User Experience Writer

Harvey Nash; Cupertino (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey Nash is seeking an experienced HI Writer who is passionate about user experience design and will shape the development of advertising interfaces. You’ll write for new provider- and consumer-facing tools, and maintain existing UI copy, while collaborating closely with designers.

You’ll team with engineers, marketers, and others to ensure a successful product for our customers and our business, contribute to style guides and shared patterns, and balance storytelling with a systematic,

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years experience writing for advertising and/or monetization platforms.
• Have an unrelenting passion for user-focused product experiences.
• Are curious about every piece of a user journey, from error states to success criteria.
• Oscillate between storytelling and systematic thinking.
• Know how to work with and create wireframes and functional specs.

Responsibilities

• Write for new provider- and consumer-facing tools and maintain existing UI copy.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and marketers to ensure a successful product.
• Contribute to style guides and shared patterns and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Skills

Advertising writing

Monetization platforms

User experience

Wireframes

Functional specs

Job description

The Ad Platforms design team is responsible for the user experience of its tools by designing intuitive, learnable, and consistent interfaces. We work to specify how user input and interaction mechanisms work and push to innovate those concepts across our products.

We’re looking for an experienced HI Writer who is passionate about user experience design and wants to help shape the development of advertising interfaces. You’ll be writing for new provider- and consumer-facing tools, as well as maintaining existing user interface copy. You’ll primarily work alongside designers, collaborating on deliverables and process to create amazing user experiences. You’ll also team with engineers, marketers, and others to ensure a successful product for both our customers and our business.

You may be a fit for this role if you...

• Have 5+ years experience and familiarity writing for advertising and/or monetization platforms.


• Have an unrelenting passion for user-focused product experiences.


• Are curious about every piece of a user journey, from error states to success criteria.


• Oscillate between left- and right-brained writing, from storytelling to systematic thinking.


• Know how to work with and create wireframes and functional specs.


• Are interested in proposing what’s right only after exploring why everything else might be wrong.


• Develop well-informed points of view, while also remaining open to adjustments based on input from others.


• Can write from scratch, edit existing copy, and think beyond the written word with input from multiple team members.


• Are comfortable managing and prioritizing several projects simultaneously.


• Deliver passionate and impactful presentations at all levels of an organization.


• Dream about positively affecting the lives of millions of people, and like waking up to the responsibilities that come with that.


• Have an inexhaustible attention to detail.


• Enjoy contributing to and implementing style guides and shared patterns.


• Know and are excited about evolving the ecosystem of hardware, software, and services.