Contract, UX Writer

Audit and document design system components, creating comprehensive guidelines for usage and behavior. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure guidelines are practical and aligned with real-world usage.

Responsibilities

• Audit and document 50+ design system components, creating comprehensive guidelines for usage, anatomy, behavior, accessibility, and content.
• Establish voice, tone, and content standards for component documentation—creating templates and patterns that scale across the system.
• Collaborate with the Design Systems Lead to prioritize components, understand design decisions, and ensure guidelines reflect real-world usage.
• Define and document content patterns for common UI scenarios (error states, empty states, CTAs, validation messages, etc.).
• Create before/after examples that demonstrate best practices and common pitfalls for each component.
• Work cross-functionally with Product and Engineering to ensure guidelines are practical, implementable, and aligned with how teams actually build.
• Improve discoverability and organization of design system documentation in Figma and Notion.

Requirements

• 3+ years of UX writing experience, with at least one project involving design systems, component libraries, or technical documentation.
• Proven ability to write clear, concise guidelines that balance technical accuracy with practical usability.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating component documentation, UI content, or similar systems-level writing work.
• Experience with Figma and comfort navigating design files, understanding component structure, and collaborating with designers.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Comfort working independently in a remote-first, async-friendly environment with some overlap for collaboration.
• A pragmatic communicator who asks great questions, gives clear rationale for decisions, and values feedback.

Key Skills

• 3+ years of UX writing experience.
• Proven ability to write clear, concise guidelines.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating component documentation.
• Experience with Figma.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Comfort working independently in a remote-first environment.
• A pragmatic communicator.