UX Copywriter - In-Vehicle Digital Interfaces

Contechs; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Contechs is hiring a UX Copywriter for In-Vehicle Digital Interfaces to shape the voice and clarity of in-vehicle digital experiences. You'll create user-centered content for infotainment, notifications, and settings, ensuring brand compliance and safety. This role involves collaboration with designers and engineers, requiring excellent writing skills, UX knowledge, and experience in digital interfaces. Located in Gaydon with a hybrid work model, the position requires eligibility to work in the UK and travel in the EU.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in UX writing or product writing for digital interfaces.
• Ability to advocate for content design.
• Experience working within design teams.

Responsibilities

• Review and refine text on in-vehicle digital interfaces.
• Produce user-centered copy including labels and error messages.
• Define warning messaging principles and standards.
• Contribute to design reviews and user testing.

Skills

Expert command of the English language

UX writing experience

Exceptional writing and editing skills

Familiar with Figma, Jira, Confluence

Understanding of UX/UI principles

Management of multiple stakeholders

Experience in automotive or consumer electronics

Familiarity with i18n and l10n best practices

Knowledge of HMI standards

Contribution to user research

Job description

Overview

Position Title: UX Copywriter - In-Vehicle Digital Interfaces

Duration: Contract

Location: Gaydon

The UX Copywriter for In-Vehicle Digital Interfaces shapes the voice, clarity, and effectiveness of all textual touchpoints within digital cockpit experiences. You will define how vehicles communicate, ensuring messages are intuitive, concise, on-brand, and compliant with safety and regulatory standards. You will review, refine, and approve all in-vehicle text including infotainment, clusters, notifications, warning messages, settings, and connected services. You will also lead messaging strategies, tone of voice guidelines, and frameworks that support consistent communication across platforms and vehicle lines.

Responsibilities

• UX Writing & Content Design
  • Review and refine all text displayed on in-vehicle digital interfaces.
  • Produce clear, concise, user-centred copy including labels, CTAs, menus, error messages, system prompts, warning messages, and instructional content.
  • Ensure all content aligns with the Clients' brand voice and supports a premium customer experience.
  • Ensure text is translatable, culturally appropriate, and scalable across global markets.
• Warning Messaging Strategy
  • Define warning messaging principles, guidance, and language standards.
  • Lead a recurring cross-functional forum to ideate, review, and approve warning messages.
  • Establish, maintain, and release scalable message libraries and copy patterns to drive consistency across nameplates and platforms.
  • Work closely with interaction designers, product owners, HMI engineers, and researchers to ensure content enhances overall user experience.
  • Contribute to design reviews, user testing, and iterative refinement of digital cockpit features.
  • Research & Continuous Improvement: Use insights from user research, usability testing, telematics data, and competitive analysis to optimise content.
  • Champion UX writing and content design best practices across the organisation.

Skills & Experience

• Expert command of the English language, with impeccable grammar and clarity.
• Proven experience in UX writing, content design, or product writing for digital interfaces (preferably embedded or hardware-related).
• Exceptional writing and editing skills with a focus on clarity, brevity, and user experience.
• Experience working within design teams using tools such as Figma, Jira, Confluence, or similar.
• Understanding of UX/UI principles, design systems, and content patterns.
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and navigate cross-functional decision making.
• Experience in automotive, consumer electronics, or other embedded systems.
• Familiarity with internationalisation (i18n) and localisation (l10n) best practices.
• Knowledge of HMI standards, accessibility principles, and multimodal interface design.
• Ability to contribute to user research and testing activities.

Attributes

• Detail-oriented and committed to quality.
• Strong communicator with the ability to advocate for content design.
• Empathetic, user-focused mindset.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

Location

• Gaydon - Hybrid - 2 days per week office-based

Note: Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the UK and travel within the EU.