Remote UX Writer wanted for education platform | $70 to $80 per hour (contract)

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: SWING EDUCATION

On average, U.S. students are with substitute teachers for 5% of the typical school year. That means our students have substitute teachers for more than six months of their K-12 school career. The problem? We're suffering from a national shortage of substitute teachers.

Swing Education is focused on tackling the substitute teacher shortage. Our online platform makes it easy for great schools and quality subs to find each other. We help schools access more subs and offload tedious work associated with managing a pool of substitute teachers (recruiting, screening, payroll, etc.). Our network provides subs with a wider range of work opportunities to gain experience and build their professional network.

After more than 6 years in operation we are working with over 4000 schools in 7 states and have filled over 300k teacher absence days. We're a post-series B company with about 50 employees currently and our lead investors include GV (aka Google Ventures), Owl Ventures, and Social Capital. We also have a strong commitment to diversity and our employees are 60% people of color (30% underrepresented minorities) and over 50% female. Our board of directors is also 75% female and 75% people of color.
We’re a diverse and inclusive team. We find it easy to get up in the morning and work for teachers, schools, and students.

POSITION SUMMARY:

We are looking for a UX Writer to help our Product, Design, and Engineering organization to help bring creativity and clarity to our product through a handful of discrete projects. You will use your expertise to write clear, concise, content copy while always keeping the user’s experience in mind. This role will meaningfully impact Swing’s mission to ensure that learning never stops in K-12 classrooms.

This is a 20-30 hrs/wk contract role for a duration of 3 months. It will be fully remote.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Create and fill out a bi-weekly Sprint Review - share with All Swing after end of each sprint
• Use UX Writing expertise to provide product copy support to specific projects by editing copy, adding copy, and functionality notes for wireframes and mockups
• Carefully consider tone and writing content that is consistent with Swing Education's mission and branding
• Create and implement in-app messaging for product guides, notifications, and provide documentation

REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1-3 years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor’s degree in English, Communications, Journalism, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Familiarity with UX writing principles and processes as well as familiarity with methodologies such as Agile and Design thinking

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES:

• Comfort using technical tools and willing to learn new software
• Have a dedicated passion for user-focused product experience
• Comfort presenting work and explaining the thought process behind decisions
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Detail oriented with the ability to organize, prioritize and accomplish multiple tasks

COMPENSATION:

This is a contractor role with an hourly rate.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Applications: Via the webform

Website: https://swingeducation.com

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