Language Expert (German) — Contract

About Talkoot

Talkoot is the most powerful and complete AI product storytelling platform for ecommerce. Content produced in Talkoot helps generate billions of dollars of revenue for hundreds of the world’s most loved brands, including Burton, Fossil, UGG, Herschel, Under Armour, and more. We’re a hardworking, supportive team that encourages personal ownership, initiative, and professional growth.

About the Role

We’re looking for a German language expert to help evaluate and improve custom AI tools and content deliveries for the Germany market. You’ll partner with our team to validate AI-translated PDP copy for ecommerce use and help shape how Talkoot produces accurate, fluent content for this market. Your linguistic insight goes directly into the product.

• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote, In-Country (Germany)
• Total Commitment: 15-20 hours
  • Style Guide support (creation, validation, editing): estimated 2–5 hours
  • AI refinement (feedback, editing, output validation): estimated 8–15 hours

What You’ll Do

• Language Lead: AI Training & Governance
  • Contribute to Style Guide creation and oversight
  • Own language quality and governance
  • Ensure all client feedback is properly incorporated and validate future outputs against customer direction
• Post-Editing & Proofreading
  • Review AI-generated transcreations for accuracy, fluency, terminology, grammar, style, brand and legal requirements, and SEO/AEO (as applicable)
  • Identify mistranslations, unnatural phrasing, register mismatches, or cultural issues
  • Suggest improvements for clear, idiomatic, and culturally appropriate language
  • Provide structured feedback on linguistic and cultural quality
• AI Refinement
  • Edit AI outputs into reference-quality copy samples used to improve AI writers
  • Provide specific, constructive feedback on sample outputs (e.g., flagging tone inconsistencies, incorrect register, or brand voice drift)
  • Incorporate and interpret client feedback, translating specific notes into scalable AI guidance
  • Identify not only what doesn’t work in content, but why it doesn’t work
• Availability & Workflow
  • Work independently and asynchronously on your own schedule
  • Assignments come on a rolling basis over a 4–6 week period; we’ll give as much lead time as possible, but smaller tasks may require a quick turnaround (<48 hours)
  • Estimated project timeline: June 25 – July 31

Who You Are

• Native fluency in German
• Background in marketing translation, transcreation, localization, or adaptation — ecommerce and PDP content preferred
• Fluent in both German and English, with strong written communication skills
• Comfortable evaluating written language quality at scale with strong attention to detail and consistency
• Experience and comfort with AI workflows: prompting frameworks, language evaluation, governance, and detailed feedback loops
• Flexible and willing to learn new tools
• Nice to Have: Subject matter expertise in consumer electronics

How to apply:

Submit your resume and complete your application here.

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