Brazil Language Manager

Canva

3d • Remote

About The Position

This role is a 12-month engagement, working full-time hours. As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This role is focused on partnering with the Country Localisation Lead to shape Canva’s voice across all areas of the product in Portuguese (BRL), translating and reviewing key product and marketing content while managing relationships with localisation partners and vendors. The role involves developing and maintaining style guides, glossaries, and translation memories to ensure consistency and quality, providing cultural insights and localisation recommendations to improve the user experience for Brazilian audiences, assessing machine translation and AI-generated language outputs to maintain high-quality local experiences, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across marketing, subscriptions, content, and localisation to deliver impactful initiatives. Additionally, the role will identify opportunities to improve localisation workflows, tooling, and quality processes at scale.

Requirements

• Exceptional writer and communicator in Portuguese (BRL), with a strong understanding of tone, localisation, and cultural nuance
• Passionate about language, creativity, and helping users experience products in a way that feels natural and empowering
• Thrive in fast-moving, entrepreneurial environments and enjoy taking ownership of projects and outcomes
• Experience working with CAT tools and localisation platforms
• Strong attention to detail and can confidently review, evaluate, and improve translated content
• Enjoy collaborating cross-functionally and building relationships with stakeholders across different teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Smartling
• Experience with SaaS localisation, SEO, copywriting, or design tools like Canva

Responsibilities

• Partnering with the Country Localisation Lead to shape Canva’s voice across all areas of the product in Portuguese (BRL)
• Translating and reviewing key product and marketing content while managing relationships with localisation partners and vendors
• Developing and maintaining style guides, glossaries, and translation memories to ensure consistency and quality
• Providing cultural insights and localisation recommendations to improve the user experience for Brazilian audiences
• Assessing machine translation and AI-generated language outputs to maintain high-quality local experiences
• Collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across marketing, subscriptions, content, and localisation to deliver impactful initiatives
• Identifying opportunities to improve localisation workflows, tooling, and quality processes at scale

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed