Creative Writer

Dollar General Corporation; Hot Springs (AR); Hybrid; USD 51,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Dollar General in Hot Springs, AR seeks a contract Creative Writer who values meaning over busywork. The role combines writing for UI copy with evolving the design system, knitting text and visuals into a single persuasive argument. You’ll prototype interactions from user research and refine them via usability testing in a fast-paced, hybrid setup.

This position offers a $51,000–$77,000 salary, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your creative career goals.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated facilitation expertise in a fast-moving creative environment.
• Familiarity with large-scale workflows or the aspiration to reach them.
• Ability to collaborate across diverse teams from engineering to marketing.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and help evolve Dollar General's design system and component library.
• Write microcopy that carries the heavy lifting for UI buttons.
• Knit copy and art into a single, persuasive argument.
• Prototype interactions from User Research and refine them through usability testing.
• Reframe constraints from the contract budget as the brief's most useful lever.

Skills

Facilitation expertise

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation discipline

Growth mindset

Job description

There's a difference between making things look nice and making things mean something, and Dollar General's next Creative Writer lives on the meaning side. A contract Creative Writer role that values ownership over busywork, pays $51,000 - $77,000, and invests in your long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to and help evolve Dollar General's design system and component library
• Write microcopy that does the heavy lifting buttons usually get blamed for
• Knit copy and art into a single argument instead of two parallel monologues
• Prototype interactions in User Research and refine them through usability testing
• Reframe constraints from the contract budget as the brief's most useful lever

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated Facilitation expertise in a fast-moving creative environment
• Familiarity with Dollar General-scale workflows, or the appetite to reach them
• Cross-functional ease, from Facilitation engineers to Interaction Design marketers
• The discipline to document while it's fresh, not after it's forgotten
• A growth mindset and openness to constructive feedback

Dollar General is a fast-paced Hot Springs, AR company born from the belief that creative tools should respect the people using them. Learning out loud is encouraged here, so share the Illustration rabbit hole you fell down yesterday.

You'll receive $51,000 - $77,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your creative career goals.

• You'll receive $51,000 - $77,000, a hybrid schedule, and a personalized development plan tailored to your creative career goals.

We bumped this posting hours ago because the role is still very much open.

Bring 4 of grit or a fresh perspective; either way, this Creative Writer role wants you.