Freelance Copywriter and Translator (DACH)

About komoot

Komoot is an app that lets you find, plan, and share adventures. Driven by a desire to explore and powered by the outdoor community’s recommendations, it’s komoot’s mission to inspire great adventures, making them accessible to all. And we’re good at what we do: Google and Apple have numerous times listed us as one of their Apps of the Year!

Today, with over 27 million users and 200,000 five-star reviews, komoot is well on its way to becoming the most popular app for finding, planning, and sharing adventures worldwide.

Join our team of freelancers and change the way people explore!

We’re looking for a German-speaking freelance copywriter and translator with a background in writing campaign copy to support our marketing and brand projects in DACH.

About the role

We’re looking for a German-speaking creative copywriter and translator with a background in localizing creative campaign content to help us deliver world-class marketing campaigns across the DACH market. Working with our marketing team and the Brand Squad, you’ll help us localize English advertorials, press releases, social media posts, and marketing campaigns and write original creative copy for DACH-only initiatives.

Ready for your next adventure?

What you’ll do:

• Champion komoot’s tone of voice and internal style manuals to protect the consistency of our German copy across all channels.
• Work with other copywriters and a social media manager to bring product and community news to life via email, social media, and website landing pages.
• Localize various types of English marketing copy into German, including social media posts, emails, landing pages, blog posts and additional marketing material.
• Provide copywriting and/or editing support for all of our UX/in-app projects.

Why you will love it:

• Your words will help to establish komoot as the most live, loved and relatable outdoor brand in Germany.
• You’ll play a key role in shaping our messaging and the way people perceive komoot across DACH.
• Working flexibly on a project-by-project basis, you’ll control when and where you work.

You will be successful in this position if you:

• Possess native level German skills with excellent grammatical, writing and editorial capabilities.
• Have 3+ years of experience as a copywriter, including at least 2 years working on multi-channel advertising and marketing campaigns.
• Have demonstrable experience in translation and localization with a sharp eye for detail.
• Have strong communication skills and good time management, with the ability to meet deadlines (sometimes at short notice).
• Have hands-on experience with brand storytelling and crafting channel and target-group specific copy.
• Have proven knowledge and interest in the cycling and outdoor market and their respective customer segments