator content to ensure cultural relevance and brand alignment

Optimize for performance

• Improve conversion-focused content on landing pages and key funnels
• Support SEO localization: search intent phrasing and keyword nuance
• Collaborate with CRM to optimize email and lifecycle messaging for engagement

Enable scalable expansion

• Help build repeatable localization workflows
• Document learnings and market insights for future rollouts
• Collaborate with central content team to improve AI human localization processes

Who you are

A market-native editor

• Native-level Swiss French can write french with excellent grammar clarity and nuance. This role is only for those who are from French-speaking Switzerland.
• Fluent in English as a working language
• Able to turn English-first content into natural market-native copy not literal translations
• Strong instinct for tone persuasion customer and user motivations.

Performance- and audience-aware

• Understands how local language choices impact conversion engagement and trust
• Familiar with SEO localisation including search intent and phrasing differences
• Able to spot underperforming messaging and proactively suggest improvements

Comfortable with localisation at scale

• Experienced in working with AI-assisted or translation-first setups
• Strong in structuring information and designing workflows.
• Able to balance speed and quality in a fast-moving environment

Experienced and independent

• 4 years in editorial localisation copywriting or content roles
• Ideally in DTC food wellness subscription ecommerce or consumer tech
• Comfortable making editorial decisions independently

Working style

• Independent and proactive
• Fast but high quality
• Organized and systematic
• Comfortable collaborating across CRM Brand Product
• Energized by helping consumers build healthier habits with less effort

Please be sure to include your portfolio in your application.