International Creative Writer with Telugu

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 Telugu based in Canada. Help shape the personality of an intelligent virtual assistant by creating engaging, natural, and culturally relevant dialogues in Telugu. In this remote freelance role, you will develop original conversational content inspired by current events, cultural celebrations, popular trends, and everyday interactions. You will also refine existing dialogues, adapt English content into your native language, and ensure a consistent voice across the assistant's interactions. Working alongside an international team, you will contribute to improving the quality and personality of a conversational AI experience. This opportunity is ideal for a creative language professional who enjoys storytelling, follows current affairs, and is eager to explore new tools and technologies. The role offers a flexible freelance arrangement requiring approximately 16–24 hours per week. Accountabilities: As an International Creative Writer, you will create, adapt, and review conversational content to ensure that the virtual assistant communicates naturally in Telugu while maintaining a recognizable personality and consistent editorial quality. - Write and edit creative dialogues for a virtual assistant based on trending topics, current events, cultural celebrations, popular festivities, and other relevant information. - Refresh, refine, and improve existing dialogues to enhance clarity, engagement, and conversational flow. - Develop a distinctive and recognizable Telugu-language personality for the virtual assistant while adhering to global personality and style guidelines. - Review dialogue suggestions created by other writers and contribute constructive feedback to improve content quality. - Translate and culturally adapt dialogues from English into Telugu, ensuring natural phrasing and cultural relevance. - Perform editorial quality assurance checks to maintain accuracy, consistency, and high linguistic standards. - Integrate completed dialogues into XML files using proprietary tools, with training provided. - Collaborate with team members, incorporate constructive feedback, and continuously improve the quality of conversational content.

Requirements: The ideal candidate is a creative and curious language professional who can work independently, think critically, and adapt quickly to new tools and evolving project requirements. - Strong Telugu-language writing skills, ideally with native-level proficiency. - Excellent reading comprehension and critical-thinking abilities. - Genuine interest in current events, cultural trends, popular culture, and a broad range of topics. - Strong creative writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce engaging and natural dialogue. - Ability to translate and adapt English content into fluent, culturally appropriate Telugu. - A self-starter mindset, with the ability to manage tasks autonomously and meet expectations. - Resilience and openness to constructive feedback. - A growth-oriented attitude and willingness to learn new tools and workflows. - Attention to detail and commitment to editorial quality and consistency. - Willingness to learn XML-based content integration using proprietary tools; training will be provided. Benefits: - Fully remote work arrangement. - Freelance engagement with approximately 16–24 hours of work per week. - Hourly compensation. - Opportunity to contribute to the development of conversational AI and virtual assistant experiences. - Collaboration with an international team in the localization and language technology space. - Training on proprietary tools used to integrate dialogue content.