Senior UX Writer and Content Designer, Search

$134,000 - $198,000/Yr

Google - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Seattle, WA

Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services

About the position

As a UX Writer at Google, you will play a crucial role in shaping product experiences by creating meaningful text that assists users in completing tasks. You will advocate for Google design, ensuring cohesive product narratives across various platforms. Your work will involve collaboration with diverse teams, including UX researchers, product managers, engineers, and marketing, to establish a unified voice and language across products. The position is integral to the Geo team, which focuses on enhancing mapping services used by over a billion people monthly.

Responsibilities

• Understand and advocate for all UX functions as essential to the product lifecycle.
• Drive the development of innovative UX writing and content design solutions to complex user, product, and business problems.
• Build alignment by collaborating with product managers, team members, and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., marketing, legal, engineering) to develop a product narrative, outlook, or principles.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of UX writing and content design processes, systems, frameworks or patterns across multiple teams or products.
• Influence the development of priorities across projects to balance efforts in alignment with larger project goals.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of experience in writing, editorial, marketing, UX writing, content design, or related fields, including leading content projects.
• A portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work.

Nice-to-haves

• 5 years of writing, editorial, marketing, or UX writing experience in an agency setting and interacting with executive leadership.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional technology organization.
• Experience designing content to scale across multiple platforms.
• Experience developing information architecture for complex documentation sets or product suites.
• Experience with localization and accessibility best practices.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health benefits
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities