Datadog
Principal Copywriter, Brand Editorial
$153K–$204K
New York, New York, USA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, USA
New York, NY, United States - Experience
- 8+ years of writing experience.
About the job
Own and evolve Datadog’s brand voice, create high-impact brand writing, and develop systems and AI-enabled workflows that help teams produce on-brand communications.
What you'll do
- Define Datadog’s writing style, tone, and point of view across brand channels and experiences.
- Concept and write campaigns, videos, launches, event experiences, and ongoing web, social, and sales enablement work.
- Create voice and messaging systems, AI-enabled writing workflows, and guidance that help teams and external partners scale writing quality.
What they ask for
- Portfolio showing range across brand campaigns, voice or messaging systems, long-form storytelling, and concise creative copy.
- Experience writing for developer, technical, or enterprise audiences and explaining complex technology clearly.
- Built or substantially shaped voice guidelines, messaging frameworks, or writing standards used by others.
- Hands-on creative leadership, strong editorial judgment, and experience turning writing standards into scalable tools.
Pay
$153,000 — $204,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AI
AI focus
Design prompts, custom skills, evaluation approaches, and guardrails for AI-enabled writing workflows that support on-brand drafting and editing.
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