Senior UX Writer

X, bigly labs; Pretoria; Hybrid; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare innovation hub in Gauteng is seeking a Senior UX Writer to craft clear and purposeful language across product experiences. The role involves collaborating with designers and engineers to enhance user interfaces, and requires 3-5+ years of experience in UX Writing or Content Design. Candidates should possess a degree in English or a related field and must submit a portfolio demonstrating their skills. Join us in transforming healthcare with cutting-edge digital solutions.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of UX Writing or Content Design experience.
• Experience crafting interface copy and working autonomously.
• Portfolio required showcasing writing and design capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Write interface copy across flows, states, components, and journeys.
• Shape tone, clarity, structure, and content patterns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance user experience.

Skills

UX Writing

Collaboration

Content Design

User Experience

Content Hierarchy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English or related field

Job description

We are X, bigly labs, Dis-Chem’s high-performance innovation hub; a place where bold ideas meet data, design, and radical customer focus to reimagine what healthcare can be.

Our mission is to power the future of healthcare by lowering costs, unlocking new possibilities, and improving access to healthcare for all South Africans. We do this through cutting‑edge digital solutions that deliver smarter, more human, and truly patient‑focused experiences. Here, your work is not limited to a whiteboard; it becomes real. It drives decisions, shapes experiences, and moves healthcare forward. We are driven by one big question: How do we use data and today’s technology to build breakthroughs to better health?

There’s only one question left: are you ready to make healthcare smarter, and actually mean it?

Senior UX Writer

You will shape clear, human, purposeful language across product experiences. You understand accessibility, clarity, and the relationship between design, structure, and meaning. You write for interfaces, flows, and systems, not just screens. You collaborate with designers, researchers, other writers, the design system team and PMs to make decisions easier, interactions clearer, and experiences consistent. You’re comfortable with content patterns, content hierarchy, and crafting copy that helps users succeed.

What you will be doing

• Write interface copy across flows, states, components, and journeys
• Shape tone, clarity, structure, and content patterns across the product
• Collaborate with designers, researchers, and engineers to refine user experience
• Use insights to inform content decisions and improve usability
• Contribute to content guidelines and evolving content standards
• Support consistency through shared patterns and design system integration

Qualification & Experience

Preferred qualification: Bachelor’s degree in English, Linguistics, Journalism, Writing Studies, Communication Design, Media Studies, or another writing‑centred or language discipline. Equivalent experience in copywriting, editing, or content design accepted.

Indicative experience: Typically 3–5+ years of UX Writing or Content Design experience, with demonstrated ability to craft interface copy, structure content systems, run content testing, and deliver clear content solutions autonomously in cross‑functional teams.

Portfolio requirement: Portfolio may include product copy, content patterns, design system content, and usability‑tested writing examples.

Not sure you meet every requirement?

If you’re earlier or later in your career, we’d still love to hear from you—we’re growing the chapter and welcome strong craft talent across levels.

Our values show up in how we think, build, and make choices that make an impact. We are building a culture that drives progress; one that fixes friction, chases what changes, and owns the outcome. We design with tomorrow in mind, ask sharper questions, and answer them with care, urgency, and systems that scale.

Think you’ve got energy, curiosity, and guts? Come hold the space, make it matter, and own a breakthrough.