Principal Copywriter, Brand Editorial

The role

You will define and evolve the brand writing style, tone, and point of view. You will concept and write brand work for campaigns, videos, and events while building messaging systems and AI-enabled writing workflows.

What you will do

• Define and evolve Datadog's writing style, tone, and point of view
• Concept and write brand work including campaigns, videos, launches, and event experiences
• Build practical voice and messaging systems, style guidance, and writing standards
• Encode voice into AI-enabled writing workflows through prompts and custom skills
• Partner with Brand, Creative, Product Marketing, Web, and Corporate Communications teams
• Coach internal partners and enable agencies to apply brand voice

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of writing experience
• Portfolio demonstrating range across brand campaigns, voice or messaging systems, long-form storytelling, and concise creative copy
• Experience writing for developer, technical, or enterprise audiences
• Experience building or substantially shaping voice guidelines, messaging frameworks, or writing standards
• Hands-on creative leader capable of establishing direction and exercising editorial judgment
• Experience turning writing standards into scalable tools using AI

Benefits

• Generous and competitive benefits package
• New hire stock equity (RSUs)
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Continuous career development and pathing opportunities
• Employee-focused best in class onboarding
• Internal mentor and cross-departmental buddy program
• Healthcare
• Dental
• Parental planning
• Mental health benefits
• 401(k) plan and match
• Paid time off

About the company

Datadog is the leading observability and security platform for the AI era. It provides businesses with unified visibility across the technology stack to manage complexity at scale.