At Lyft, our mission is to improve people’s lives with the world’s best transportation. To do this, we start with our own community by creating an open, inclusive, and diverse organization.

Lyft is looking for an experienced writer to support our Communications Team and Executive Office. The role will start as a special assignment for the Office of the President and Co-Founder to refresh our companywide writing standards, and then transition to the Communications team to serve as lead writer.

Responsibilities:

• Refresh companywide writing standards and make recommendations for training and talent
• Serve as the lead writer and/or editor for Lyft’s highest-stakes internal and external communications: executive speeches, thought leadership pieces, op-eds, blog posts, media statements, and internal announcements
• Leverage internal relationships to translate business and policy jargon into clear, compelling stories that educate and inspire our key audiences: drivers, riders, partners, opinion leaders, policymakers, and our own team members
• Mentor other Lyft writers and teammates, reviewing tweets, media statements, and blog posts

Experience: 

• 7+ years of experience in executive communications, journalism and/or speechwriting
• Outstanding writing, editing, and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, independently motivated
• Obsessive attention to detail (especially grammar)
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Comfortable with tight deadlines, often concurrent, for several projects at once
• Confident with the ambiguity that can come from working with many teams
• Special knack for the Lyft voice

*** PLEASE INCLUDE WRITING SAMPLES WITH YOUR APPLICATION *** 

Benefits:

• Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options
• Mental health benefits
• In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have unlimited paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off
• 401(k) plan to help save for your future
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Lyft Pink - Lyft team members get an exclusive opportunity to test new benefits of our Ridership Program

Lyft is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment  without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.