Lead UX Writer

Job Title- Lead UX Writer
Duration- 03+ Months with Possible extension
Location Palo Alto, CA(Hybrid)

JOB DESCRIPTION
ALL RESUMES SHOULD HAVE A LINK TO A PORTFOLIO, WITH A PASSWORD, AT THE TOP OF THE RESUME. IF NOT- THEY WILL BE REJECTED- it should highlight the candidate's digital product writing experience, preferably with end-to-end flows.

This will be a hybrid with 3 days per week onsite in Palo Alto or Irvine, CA

Schedule: 9-6, Monday-Friday

Role: Sr. UX Writer - In-vehicle experience

Responsibilities

• Work in partnership with our design, product and engineering teams, contributing to active work tracks, from strategy to concepting to production.
• Balance expression of our brand voice with UX principles, thinking strategically about how we re guiding users through the Client experience.
• Helping to shape the user experience and design experiences that are uniquely Client.
• Become an expert in our products you ll take the complex and translate it into clear, approachable language.
• Work within and expand our copy system creating a consistent copy experience across the Client ecosystem.
• Pitch in here and there on other writerly projects such as naming or defining how we position new features.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience writing for brands and digital products
• A portfolio highlighting your digital product experience, with end-to-end flows featuring smart and engaging copy
• Experience with with Figma, Google suite, Jira and Confluence
• Comfort with presenting your work, explaining your thinking and working with others to bring your vision to life.
• Familiarity with research to define verbal strategy.
• Appreciation for testing and iterating on work.
• Ability to pick things up quickly, juggle multiple projects and adapt to shifting timelines and priorities.

The role:
As a Sr. UX Writer, you ll work within our Digital Studio team across in-vehicle, mobile app and web to help shape the Client digital experience through content and copy.

What you ll be doing:

• Work in partnership with our design, product and engineering teams, contributing to active work tracks, from strategy to concepting to production.
• Balance expression of our brand voice with UX principles, thinking strategically about how we re communicating throughout our digital experiences.
• Helping to shape the user experience and design experiences that are uniquely Client.
• Become an expert in our products you ll take the complex and translate it into clear, approachable language.
• Work within and expand our copy system creating a consistent copy experience across the Client ecosystem.
• Pitch in here and there on other writerly projsuch as naming or marketing content.

The kind of writer you are:

• You get satisfaction in shaping digital experiences through words.
• Enjoy writing a splashy headline just as much as a perfectly on-brand CTA.
• You re comfortable weighing in on UX and helping to shape the experience.
• You think big picture and sweat the details.
• You re comfortable with conjuring definition from ambiguity.
• You re collaborative, proactive and enjoy solving problems.
• You re not afraid to ask why. A lot.
• You re okay with cutting the Oxford comma out of your life.

What you ll need:

• 5+ years of experience writing for brands and digital products.
• A track record of writing smart, inviting and sharp copy
• Comfort with presenting your work, explaining your thinking and working with others to bring your vision to life.
• Familiarity with research to define verbal strategy.
• Appreciation for testing and iterating on work.
• Ability to pick things up quickly, juggle multiple projects and adapt to shifting timelines and priorities.