Localization Uxspecialist

**Localization UX Specialist (German-speaking)**

**Hi there Thanks for stopping by**

Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market out? Wellyou might just be in the right place

We are seeking a creative Localization UX Specialist
- German Speaking with translation and UX writing experience to join our Localization team in Berlin, Germany. As our first-ever German Language Specialist, you will lay the foundations for crafting clear, concise, and consistent German user interface content that will help us increase customer engagement and retention in German-speaking regions.

Reporting to the Team Lead, Localization, you will work closely with our Localization Project Coordinators, English Content Designers, Product Designers, Developers, and Product Managers to deliver best-in-class user experiences that meet the needs of our German-speaking customers.

**Responsibilities**
- Review user interface content translated from English to German to create effective and engaging user experiences that resonate with German-speaking users
- Own German product content, defining voice and tone guidelines, managing our glossaries and maintaining our translation memories to ensure consistency across all platforms so as to create a unified and coherent user experience
- Provide feedback to freelance translators to drive improvements, collaborating with Localization Project Coordinators
- Collaborate with Product Designers, Content Designers, Developers, and Product Managers to make sure our products account for Germany's cultural requirements, market trends and nuances

**Be the voice of German users, participating in user testing, customer interviews and competitive research to better understand the German audience's needs and preferences**
- Advocate for localization best practices adoption within Product Units
- Help develop scalable UX localization processes that can be used across Lightspeed products and languages

**Your Experience**
- Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in UX writing
- Experience with translation or translation management
- Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Translation, UX Writing, Communications, or a related field

**What you bring to the team**
- Native fluency in German with a deep understanding of localisation for the German market
- Exceptional written and verbal skills in English
- Solid understanding of UX writing principles
- Highly independent with excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to generate innovative ideas to improve processes

**Nice to have**:

- Experience using localization software, such as translation management systems, content management systems, and terminology databases
- Experience conducting user testing to evaluate the usability and effectiveness of localized products
- Familiarity with internationalization
- Experience within the hospitality industry or passionate about restaurant culture

**What's in it for you**
- Lots of autonomy, flexible work culture with the option of working remotely or from one of our beautiful offices
- Genuine career growth opportunities within a company that's continuously expanding
- Make a meaningful impact by helping merchants grow their businesses through creating or improving products and addressing customer feedback
- Be part of a team large enough for growth yet agile enough for real impact.
- Work on high-traffic products with a global user base
- Opportunity to work alongside other highly skilled engineers, learn and expand your skill set, forge wonderful relationships and make your mark within the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed culture, a true Canadian tech success story

_t_and enjoy a range of benefits that'll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:_
- Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
- Health & Wellness Credit
- expense up to 400 EUR per year towards your gym membership, yoga classes, a new bike or whatever else you do for your health
- Mental Health Support through the Modern Health App
- whether it is meditation, coaching or counseling you need - each employee gets access to this platform
- People Experience - Our PX benefit allows you to work from pretty much anywhere in the world for 60 days a year
- LinkedIn Learning: At Lightspeed we believe in having a growth mindset, we provide free access to LinkedIn learning along with your career GPS to help you learn & grow
- Subsidy to annual travel pass if you travel by public transport to the Berlin office
- Regular breakfast or lunches, drinks & snacks in our Berlin office

**Where to from here?**
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you're proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do