Freelance English Copyeditor/Proofreader

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.  Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.  

We're looking for a native English-speaking Copyeditor, based in Dubai, to join us for an exciting project mid-August to mid-September, and then for ongoing projects throughout the year.

The Copyeditor will work as part of a team of Copyeditors and Creative Copy Directors, to copyedit and proofread a range of transcreated marketing and advertising materials for our client - an iconic global tech brand. 

You must have your own Mac (no more than 4 years old) and be able to be onsite full time with the team and client in Dubai during mid-August to mid-September. Other projects throughout the year will be remote working.

You will need to have significant experience (several years) of copyediting and proofreading, ideally including marketing and advertising materials. You might also have worked as a translator and/or copywriter, although this is not essential.