Lead Copywriter
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Why Harvey
At Harvey were transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI an enterprise-grade platform and deep domain expertise were reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. With 1500 customers in 60 countries strong product-market fit and world-class investor support were scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious the bar is high and the opportunity for growth personal professional and financial is unmatched.
Our team moves fast takes ownership and is deeply committed to the mission operating with intensity staying close to our customers and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness Simplicity and Jobs Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information we believe simplicity is what scales and were never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive wed love to build with you.
At Harvey the future of professional services is being written today and were just getting started.
Role Overview
Harvey is building the defining AI platform for professional services. As our product changes the way legal work gets done the way we communicate it matters just as much. Were looking for our first Lead Copywriter to help define how Harvey sounds establish the standards for our voice and shape the ideas behind everything we put into the world.
This is more than a writing role. Its a creative leadership role. Youll partner with designers product marketers motion designers and leadership from the earliest stages of a project to turn business objectives into ideas people remember. Great writing starts with great thinking and youll help ensure Harvey is known not just for what we build but for how we communicate it.
Youll be a hands-on creative owning some of the companys highest-impact work while establishing the principles and standards that define Harveys voice. As the company grows youll have the opportunity to help shape and scale our copywriting practice mentoring future writers and influencing how the function evolves.
This role reports to Scott Smith VP of Creative and sits within Harveys Brand & Creative team. Its a rare opportunity to help define the voice of one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world.
What Youll Own
Harveys voice tone and editorial standards across every customer and employee touchpoint.
The creative thinking behind campaigns launches and brand initiatives helping shape ideas before a single word is written.
Copy across the marketing site campaigns product launches social executive communications sales enablement and other strategic brand moments.
Consistency across an expanding network of marketers product teams agencies and contributors ensuring Harvey always sounds like one company.
The continued evolution of Harveys writing practice as the company scales.
What Youll Do
Define Harveys voice from first principles and create practical guidelines the entire company can use.
Partner closely with Design Motion Web Product Marketing and company leadership to develop concepts and narratives from the earliest stages of a project.
Write and edit across a broad range of work from campaign concepts and product launches to website copy executive storytelling sales materials and social content.
Push beyond the brief to uncover the idea that makes the work memorable not simply the message that needs to be communicated.
Review edit and elevate copy from teammates agencies and cross-functional partners to maintain a consistently high creative standard.
Serve as Harveys internal authority on language helping teams communicate with greater clarity confidence and originality.
Help establish the foundations of Harveys copywriting practice and mentor future writers as the team grows.
What You Have
8 years of experience in copywriting brand storytelling or creative leadership ideally across agency in-house or high-growth technology environments.
A portfolio demonstrating exceptional conceptual thinking alongside world-class execution across campaigns brand web product and launch work.
A strong point of view on language voice and storytelling with the judgment to know when consistency matters and when the rules should be broken.
Experience developing creative concepts not simply executing copy against an existing brief.
Exceptional editing instincts and the ability to elevate the writing of others through thoughtful direct feedback.
Experience mentoring or guiding other writers even if not through formal people management.
The ability to navigate ambiguity influence senior stakeholders and move comfortably between strategic thinking and hands-on execution.
Bonus
Experience at a high-growth B2B SaaS AI or enterprise technology company.
Experience building or redefining a brand voice from the ground up.
Experience mentoring writers or helping establish editorial standards and creative processes.
Familiarity with legal professional services or other complex enterprise industries.
Why This Role
Every iconic company is remembered not only for what it built but for how it spoke.
Harvey has the opportunity to become one of those companies.
As our first Lead Copywriter youll help define the language behind one of the fastest-growing AI companies in the world influencing everything from product launches and campaigns to executive storytelling and the customer experience itself. Youll have the opportunity to shape Harveys voice from the ground up while partnering with a creative team that believes exceptional writing is one of the greatest competitive advantages a brand can have.
Compensation
$164000 - $246000 USD
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About Company
Professional Class AI – Harvey is the platform built to meet the standards of the world’s leading professional service firms.