Scott Kubie believes in you. If you’re a writer contributing the words on a product team, he believes in you. If you’re a front-end designer or developer tasked with writing, he believes in you. In his book Writing for Designers, Scott sets out a simple path to help you get the writing done. He also […]
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Kylie Hansen: Building a Content Design Team at Microsoft – Episode 56
Kylie Hansen is a tireless evangelist for the field of content design and for her team at Microsoft’s Cloud + AI Studios. She shows the managers she works with how content design can improve their products. By demonstrating the ROI of content design, she also earns the budget that lets her continue to build her […]
Jonathon Colman: Content Champion – Episode 51
Jonathon Colman knows how to build content teams and integrate them into big digital programs. He deftly navigates the challenges that come with creating complex products in fast-growing organizations, always championing the best content practices. Jonathon’s career arc mirrors the growth of content strategy and content design. He started out as a technical writer and […]
Mike Atherton: Designing Connected Content – Episode 44
Mike Atherton applies insights from information architecture to help content strategists develop domain models. These models help align content stakeholders and create a powerful way to organize, discover, and display content. Mike and I talked about: his discovery in the late 1990s of the field of information architecture (solving what was then known as “the […]
Sarah Richards: Content Design Innovator – Episode 22
Sarah Richards created the field of content design as she revamped GOV.UK‘s web presence. From a messy amalgam of hundreds of government websites, she created a user-focused “storefront” where UK citizens could get their most common questions answered. Always focused on her users’ needs, Sarah developed an approach and methodologies that can help anyone design, […]