Lead Content Designer Job at myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community in Boston

Overview

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Klaviyo’s Design Team is made up of Product Designers, Content Designers, and Design System specialists. We are a collaborative group and take a human-centered approach to everything that we do. We’re looking for a Lead Content Designer who is up for the challenge of bringing our voice to life and represents Klaviyo’s commitment to user-centricity by curating clear, concise, and meaningful language to design end-to-end user experiences for our customers. This role will bring Klaviyo’s voice to life within our product, delivering clear, concise, and meaningful content that guides users through complex workflows and helps them achieve their goals. You’ll play a key role in defining and scaling our content strategy, voice, and tone across product touchpoints. You’ll also help grow and evolve our content design systems and practices as part of a maturing design organization.

Please note that this is a hybrid role that requires 3 days / week onsite in our Boston office. Fully remote candidates will not be considered at this time.

Responsibilities

Partner with product designers, product managers, engineers, and brand to create cohesive, end-to-end user experiences across Klaviyo's software.

Define and scale our product voice and tone guidelines; ensure consistency across user flows, error states, onboarding, feature education, and service communications.

Contribute to and help evolve our content system—establishing patterns, frameworks, and governance to enable scalable content design across teams.

Advocate for content design and language quality throughout the product development lifecycle.

Translate complex concepts and workflows into clear, actionable language that meets users where they are.

Use data, user research, and experimentation to inform your work and iterate effectively.

Use AI tools to explore new opportunities for content generation, efficiency, and scalability—evaluating where automation can support or enhance the user experience.

Manage multiple projects with varying priorities and timelines, and effectively communicate tradeoffs and solutions to stakeholders.

Mentor others and contribute to the growth of content design at Klaviyo by sharing best practices and setting quality standards.

What You’ll Need

8+ years of experience in UX writing or content design for software products, preferably B2B SaaS.

Strong portfolio showcasing content work across complex user flows, interaction models, and product surfaces.

Proven experience shaping content strategies that support user acquisition, conversion, growth, and retention.

Ability to balance user needs, business objectives, and technical constraints while advocating for clear and inclusive language.

Experience building and maintaining scalable content systems, guidelines, and standards.

Proficiency in collaborating across cross-functional teams and presenting your work clearly to stakeholders.

Empathy for users and a passion for creating intuitive and human-centered digital experiences.

Nice To Have Skills

Familiarity with principles of interaction design and accessibility.

Experience using research insights, experimentation, and analytics to inform content decisions.

Comfort working in tools like Figma and collaborating in shared design environments.

Curiosity about the role of generative AI in content workflows and user experiences.

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Massachusetts Applicants

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Our salary range reflects the cost of labor across various U.S. geographic markets. The range displayed below reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all our US locations. The base salary offered for this position is determined by several factors, including the applicant’s job-related skills, relevant experience, education or training, and work location.

In addition to base salary, our total compensation package may include participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan, variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles, equity, sign-on payments, and a comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility. Please visit Klaviyo Rewards to find out more about our Total Rewards package.

Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary / OTE range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Base Pay Range For US Locations : $132,000—$198,000 USD

Get to Know Klaviyo

We’re Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we’re developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star : delighting our customers. If you’re ready to do the best work of your career, where you’ll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you’ll join us.

Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Seniority level : Mid-Senior level

Employment type : Full-time

Job function : Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing / Editing

Industries : Technology, Information and Internet

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