Agoda.com

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Agoda.com is the fastest-growing global online hotel booking company in Asia. We were recently acquired by NASDAQ-listed Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN), one of the biggest online brands in the world, to be their Asian specialist. With our regional head office in Bangkok and associates throughout Asia, Agoda’s network includes 8,000 hotels in Asia, over 40,000 worldwide operated by a team of 300 young professionals recruited from all over the world. We are aggressively expanding our business in Asia and worldwide. We work in the exciting Central World complex at Rachaprasong, and offer huge career opportunities in the world's most explosively expanding commercial sector.

Foreign Language Online Marketing Associate (European) Post Date: 19 Jan 2010 Agoda is a dynamic global company operating in one of the most exciting areas of e-commerce, online travel. Following the launch of twenty foreign language sites we require native speakers to assist with the expansion of the agoda brand in the following languages; Dutch - Czech - English Summary The Online Marketing Associate will be expected to look after the translation/localization of website content, and follow existing strategies to increase the visibility of agoda websites within their target market. Roles & Responsibilities - Translation · Translate/edit English content under the supervision of the Content Translations Manager (including hotel descriptions, public notes, sales notes, site updates, press releases, travel articles, promotional emails and newsletters). · Comply with editorial guidelines. · Publish the translations on the website according to a set priority list. · Review/QA of FL sites for errors, inconsistencies and localization issues. · Inter-departmental assistance with priority translation tasks. · Review and edit outsourced translations if necessary. - Marketing · Research and identify complementary websites for partnerships. · Review affiliate partners for potential problems. · Assist with the translation and online distribution of Agoda articles and Press Releases. · Produce regular reporting on Agoda referrals, mentions and links for agoda sites. · Monitor performance of sites on the main search engines for selective keywords. · Submit and tag Agoda article releases in relevant categories of social bookmarking sites. · Monitor local language forums/blogs for Agoda mentions and post where relevant. Qualifications and skills · Bachelor’s degree. · Native speaker of target language. · Good English skills. · Good internet knowledge and comfortable with online research. · Strong organizational and time management skills. · Able to work to deadlines in a fast paced environment. Generous compensation includes excellent base salary and comprehensive medical insurance. Please reply with detailed resume in English, salary required, and recent photograph to our Bangkok office at: Agoda Services Co., Ltd. 999/9 Rama I Road , 27th Floor The Offices at Central World, Patumwan Bangkok 10330 Email : hr@agoda.com Website : http://www.agoda.com Please attach file CV in Microsoft Word format only