UX Writing and Content Design Manager, Geo

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in English, Journalism, Communication, Literature, Business, Marketing, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in UX writing, content design, technical writing, writing, editorial, marketing, or related, as well as leading content strategy projects.
  
• 3 years of experience with people or team management.
• Include a portfolio, website, or any other relevant link to your work in your resume (providing a viewable link or access instructions).

Preferred qualifications:

• 8 years of writing, editorial, marketing, or UX writing experience in an agency setting.
  
• 7 years of experience interacting with executive leadership.
  
• 5 years of experience working in a cross-functional technology organization.

About the job

As a UX Writing and Content Design Manager for Geo, you will lead a team in helping build some Google products, including Maps, Waze, and more.

The team of writers works on Waze, Trust and Compliance, and Search and Explore on Google Maps, including emerging generative AI experiences. While leading and empowering the team through this work, you will also deliver to key projects with a player-coach mentality.

The scope includes user interface writing, guidelines and design systems, content design, prompt engineering, and voice experiences.

You will drive partnerships with Product Managers, Engineering, broader UX collaborators, and other functions to help define the team's priorities and align across Google Maps.

The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000-$245,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Understand and advocate for all UX functions as essential to the product lifecycle. 
  
• Drive the development of innovative UX writing and content design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
• Build alignment by collaborating with product managers, team members, and other cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., marketing, legal, engineering) to develop a product narrative, mission, or principles.
• Lead the establishment and improvement of holistic UX writing and content design processes, systems, frameworks or patterns across multiple teams or products. 
  
• Influence the development of priorities across projects to balance tactical and strategic efforts in alignment with project goals.