Content Writer – DeviantArt (English speaker)

Company Description

DeviantArt is the largest online social network for artists and art enthusiasts, and a platform for emerging and established artists to exhibit, promote, and share their works with an enthusiastic, art-centric community. We have over 82 million registered members and attract over 100 million unique visitors per month. Our members—known as deviants—upload tens of thousands of original pieces of art every day, ranging from painting and sculpture to digital art, pixel art, films, and anime. Our platform empowers creators to safely evolve into Web3 and take advantage of new and exciting ways to monetize their art and nurture their community of followers.

Job Description

You are a tech-savvy wordsmith with a passion for writing and the English language. You excel at writing in an established voice and tone with ease, and you understand the the Internet. Familiar with social media sites, apps, and memes, you love technology and online communities. You have an amazing attention to detail. Not only did you catch the error a few sentences ago, but you also cringed when you saw it. You have a sense of humor!

You're a marketer with the ability to write copy that can sell a product to its target audiences, but you can also put on a UX Writer hat and fine-tune the words on an interface to the bare minimum that fit a character limit, while keeping our brand voice in mind. 

You will:

• Craft and edit product announcements, emails, community campaigns, UX copy, and more to elevate and celebrate the DeviantArt brand and its features

• Collaborate between product, marketing, UX design, dev, and stakeholders to launch an excellent product, shaping raw data into riveting, fun stories, all within the confines of the stated brief and under tight deadlines

• Maintain and seamlessly employ copywriting tone and style standards in DeviantArt's brand voice 

• Own every stage of the content cycle, from research and brainstorming to crafting first drafts, to entering copy into our content management systems, through to the QA stage, where you'll ensure the perfect copy has made it to launch 

• Juggle multiple projects at once while owning and prioritizing your tasks, meeting tight deadlines, and maintaining a high level of organization and follow-through

Qualifications

• Speak and write native-level English and will submit your CV / résumé in English

• Are a writing professional who knows how to collaborate with a product team and launch an excellent product under tight deadlines 

• Have 3-4 years of experience writing professionally for a tech company, online publication, or digital marketing/ad agency

• Embody cool-headed adaptability and eagerness collaborating with stakeholders and incorporating feedback into revisions

• Have discipline with time-management, follow-through, and ownership of tasks

• Can effectively communicate with a community of all ages, skill levels, tech-savviness, and English comprehension

• Love creativity, puns, and elucidating complex concepts and features for community understanding and beyond

Additional Information

The DeviantArt team is composed of diverse and talented individuals from across the world, all working together to create a supportive online community for artists. Learn more about DeviantArt and the team! 

The Content Writer role supports the community and staff alike by clearly and effectively communicating fun, inspiring, and complex concepts to millions of artists and art enthusiasts, ensuring our users are informed, supported, and entertained by their experience with DeviantArt products.