Uwe W.
Freelance copywriter, translator, editor & proofreader
Experience
Dec 2024 - Jul 2025
8 monthsDouglas, IM
Freelance translator & content manager
Altenar
- Translating weekly special insider reports on international online gaming, sports betting, gaming laws and the whole industry.
Aug 2022 - Jul 2023
1 yearHamburg, Germany
Freelance proofreader & quality manager
DELTAPark Verlag GmbH
- Proofreader and quality manager for a selection of popular women's, leisure & V.I.P. print magazines for D/A/CH.
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
10 monthsBerlin, Germany
Freelance copywriter, journalist & editor
HubSpot GmbH
- Article writer about modern freelancers & business knowledge like company formation, tax laws, bank account management and new business tools & software for the HubSpot.com business platform.
Aug 2016 - Feb 2017
7 monthsHamburg, Germany
Freelance copywriter & SEO editor
Otto Versand GmbH
- Copywriting & SEO editing of product descriptions & technical datasheets for Otto Versand, one of Germany's largest online retailers.
Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
8 monthsBerlin, Germany
Freelance multimedia copywriter, e-learning editor & module designer
Lufthansa Technik
- Technical training courses include texts, visuals, tables & links about aviation technologies in multimedia modules for aeronautical engineering trainees.
Jul 2014 - Nov 2021
7 years 5 monthsNew York, United States
Freelance translator, transcreator & localizator
TransPerfect
- Freelance translations
- Copywriting
- Transcreations
- SEO writings
- Localizations
- Proofreading
- Editing
- Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE)
- Cultural consultations for international business clients and big brands worldwide
- All topics and industries.
Jun 2014 - Jan 2015
8 monthsAmsterdam, Netherlands
Freelance copywriter, editor & product quality manager
Philips Lighting
- Copywriting, editing, content management & product testing/quality management D/A/CH for state-of-the-art fitness & health apps for smartphones.
Mar 2014 - Mar 2018
4 years 1 monthZürich, Switzerland
Freelance copywriter & editor
SuisseCo GmbH
- Copywriter & news editor for IT hiring & recruiting website & communications
- Articles about data warehouses & business cloud solutions for corporate social media channels.
Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
1 year 1 monthLondon, United Kingdom
Freelance translator, editor & proofreader
Translate Media
- Translating advertising texts, claims, campaigns, product descriptions and technical contents from English to German.
May 2013 - Sep 2013
5 monthsHamburg, Germany
Freelance copywriter & editor
24plus7 ImmobilienService
- Copywriter, journalist & editor for print brochures, website updates & relaunches, magazine articles and business communications about real estate trends & businesses.
Mar 2013 - May 2015
2 years 3 monthsDarmstadt, Germany
Freelance copywriter, journalist & editor
LOVEPOINT.de
- Article writer about modern romance, eroticism, flirting, dating, partner search & relationships for German dating portal website Lovepoint.de.
Jun 2011 - Oct 2011
5 monthsHamburg, Germany
Freelance copywriter, online editor & quality manager
Interone GmbH
- Copywriter, online editor and content & quality manager for website relaunch of BMW Austria, Vienna.
Mar 2010 - Present
15 years 7 monthsHamburg, Germany
Self-employed / freelance copywriter, editor, ghostwriter, proofreader & translator/transcreator (EN > DE)
Textgarage.de
- Experienced linguist for international business clients, brands and agencies.
- Well experienced in SEO & Google Adwords copywriting
- Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE)
- Localization
- Video subtitling
- Voice audio recordings
- Cultural consultation
- Advertising & technical copywriting
- AI-related writing and analyzing (prompts, evaluation, annotation, etc.)
- Much more.
Mar 2010 - Jun 2011
1 year 4 monthsHamburg, Germany
Community manager, copywriter, editor & journalist for D/A/CH
Activagers AG
- Community manager D/A/CH
- Online editor, copywriter, journalist and translator for activagers.com - the leading free international online community for the generation 40 plus in seven languages.
Mar 2009 - Feb 2010
1 yearHamburg, Germany
Career break
Health and well-being
- Taking a break, writing and travelling a lot!
Dec 2008 - Jul 2013
4 years 8 monthsVancouver, Canada
Freelance journalist & author
Suite101.de
- Freelance journalist and special interests’ writer for German articles and reviews about entertainment, culture, society, sports, football, literature, music, movies, television, media, internet, health, travel reports, nutrition etc.
Oct 2001 - Feb 2009
7 years 5 monthsHamburg, Germany
Online editor, content manager & copywriter
Interone Worldwide Gmbh
- Online editor, proofreader and copywriter for the international websites of BMW AG and rollouts. Interone Worldwide is part of the BBDO network.
Apr 1999 - Apr 2002
3 years 1 monthHamburg, Germany
Freelance writer & journalist
NetNewsLetter.de
- Freelance writer for German multimedia newsletter "NetNewsLetter.de".
- Responsible for own sections about recommended links, new search engines/web catalogues and internet glossary.
Aug 1998 - Sep 2001
3 years 2 monthsHamburg, Germany
Online editor, copywriter & content manager
Kabel New Media AG
- Online editor, writer and content manager for international websites of German telecommunications company o.tel.o, American tennis association ATP Tour/ATP Tennis and German online shop Karstadt my-world.
- Community manager and chat moderator for ATP Tennis and Tennis Masters Series events and websites.
May 1998 - Jan 1999
9 monthsHamburg, Germany
Freelance audio producer
AOP Media
- Online and audio producer for multimedia company AOP.
- Producing sound effects and jingles for AOL e-mails, multimedia applications & corporate sound database.
Feb 1998 - May 1998
4 monthsHamburg, Germany
Online editor & chat moderator
AOL Germany
- Online editor, writer, community manager & chat moderator for AOL Germany's news & entertainment section "AOL Live!"
Jun 1996 - Oct 1997
1 year 5 monthsMarburg, Germany
Chief editor, journalist & writer
Vortex Media GmbH
- Responsible chief editor, copywriter, journalist and content manager for German music, film & culture magazine Vortex, available on CD-Rom and as early internet website.
Summary
- Copywriting
- Translations (EN > DE)
- Editing
- Proofreading
- Content Management
- Machine Translation Post-Editing (MTPE)
- Localization
- Transcreations
- AI-Related Contents
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedFrench
ElementaryEducation
Apr 1989 - May 1996
Philipps University of Marburg
Master of Arts · German & English linguistics & literature, media & communication sciences, European ethnology · Marburg, Germany · 1-2
Certifications & licenses
Certificate of Proficiency in English
Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, UK
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