Posted:
12/3/2024, 5:23:08 AM
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Product ⋅ UI/UX & Design
Workplace Type:
Remote
UX Copywriter
Location: Remote (working hours must include between 2:00 PM UTC and 7:00 PM UTC)
Duration: Project-based contract preferred, estimated for a 2-3 month fixed term contract
Hours: Part time / By project
The Product & Technology department at the Wikimedia Foundation is responsible for building and maintaining the user experience for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.
The department is looking for a UX Copywriter with a strong understanding of user experience and technical background to work with Product Design and Product Management teams. You will be responsible for creating a content strategy with consistent and org-aligned guidelines for how we approach UX writing as relates to augmentation and AI/LLM/machine-learning across our product portfolio.
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced UX Copywriter to work with Product Design and Product Management teams to elevate the standard of our UX copy and provide consistency to how we approach copywriting across our product portfolio. The focus will be on creating a content strategy and content guidelines for use of augmentation in Wikimedia products, to be completed within their 3 month contract.
The UX Copywriter will work primarily on an augmentation content strategy and guidelines project, as defined by the project lead in the Product Design team. They will be required to meet with product management and design stakeholders during a content audit and discovery phase, and will share their progress and deliverables for feedback and review on a regular basis.
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely. We host Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate against any person based upon their race, traits historically associated with race, religion, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries*. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$62 to US$96 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay. For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
*Please note that we are currently able to hire in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America and Uruguay. Our non-US employees are hired through a local third party Employer of Record (EOR).
We periodically review this list to streamline to ensure alignment with our hiring requirements.
All applicants can reach out to their recruiter to understand more about the specific pay range for their location during the interview process.
If you are a qualified applicant requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected] or +1 (415) 839-6885.
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Website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/
Headquarter Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Employee Count: 251-500
Year Founded: 2003
IPO Status: Private
Last Funding Type: Grant
Industries: Developer Tools ⋅ Education ⋅ Non Profit ⋅ Open Source ⋅ Semantic Search