UX Copywriter

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Who we are: Founded in 2001, Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) is a leading online ticket marketplace committed to becoming the ultimate partner for connecting fans to the live events, artists, and teams they love. We believe in the power of experiences and are fiercely dedicated to building products that inspire human connections. Named as one of Built In Chicago's top 10 places to work in 2021, we believe that our People are our greatest competitive advantage. To support our People, we have built a company culture that empowers our employees to embrace challenges, encourages unity through collaboration, and seeks to constantly evolve by leveraging data and inspiring innovation.

The Opportunity:
As a UX Copywriter at Vivid Seats you will be writing copy for the user interface of the web and app, transactional emails, as well as helping with marketing email copy from time to time. We're looking for a blend of copywriting and UX writing with a firm focus on the end user. The copy supports the design to provide an intuitive and compelling experience for the user to easily accomplish their goals. The UX Copywriter is responsible for crafting highly usable copy in the established brand voice and tone appropriate for the context. The UX copywriter role works closely with UX designers and crafts copy collaboratively. Vivid Seats employs a casual, enthusiastic, and friendly tone on their customer-facing site, app, and order transaction emails.
How your role contributes to the success of Vivid Seats:

  • You'll help us to connect more effectively with our customers by creating straightforward and friendly copy that makes it easy for the user to accomplish their goals.
  • You'll partner with UX designers and product managers to understand context and goals and create compelling experiences on the web, app, and via messaging from push notifications to emails.

How your role expectations will progress as a UX Copywriter in the first 30, 90, and 180 days:
30 days in

  • Complete new hire orientation, gaining the resources you need to be successful.
  • Learn how ticket marketplaces operate and how you can contribute to providing outstanding experiences for our customers.
  • Familiarize yourself with the brand and writing style guide.
  • Get up to speed on the Vivid Seat customer and Vivid Seats Rewards program.

90 days in

  • Contribute to our approaches, methods, or technologies to support overall business goals and drive team efficiencies.
  • Maintain, harvest and aid internal and external relationships to achieve progress and advance objectives.
  • Continue shaping the experience at every user touch point by creating a consistent voice and tone in messaging.
  • Contribute to the brand guide with any useful additional details. Help provide guardrails to establish a unified voice for other teams creating copy.

180 days in

  • Apply methods to execute individual tasks that positively impact the team.
  • Play an active role in continued learning to advance skill sets necessary for team goals.

What You'll Bring:

  • Experience: 3+ years of experience as a user experience writer or similar role. You have a portfolio with examples of content that enhances and simplifies the overall user experience. Ability to manage several copy projects at once.
  • Journalism or editorial experience background.
  • Communication Skills: You're skilled not only with written forms of communication but also keep your partners informed and updated on the progress of copy creation. You're comfortable collaborating with partners as you craft copy.
  • Problem Solving Skills: At Vivid Seats, we encourage a growth mindset. You're excited about understanding user problems, keen to learn more, and keep exploring avenues to collaborate and problem-solve. You work with members of the UX and product teams to come up with creative approaches and consider a variety of solutions for each problem.
  • Interpersonal Skills: You must display a genuine passion for product-centric innovation, an ability to work independently as well as with a team, and an exceptional attention to detail.

Our Commitment:
We are an equal opportunity employer that values the critical importance of a diverse workforce and sense of belonging. Many of our roles have flexible requirements and we encourage you to apply regardless of whether you meet every qualification.
Vivid Seats provides competitive compensation; bonus incentives and equity for all employees; FLEX PTO; mental health days; medical, dental, and vision insurance; 401K matching; monthly credits and discounts for attending live events; remote work and snack allowances; and a variety of additional workplace perks.
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Location

Located in the landmark Marshall Fields building, Vivid Seats brand new HQ incorporates modern design, collaborative spaces, and the excitement of live events to create an innovative workplace. We are centrally located near public transportation hubs, shops, restaurants and entertainment venues.

An Insider's view of Vivid Seats

How does your team reward individual success?

We are encouraged to take ownership of our work and continue supporting technologies we work on, well into production and beyond. Having coworkers who care so genuinely about not only my individual success, but also the company's success, makes working for Vivid Seats extremely rewarding.

Lana M.

Quality Engineering Manager

What are Vivid Seats Perks + Benefits

Vivid Seats Benefits Overview

We make it easier for you to give it your all. While you are transforming the live event industry, we will take care of you and people who matter to you.
We've got you cover with a variety of Health, Dental and Vision packages to help fit your needs; 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance, AD&D and EAP; STD and LTD.
One of the most competitive 401 (k) programs on the market.
Continuing education opportunities and rewarding performance incentives
PTO, Maternity and Paternity policies that afford you the flexibility to take planned time off as needed.
In-office happy hours, holiday and summer events, company-sponsored sports leagues, catered lunches.
Stocked kitchen with healthy snacks!

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Committed to partner with organizations and causes that are important to our employees and our communities.
Partners with nonprofits
Corporate Social Responsibility is important to us - we have a team dedicated to leading these efforts both in a local and national scope.
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Employees trained on best practices supporting data-driven decisions - starting with recruiting and hiring.
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
All employees are offered equity as part of our total rewards package.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Company sponsored family events
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Relocation assistance
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

We offer credits and discounts on tickets to attend your favorite events along with great health insurance plans with healthy employer subsidies (like monthly care packages for our remote employees!) and pre-tax commuter benefits. All employees are encouraged to use no questions asks mental health days and a floating holiday. When in the office we host catered lunches and regular happy hours to recognize birthdays and celebrate successes. Our corporate office provides a fully paid in-building gym membership for morning yoga or lunchtime run. Employees are also able to work a hybrid schedule, providing the balance life requires, when we need it.

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