Brand & Design Guidelines Writer

The Content Design Team is seeking a Brand & Design Guidelines Writer to create and maintain internal and external-facing Production Design Guidelines that support content creation across different types of media (music, podcasts, books, and TV). The Brand & Design Guidelines Writer will work closely with the Content Design Production Team, creating design resources and product documentation for internal and external partners. They will collaborate with design leads, program managers, and other creatives to develop and maintain a common language for production design guidelines.

Responsibilities include establishing strategic direction and brand voice, writing and editing design documentation and instructions, and finding new ways to improve how we convey technical information through the voice of the brand for audiences of varying levels of skill. This role will leverage accessible and inclusive language to create clear and engaging content for a variety of formats. This will include brief-writing to synthesize diverse inputs into action items, copywriting for both internal documentation and external web resources, and scriptwriting for instructional video content.

The role requires a strong facility with style, grammar, tone, and voice - and the ability to apply those tools to shape and sharpen how the voice of the brand manifests through each detail. The work will require extremely detailed engagement and the ability to quickly spot errors and inconsistencies. The candidate will need to be able to balance multiple projects simultaneously and enjoy working with team members in different roles to iterate on a piece to the point of perfection.

A diplomatic approach, strong communication skills, and the ability to stay highly organized is essential. The role requires continually identifying and amalgamating key details cross-functionally. The candidate must be skilled in pulling everything together and crafting ways to deliver the details in ways that feel compelling, easily approachable, and larger than the sum of their parts.

Key Qualifications:

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly skilled copywriter and scriptwriter who can distill complex ideas into clear, compelling messaging.
• Extremely precise and agile with language.
• Delights in the nuance of each word and detail.
• Extensive brand-writing experience, forging and evolving brand voice across new and existing brands.
• Understanding and appreciation of design.
• Relevant or translatable experience creating and implementing design guidance, instructional materials, and/or brand style guides.
• Ability to translate technical details into colloquial, approachable instruction.
• Expertise in applying storytelling structure to a diverse range of applications - from design guidelines to instructional scripts to presentations - ensuring clear, impactful flow and communication.
• Adaptive to writing for audiences of varying design skill, from beginners to professionals.
• Strategic and conceptual thinker.
• Skilled in helping forge strategic directions.
• Contributes to the big picture in every detail.
• Collaborates well in a cross-functional environment.
• Thrives in an iterative process, tracking and synthesizing a myriad of elements and learnings from collaborative partners.
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Adaptive problem-solver in a quickly evolving environment.
• Ability to handle several projects simultaneously.
• Takes the initiative to distill diverse inputs into documentation that frames the opportunity and unites the aim.
• Consistently delivers highly thoughtful and impactful work.
• Knows how to craft clear and compelling deck narratives for a variety of stakeholders.
• Seamlessly flexes across different types of media and content.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match.

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.