Freelance Copywriter (Russian)

Job Description

FARFETCH exists for the love of fashion. Our mission is to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers.

We're a positive platform for good, bringing together an incredible creative community made up by our people, our partners and our customers. This community is at the heart of our business success. We welcome differences, empower individuality and celebrate diverse skills and perspectives, creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are FARFETCH for All.

 CREATIVE OPERATIONS 

We're a creative family, building copy, data and visual assets for each corner of the FARFETCH Ecommerce Platform. We are dedicated to providing gold standard imagery, content and production services for our partners and creating an engaging on-site experience for our customers.

 LONDON 

Our London office is located in Old Street, London's tech hub, and is home to a broad range of teams including Commercial, Marketing, and Product. Our open plan space is ideal for collaborative working and sharing ideas, or you can enjoy some quiet time in our dedicated library. We also have a large outdoor terrace which is the perfect spot to have a team lunch or host events.

 THE ROLE 

Reporting to the Senior FPS Linguistic Services Supervisor, you will be responsible for translating, trans-creating and creating engaging, on-brand luxury product content. Working with many varied luxury fashion clients, you will need to switch between copywriting styles fluidly and competently. You will work with the Senior FPS Linguistic Services Supervisor to ensure your copywriting goes live on time and to a standard fitting of a high-end fashion brand. Every day will provide a new opportunity and the workload will become increasingly varied as the FPS team expands its reach. A collaborative attitude is important for this new role. You will have some experience working at pace and to tight timeframes. Ideally this would have been within a copywriting or sub-editing role but a translator or linguistics graduate with a passion to move their career into fashion will also be considered.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Translate, trans-create and create engaging, on-brand luxury product copy for our partnered brands' sites
• Create copywriting examples and briefs for clients
• Own the CMS copywriting process
• Work with our core copywriting team to ensure tone of voice is kept consistent across all languages
• Maintain quality of content on product pages

WHO YOU ARE

• Russian mother tongue
• Fluent in English
• Expert knowledge of luxury fashion brands and products
• You have a good writing style that is accurate and engaging, with an impeccable use of grammar
• You understand garment and accessory construction
• You can work quickly and to agreed daily targets and deadlines
• You are comfortable with digital work on an in-house CMS

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT

• FARFETCH is an equal opportunities employer ensuring that all applicants are treated equally and fairly throughout our recruitment process. We are determined that no applicant experiences discrimination on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, gender identity, ancestry, sexual orientation, veteran status, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We continue to build our consciously inclusive culture as part of our Positively FARFETCH strategy throughout our business, partnerships and communities.