Freelance Senior UX Copywriter

Critical Mass; Calgary; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Critical Mass is seeking a Freelance Senior UX Copywriter to create engaging copy for apps and online experiences. This role requires collaboration with creative teams to ensure consistency in messaging and visual tone. With a focus on user enjoyment and intuitiveness, you will have the opportunity to influence complex digital projects. Ideal candidates will have extensive writing experience and a keen understanding of marketing trends.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years experience in copywriting, especially with interactive media.
• Ability to write across various styles for diverse audiences.
• Strong understanding of usability and UI/UX design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with UX designers and art directors on projects.
• Participate in strategic brainstorming and campaign development.
• Translate creative direction into effective copy.

Skills

Exceptional writing skills

Understanding of marketing principles

Ability to manage multiple projects

Enthusiasm for Web trends

Job description

As a Freelance Senior UX Copywriter, you are a highly experienced professional who loves to collaborate closely with creatives and strategists to build apps and online experiences that are enjoyable and intuitive for the user. You are an expert at grasping complex digital products and systems, identifying communication challenges, and coming up with copy solutions that are brilliant and on-brand.

To turn out smart, insightful results, you pull from a wide variety of experiences on past projects. You complement your writing skills with a strong understanding of other aspects of online marketing and transactional platforms, especially visual communication, usability, UI/UX design, and strategy.

When confronted with something new or unfamiliar, you seize the opportunity to learn and expand your skillset. You’re self-starting, able to create top-quality work with minimal oversight, and motivated by a desire to help your team produce exceptional results.

You Will:

• Collaborate with UX designers, art directors, and producers to bring complex projects to life.
• Work closely with art directors and designers to ensure copy tone and style are consistent with visual tone and style.
• Participate in strategic brainstorming, campaign development, and creative execution.
• Interact with project teams to understand business objectives and audience demographics.
• Translate creative direction and copy points from creative briefs into engaging and effective copy concepts.
• Maintain the very highest standards of copywriting and quality control.

You Have:

• 5 -7+ years experience as a copywriter in an agency or in-house environment, including experience with interactive media.
• Exceptional writing skills, including the ability to write in a range of styles for varied projects with diverse audiences.
• A keen enthusiasm for and demonstrable understanding of Web trends and technologies.
• A strong understanding of marketing and advertising principles.
• Experience managing complex and rapidly evolving copy decks.
• The ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and effectively juggle diverse writing demand.

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. In an effort to do so, we expect our team to work from an office 5 days a week.

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.comandus.greenhouse-mail.io . We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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