Senior Arabic & English Copywriter

Role overview

What you'll do

• Write, edit, and transcreate Arabic and English copy for websites, portals, apps, and digital platforms, including UX/microcopy, landing pages, service descriptions, and navigation labels.
• Produce email campaigns, newsletters, announcements, social content, push notifications, and campaign messaging.
• Write Arabic natively rather than literally translating, maintaining cultural relevance and the same intent and impact as the English.
• Develop and apply tone-of-voice guidelines, bilingual style guides, and terminology glossaries.
• Work with UX/UI designers on user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes, including RTL layout considerations.
• Turn client briefs, brand strategy, and research insights into content structures and messaging frameworks.
• Join client workshops and review cycles, present content rationale, and incorporate senior stakeholder feedback.
• Proofread and review own and team work for accuracy, consistency, and standards; manage multiple workstreams and deadlines.

Requirements

• Native-level written and spoken Modern Standard Arabic and professional written and spoken English.
• 6+ years of copywriting experience, focused on digital channels such as websites, platforms, apps, and campaigns.
• Portfolio of bilingual digital work, ideally spanning UX/microcopy and marketing or communications.
• Proven Arabic-English transcreation and localization ability, beyond translation.
• Experience with enterprise, government, or semi-government clients; GCC experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of readability, accessibility, information hierarchy, and SEO for digital content.
• Attention to detail; ability to deliver polished work under tight timelines and present content decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Able to work remotely and independently across time zones and be available during GCC business hours.

Additional advantages

• Consulting-firm project experience or a consulting background is a plus.
• Gulf Arabic and familiarity with GCC cultural nuances are a plus.
• CMS experience with Sitecore, Adobe Experience Manager, or WordPress, and design-tool experience with Figma, are a plus.
• UX writing or content design, including design-system content, is a plus.
• Content governance frameworks, editorial calendars, or content audits are a plus.
• Arabic SEO and Arabic search behavior knowledge are a plus.
• Experience with AI-assisted writing and translation tools is a plus.

Education

• A degree in Communications, Journalism, Translation, Marketing, or a related field is a good-to-have qualification.