Staff UX Writer and Content Designer, XR

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 171,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Staff XR UX Writer and Content Designer role to establish a consistent tone across XR products and define a common vocabulary for the XR design system. You will partner with UX, PM, Legal, and Privacy to deliver clear strings for users across XR experiences.

In this role you will help shape content strategy, lead cross-functional writing initiatives, and collaborate with engineering, marketing and other teams. Competitive compensation includes equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX writing, content design, technical writing, writing, editorial, marketing, or related, plus leading content strategy projects.
• Include a portfolio, website, or other relevant link in your resume.

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 (marketing, legal, engineering) to develop a product narrative, goal, mission, or principles.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of holistic UX writing processes, systems, frameworks or patterns across multiple teams or products.
• Influence the development of priorities across projects to balance tactical and strategic efforts in alignment with larger project goals.

Skills

UX writing

Content design

Editorial

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Staff UX Writer and Content Designer, XR

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in UX writing, content design, technical writing, writing, editorial, marketing, or related, as well as leading content strategy projects.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of writing, editorial, marketing, or UX writing experience in an agency setting.
• 7 years of experience interacting with executive leadership.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional technology organization.

About the job

In this role, you will be joining the XR Studio team, you will represent a consistent tone throughout the family of XR products, defining a common vocabulary for the XR design system. You will partner closely with our UX, Product Management (PM), Legal, and Privacy teams to deliver clear, concise strings for our users. All of this results in experiences that our users immediately understand, in both written and spoken word, throughout all of our XR experiences.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR
team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and
XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we
interact with the world around us. We're building a future where
lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI
to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and
contextually aware experiences.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

In this role, you will be joining the XR Studio team, you will represent a consistent tone throughout the family of XR products, defining a common vocabulary for the XR design system. You will partner closely with our UX, Product Management (PM), Legal, and Privacy teams to deliver clear, concise strings for our users. All of this results in experiences that our users immediately understand, in both written and spoken word, throughout all of our XR experiences.

For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR
team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and
XR. This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with the world around us. We're building a future where lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and contextually aware experiences.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $171000 - $247000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

• 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, goal, mission, or principles.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of holistic UX writing and content design processes, systems, frameworks or patterns across multiple teams or products.
• Influence the development of priorities across projects to balance tactical and strategic efforts in alignment with larger project goals.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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