UX Writer

We’re looking for a UX writer to join a team of product managers, UX designers, and developers who collaborate to deliver great experiences seen by millions of people around the world. Preferably, you'll work in Oslo together with the Director of Design whom you'll be reporting to, but we're also open to candidates to work from one of our hubs in Spain, Poland, or Denmark.

About Kahoot!

Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement.

Launched in 2013, Kahoot!’s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. In the last 12 months, 300 million sessions have been hosted on the Kahoot! platform by 30+ million active accounts, with 2 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi.

The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark and Spain. Kahoot! is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker KAHOT. Let’s play!

Our K!rew

At Kahoot! we champion a positive culture of collaborative learning and innovation. With a team of more than 500 employees representing 45 different nationalities, we’re a diverse and fun bunch of people! We work hard and celebrate our wins, tackle challenges with original ideas and learn something new every day.

We’ve been growing steadily over the past year and joined forces with Actimo, Dragonbox, Poio, Drops, Whiteboard, Motimate and Clever. As a group, we’re on a mission to make learning awesome together.

The values guiding us are: we are playful, we are curious and we are inclusive!

The role

Work on new features

We’re looking for someone who’ll always advocate for the user and who’ll make informed decisions based on data, best practices, user feedback, and style guide alignment. Day to day, you’ll collaborate with product managers and designers to work on features for all of Kahoot!’s business areas. You’ll research, ideate, collaborate, get feedback from stakeholders and users, iterate, and test. You’ll also work with developers to ensure strings are created with the correct copy, address accessibility, work on edge cases, and answer copy questions.

Optimize and improve

You’ll find ways to improve features through words and better naming, as copy should grow and evolve with our users.

Voice and tone

You’ll ensure that the Kahoot! voice and appropriate tones are used in the product, and working to build and strengthen the Kahoot! voice and tone.

Consistency and alignment

Consistency is key, not just in tone but also in word choices, naming, and terminology. You’ll work to improve old content based on data and feedback, and you’ll work to maintain consistency with marketing copy and help center articles. You’ll also create and maintain string databases and documentation to help the product be more consistent.

Requirements

• 1+ years professional writing experience, ideally writing interface copy for desktop and mobile (please send a portfolio with your application)
• Native-level English (our in-product language is US English)
• Experience working with designers, developers, and product managers as part of the product design process
• Ability to optimize a product’s user experience through concise and compelling copy
• You must thrive in an environment of fast feedback loops and a mindset of rapid prototyping and iteration

Nice to haves:

• Sound knowledge of localization best practices, ensuring that content is translation ready with localization considerations applied
• Knowledge of Figma
• Experience in the creation and administration of UX/UI style guide and glossary
• Fluency in another language is a plus

Benefits

Here are some of the benefits we provide to our team members:

• A competitive compensation package, including an employee stock option program
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Home broadband allowance and mobile subscription
• Friendly, international environment and social and company events, both in person and virtually
• Hybrid working policy