Staff UX Writer

We’re looking for an experienced UX Writer to join the Design Systems team and lead UX writing for our institutional products, including Coinbase Prime and Coinbase Custody. The Design Systems team at Coinbase is a multidisciplinary mix of designers, illustrators, engineers, and writers. You’ll work closely with the team to improve the language across our design system and establish and share writing guidelines.

What You'll Be Doing (i.e., Job Duties)

• Develop scalable UX writing guidelines, establishing our best practices and standards, and helping evolve our writing style guide
• Partner closely with Product Designers, Product Managers, Researchers, and Engineers to understand user and product needs to design content that is simple and easy to understand
• Contribute to product content strategy as well as produce and present final UX copy for our products
• Identify and drive methods to scale UX writing at Coinbase through content guides and workshops
• Write technical documentation for our Institutional products

What We Look For In You (ie. Job Requirements)

• Experience producing user-focused product writing through work in tech, digital agencies, or other relevant product areas
• Experience creating scalable content and writing guidelines and styleguides
• Experience shaping content for multi-disciplinary projects
• A portfolio of UX-focused writing samples and style guidelines
• Experience mentoring / leading others
• Enthusiasm for financial innovation and Coinbase’s mission
• Bachelor's degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, UX, HCI, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to haves

• Experience managing a team of UX writers
• Familiarity with designing financial trading products
• Experience working in a startup environment
• Technical writing experience