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Senior Technical Writer, Help Content

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Squarespace Customer Operations empowers users through scalable self-help tools, personalized support, and customer advocacy. Customer Operations runs 24/7 with about 400 people between New York, Dublin and Portland and a remote workforce. Working within Customer Operations, the Content team produces help guides for the more than two million people who use Squarespace to carve out their piece of the web. We're customer advocates, and we're on a mission to help them succeed.

As a Senior Help Content Technical Writer, you'll create, and improve, help content with customer needs, internal feedback, and efficiency in mind. You'll work closely with your manager and teammates, ensuring your guides are accurate and aligned with Squarespace style and industry best practices. Our knowledge base is in an exciting growth stage as we scale up to support a multi-product platform, and there's a lot of room for ownership and developing expertise. You're perfect for this role if you're a strong technical writer and editor who takes end-to-end responsibility for complex projects, incorporates high-level strategy to support department and company goals, and promotes innovation, thoughtful risk-taking, and inclusivity.

You'll report to the Content Team Lead, and can be based in our New York, Portland, or Dublin offices, or remotely in the USA.

RESPONSIBILITIES 

  • Write and refine help guides about Squarespace products, explaining complex concepts and steps in clear and accessible language
  • Take full ownership of content on specific areas of the platform
  • Build relationships with stakeholders and SMEs in Product, Product Support, Product Marketing, and Engineering
  • Give feedback to teammates through rotating peer reviews, and contribute to the onboarding and development of newer writers
  • Support company initiatives impacting customer success and business outcomes through help content strategy
  • Help evolve the voice of Squarespace Customer Operations

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 3+ years of technical writing experience, creating content for non-technical users in internet, consumer tech, web publishing, SaaS, or a related field
  • Experience building content strategy for specific features or product areas
  • Comfortable checking your ego at the door; open to feedback from multiple stakeholders to make content perfect
  • Drive to simplify and iterate
  • Experience using metrics to guide strategic content decisions
  • Experience with help/documentation CMS, project management, and bug-tracking software
  • Comfortable working in basic HTML
  • Experience marketing and selling products or services online is a major plus
  • Experience working with CMS product vendors or similar is a plus

About Squarespace

Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. By blending elegant design and sophisticated engineering, we empower millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world's most iconic businesses — to share their stories with the world. Squarespace's team of more than 1,200 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin, Los Angeles and Portland. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com/about.

Benefits & Perks

  • Health insurance with 100% premium covered for you and dependent children
  • Flexible vacation & paid time off
  • Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave
  • Equity plan for all employees
  • Retirement benefits with employer match
  • Fertility and adoption benefits
  • Free lunch and snacks at all offices
  • Education reimbursement
  • Dog-friendly New York office
  • Commuter benefit in the form of reduced tax (Ireland) and pretax (US)

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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Candidate Location Eligibility:
Albuquerque, NM
Ann Arbor, MI
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
Baltimore, MD
Baton Rouge, LA
Birmingham, AL
Boise, ID
Boston, MA
Buffalo, NY
Charleston, SC
Charlotte, NC
Chicago, IL
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Cleveland, OH
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Columbus, OH
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Detroit, MI
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Lincoln, NE
Little Rock, AR
Los Angeles, CA
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Madison, WI
Memphis, TN
Miami, FL
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis–Saint Paul, MN
Nashville, TN
New Orleans, LA
New York City, NY
Ogden, UT
Oklahoma City, OK
Omaha, NE
Orlando, FL
Other US Location
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
Pensacola, FL
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Philadelphia, PA
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Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, ME
Portland, OR
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St. Louis, MO
Tallahassee, FL
Tampa Bay, FL
Tucson, AZ
Tulsa, OK
Washington DC
Wichita, KS
Wilmington, NC

What are Squarespace Perks + Benefits

Squarespace Benefits Overview

We take care of our employees in more ways than one. Our comprehensive benefits offerings include medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependent children. We also offer up to 20 weeks of paid family leave (or local equivalent), fertility and adoption benefits, and behavioral health and wellness programs such as Headspace and more.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Employee resource groups
Employee-led culture committees
Hybrid work model
In-person all-hands meetings
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Diversity recruitment program
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Mental health benefits
Transgender health care benefits
Abortion travel benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Company sponsored family events
Fertility benefits
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Flexible time off
Bereavement leave benefits
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Personal development training
Virtual coaching services

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