Would you like to work with us in-house at Atlas Translations? We’re a small but busy team working out of our offices in St Albans, Bath, Bedford, Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester, and Liverpool, enjoying a fun and rewarding career in a flexible work environment.
Applying for In-House Roles
Happily, staff tend to stay at Atlas for quite a while, so vacancies are rare. If you’re interested in getting your CV in front of us for future openings, please email the team at team@atlas-translations.co.uk.
Your email should be personal, creative, and make us notice you (in a good way). Don’t forget to attach your updated CV. We will securely keep your details on file and contact you if a suitable role opens up.
Work From Home
We offer a work-from-home environment, and in July 2019, we introduced the four-day work week to help staff maintain a healthier work/life balance. No, salaries were not reduced.
Because of that transition, our staff safely worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We now offer a “your choice” working environment—you can work from home or at our head office in St Albans!
The Good Stuff!
Childcare vouchers, remote working, NEST pension, bottomless tea and coffee, paid holidays, and bank holidays are standard. We do not require any overtime, and, as mentioned above, we believe in a good work/other life balance. There is a monthly bonus scheme based on the company’s financial turnover. A second bonus is paid based on individual projects, AND a quarterly bonus is paid to the highest-performing project manager.
Cake!
Cake is so important that it gets its own heading. We love cake, and we’re not bashful about admitting it. Also, tea. Here at Atlas, cake will usually appear for a birthday or other “legitimate” excuse.
Out and About with Atlas!
If you want to learn about us and a career with Atlas Translations, then this website, our blog, and our social media channels (especially LinkedIn) are great places to start.
We’re active members of our local business communities in St. Albans, Exeter, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bedford, Bath, and Liverpool. As communicators, we will talk to anyone about translation, localisation, and the language business as long as possible!
You might meet us at an exhibition, a career fair, a university careers evening, or the Language Show. You can also sign up to attend one (or more) of our Open Days, which we’re now holding approximately four times a year.
Our open days are FREE, and anyone can attend, even if you haven’t worked with us yet.
To meet more people than before, we try to hold our open days at and around our various locations (above).
Remote placements
At Atlas Translations, we’ve been fortunate to work with some exceptional placement students over the years – in fact our Senior Project Manager and Placement Lead, Stefania, was one herself back in 2013! We’ve recently successfully trialled a remote placement programme, and we’ve been delighted with the result.
We don’t recruit placement students on a fixed schedule. Instead, we look for individuals who demonstrate the qualities that matter most in our business. If you’re bright, curious and genuinely interested in the language services industry, we’d love to hear from you.
The people who thrive with us are typically:
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Naturally organised and reliable.
- Confident communicating professionally.
- Curious, willing to ask thoughtful questions and keen to learn.
A placement with Atlas isn’t about sitting quietly in meetings. You’ll gain exposure to a real commercial language services business and, depending on your skills and the projects available, may have the opportunity to help with project management, checking files, marketing, business development, supplier management, quality, and research. Note that unless you are already a qualified translator, we will not be able to offer you any translation work.
Because we work with confidential client information and invest significant time in training and mentoring, we’re selective about who we offer placements to. We’d much rather work with one outstanding placement student than several average ones.
If that sounds like you, we’d be pleased to hear from you.
Please email Stefania with:
- your CV;
- a brief covering email explaining why you’d like a placement with Atlas;
- what you’re hoping to learn;
- your availability and preferred placement dates (minimum time is 6 weeks)
We’re particularly interested in applications that show genuine interest in our business. A thoughtful, personalised application will always stand out more than a generic email sent to dozens of companies.
Freelance Positions
If you want to work with us as a freelance supplier, please do not just send us a CV. You need to contact us first for an initial conversation before applying online.
Looking For Help With Your Languages CV?
If you are looking for help with your CV and applications in the languages sector on a broader basis, the CV Clinic with our director, Clare Suttie, might be for you.
For a charitable donation, Clare will review and provide feedback on your CV and other aspects of your business profile, such as your LinkedIn profile.
Contact Clare for more details.
