Language Specialist – Tagalog

*Interested applicants, please apply directly on workingatbooking

Booking BV (the company behind Booking™, the market leading online hotel reservation service in the world) and/or its various support companies throughout the world are looking for people to support the business in the fast-growing hotel markets.

Booking Philippines Inc, one of the support companies in Philippines, is looking for a Language Specialist – Tagalog.

In this role you will be responsible for managing the quality of the Tagalog version of the Booking products (website, apps, newsletter etc.). Besides being passionate about language and translations, as a Language Specialist you have a strong commercial feel which helps you to maintain and continuously improve the quality of our products. You take action accordingly in order to provide our customers with a product at the highest standard of quality.

This full time position will be based at our Manila office.

Main Responsibilities:

Create commercial, localized content for the Philippines market;
Provide commercial and creative translations from English into Tagalog for website copy, app copy and promotional materials, including newsletters, to appeal to the Philippines market;
Maintain the quality of the Tagalog version of Booking.com, including conducting product checks and maintaining language specific tools, such as glossaries and style guides;
Assist with localization projects in cooperation with other language teams and departments, such as language-based research and data collection and analysis designed to optimize the effectiveness of the website and the service offered to customers;
Freelance management and support, such as evaluating the quality of translations for candidates, quality monitoring of the freelance translations, providing freelancers with consistent feedback.

Qualifications:

Higher education in a relevant field;
Native level Tagalog speaker, accompanied with excellent knowledge of English;
Experience in translating and/or writing commercial texts;
Experience in producing localized website content;
Strong customer focus;
Strong computer skills, including familiarity with computer assisted translations tools;
Flexibility, accuracy, strong analytical skills and ability to multi-task;
Pro-active and initiative both independently and in a team;
Positive attitude;
Experience within e-travel and/or hotel/travel industry

?What we offer:

A dynamic working environment with a culture that is open, innovative and performance oriented;
Internal trainings and various possibilities of personal development in our fast growing company.