This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an International Creative Writer with Swedish based in South Africa.

This is a freelance creative writing opportunity focused on shaping engaging dialogues for an advanced virtual assistant.
You’ll create and refine conversational content that feels natural, culturally relevant, and authentic to Swedish-speaking users.
The role combines creativity, editorial judgment, localization, and awareness of current events and cultural trends.
You’ll help develop a distinctive and recognizable virtual assistant personality while maintaining consistency with global guidelines.
Your work will contribute directly to the quality, relevance, and personality of conversational experiences used internationally.
You’ll collaborate with other writers, review their contributions, and adapt English-language content into natural Swedish.
With approximately 12 hours per week, this role offers experienced or emerging writers the flexibility to contribute to an innovative technology project.

• Write and edit creative dialogue for a virtual assistant based on trending topics, cultural events, popular festivities, and other relevant information.
• Refresh, refine, and improve existing dialogue to maintain engaging, natural, and up-to-date conversational experiences.
• Develop the virtual assistant as a distinct and recognizable character in Swedish while maintaining consistency with global personality and editorial guidelines.
• Review dialogue suggestions created by other writers and provide thoughtful editorial input.
• Translate and culturally adapt dialogue from English into fluent, natural Swedish, ensuring that meaning, tone, and personality are preserved.
• Perform editorial quality assurance on conversational responses to identify inconsistencies, errors, or opportunities for improvement.
• Embed approved dialogue content into XML files using proprietary content tools, with training provided as needed.
• Stay informed about current events, cultural developments, and topics that can inspire relevant and engaging conversational content.
• Incorporate constructive feedback and continuously refine writing approaches to improve the quality of the overall experience.

Requirements

• Native or near-native Swedish language proficiency with strong written communication skills.
• Strong creative writing, editing, and localization abilities, with the capacity to produce natural and engaging dialogue.
• Strong critical reading and analytical thinking skills, with excellent attention to tone, context, consistency, and detail.
• Genuine interest in current events, cultural trends, and a broad range of topics.
• Ability to understand and adapt content for cultural and linguistic relevance rather than relying on literal translation.
• Self-motivated and proactive approach, with the ability to work independently and manage assignments autonomously.
• Resilience and openness to constructive feedback, with a willingness to revise and improve work based on editorial guidance.
• Growth mindset and enthusiasm for learning new processes, technologies, and content tools.
• Willingness and ability to learn proprietary tooling for embedding dialogue into XML files.
• Strong ability to collaborate with other writers and contribute constructively to shared editorial standards.
• Previous professional writing, localization, translation, editorial, or conversational AI experience is helpful but not explicitly required.

Benefits

• Freelance contract with approximately 12 hours of availability per week.
• Fully remote working arrangement.
• Flexible part-time workload suitable for freelance professionals.
• Hourly compensation.
• Opportunity to contribute to an innovative virtual assistant and conversational technology project.
• Exposure to international localization and internationalization workflows.
• Training provided for the proprietary tooling required for the role.
• Opportunity to develop experience in creative dialogue writing, localization, and AI-powered conversational experiences.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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