Principal Copywriter

Edmonds, WA (On-site)

$110K/yr – $130K/yrSenior Level6+ years expFull time

Posted 4 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own Xbox brand storytelling across ecosystems by shaping naming, voice, and cross-functional content systems, while collaborating with product marketing, legal, and design to ensure clear, inclusive messaging.

  • Lead naming and messaging for product launches
  • Build scalable content governance and partner enablement
  • Partner across teams to align on clarity and inclusivity

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Lead verbal strategy across XBOX’s ecosystem, including naming, messaging frameworks, and brand voice development.
  • Drive copy execution for product launches, marketing campaigns, and platform experiences.
  • Lead naming and messaging for high-profile products, services, and technology launches.
  • Shape messaging for emerging platforms.
  • Partner with product marketing, legal, geo-political, accessibility, and design teams to ensure messaging is aligned, inclusive, and future flexible.
  • Develop scalable systems for content governance, including centralized messaging hubs and copy libraries.
  • Build and maintain self-serve tools and resources to empower partner teams and streamline brand alignment.
  • Be familiar with AI generative tools and have a policy on content restriction and usage guidance.
  • Serve as a strategic thought partner to internal stakeholders, advocating for clarity, consistency, and creativity in all brand communications.
  • Thrive in ambiguity, utilize messaging as a focusing factor for driving clarity across multidisciplinary partnerships.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in copywriting, creative strategy, content strategy or brand communications, with a focus on consumer tech, gaming or entertainment or lifestyle brands in an agency or in-house environment.
  • Proven leadership in naming, messaging, and verbal identity development.
  • Strong understanding of accessibility, legal, geopolitical, and regulatory considerations in brand messaging.
  • Proven experience managing complex cross-functional projects with multiple stakeholders.
  • Highly skilled in building scalable systems for content management and partner enablement.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, collaboration, and presentation skills with peers and across multiple business teams, with an ability to forge partnerships at all levels.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft 365 tools, Figma, and content design platforms.
  • Bonus: Passionate about the XBOX brand and ecosystem of products and services and/or highly knowledgeable about the gaming industry.
  • Astute writer with a systems mindset and a passion for storytelling.
  • Collaborative and proactive, with a bias for clarity and action.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, basic life/AD&D, long-term disability, and employee assistance programs
  • Additional voluntary benefits like short-term disability plans and health coverage for dependents
  • 401(k) & HSA
  • Competitive PTO plan
  • 12 paid holidays throughout the calendar year, plus additional floating holidays
  • The company reserves the right to modify or change benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
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Principal Copywriter

Ten Gun · Edmonds, WA · On-site