UX Writer Intern, Summer 2022

Company: Google Inc.
Location: Irvine
Posted on: November 18, 2021

Job Description:

Minimum qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in English, Communications, Journalism, Technical Writing, UX, HCI, or related field.
• Experience with online writing and publishing, including blogs, articles, newsletters, and/or wikis. Preferred qualifications:
  • Currently attending a degree program in the US with plans to return to the degree program after completion of the internship.
  • Available to work full time for a minimum of 12 weeks outside of university term time.
  • Interest in writing matched with an ability to write clearly and informatively.
  • Familiarity with user experience research principles and practices and how to use data to provide informed user insights
  • Experience on user-focused product writing including work in hardware, software, digital agency, or other relevant product area.
  • Knowledge of online technology and related products, including web and mobile UI and tools About the job As a User Experience writer, you are an advocate for Google design, working to shape product experiences by creating useful, meaningful text that helps users complete the task at hand. You help set the vision for content and drive cohesive product narratives across multiple platforms and touch points. As a stellar writer, you have a portfolio of work that demonstrates content that simplifies and beautifies the overall user experience. You work with people in a variety of UX design-related jobs including researchers, product managers, engineers, marketing and customer operations. Collaborating with each, you strive to establish cohesive language and a unified voice across products and platforms. You regularly use empathy, logic and hard data to inform content choices, and are an expert in your product. You provide content recommendations that include the right words and sometimes complementary data and images. You use your gift for language to design intuitive, delightful product experiences that help users accomplish their goals. You're also a content strategist, defining product vision and narratives across multiple platforms and touch points. As a writer, you have a portfolio of work that demonstrates your gift for simplifying and improving user experiences. You will drive guidelines and best practices, manage complex, cross-functional projects, and work with leadership to set goals and implement roadmaps. You provide direction and mentorship to writers and support to peers. Google is and always will be an engineering company. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to address some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another. Additional Information (Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $60,000 + benefits.
    • Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired into our offices in Colorado. Responsibilities
      • Perform specific responsibilities which vary by project area.

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