Product Writer

Duolingo•Pittsburgh, PA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and even though we've made a lot of headway, we still have work to do — and that’s where you come in! Duolingo’s designers care about creating high-quality experiences that look and feel fun. From animators to writers, product designers to researchers, Design brings purpose, feeling, and delight to every interaction with our brand, inside the app and out. As a designer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning. Join us in our mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world. This role is a critical part of our growth efforts. You’ll write the words that motivate our learners to keep up their daily habit, and you’ll explore messaging and tones of voice that strike a chord with our audience. As a writer, you’ll join a culture of creativity and craft, where we have a high bar for excellence and an endless curiosity about how to bring more unexpected quirk and fun to the pursuit of learning.

Requirements

A portfolio with compelling UX writing examples for a consumer app
3+ years of experience in both UX writing and consumer copywriting, including push notifications and emails
A gift for expressing complicated things in plain language
A creative turn of phrase that helps you write about the same thing several ways
An ability to turn around revisions quickly
A desire to write all day, every day
The ability to work from or relocate to Pittsburgh, PA or New York City

Nice To Haves

Experience collaborating with translators
Experience taking direction from senior writers
Experience adapting to new tools and technology
A Duolingo streak!

Responsibilities

Write copy that encourages learning and keeping up a daily habit
Flex the Duolingo voice in copy across the Duolingo app and related surfaces
Write our (in)famous push notifications
Come up with new messaging angles to test
Write in the voice of our characters, from Lily to Falstaff
Partner with product designers and product managers on new product interactions based on data and insights
Focus on a few projects at a time and drive them to completion
Support experiments and share insights so product wins can have a greater impact
Work with our localization team to ensure A+ translation