Who We Are

We are are volutionary e-commerce company that brings the world’s best independent fashion boutiques to an international audience for a unique shopping experience. Our vision is to change the way the world shops for fashion.

We have rapidly grown into a truly global company since our launch in 2008 and we’re continuing to grow. We have offices in London, Porto, Guimaraes, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Sao Paulo with further plans to expand.

We’re a company with an entrepreneurial spirit and innovative culture. We are positive, passionate and live our values: Be human, Be brilliant, Todoś Juntos, Be Revolutionary Think Global and Amaze Customers, day to day.

Our open plan offices are set in the heart of the digital district in London, we have recently relocated locally to a larger and more dynamic flexible office space. We offer free fruit, free breakfasts, wine time Friday and a chance to work with an inspirational and high performing team!

The Role

You will join a progressive and innovative Content Production team. This is a fully generalist role, with clear scope to be involved in all aspects of the work our brilliant team do. You’ll focus on creating ‘revolutionary’ content and product descriptions, and work across the many departments to support with localizing and translating content for the Farfetch website.

Working to the company’s brand guidelines within a large multi-lingual team of around 45 employees, you will be required to create well-written, succinct and accurate translations to describe luxury clothing, accessories and lifestyle products sold on the site.

You will have some experience working in an environment which is fast-paced and deadline driven. Ideally this would have been within a translation role, but a creative copywriter or a linguistics graduate with a passion to move their career into fashion will also be considered. 

Key Responsibilities

• Translating product descriptions from English into Chinese / Korean / German  

• Translating content for the Chinese / Korean / German website

• Owning copy for particular brands and categories

• Tracking and correcting defects of product descriptions and other localized content

Essential

• Fluency in Chinese / Korean / German   

• English - Chinese / Korean / German translation experience

• Knowledge and love of fashion from high-end designers to cutting edge street style

• Good writing style that is accurate and adaptable, with an impeccable use of grammar

• Ability to research, write and review in good quality of all product descriptions on the website  

• Ideally, some knowledge of jewellery materials and design

• Ability to work autonomously

• Ability to work quickly and to agreed daily targets

• Excellent writing and communication skills