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Socializing UX work

Socializing UX Work: The What, Why, and How

Although more and more companies are wising up to the impact of good UX, socializing your work to your team and advocating for your role can still be frustrating staples of a career in UX.

what is ux content?

What is UX Content?

In this article, we’ll try to clear up some of that noise to set the right expectations about what you’re signing up for when you take on a career in UX content.

the case for product ops

The Case For Product Content Ops

While the word “content” is broad and used in many disciplines, here we’ll focus on how the Ops discipline can be implemented in product content.

Tech Layoffs & UX Witing

Will Layoffs in Tech Impact UX Writers?

Whether it’s 10 years into your career or before you’ve even had your first day at work, getting laid off sucks. The loss of income and the fear of what comes next can be overwhelming and stressful.

Accessibility in UX Writing

Accessibility in UX Writing

Accessibility is at the heart of creating high-quality user experiences. As UX writers, our job is to write content that makes a product usable for everyone, including those living with disabilities and those interacting with products differently.

UX Redesigns: The Power of the UX Writing Rebel

Many aspiring UX writers want insight into what the job really entails—what will they be expected to do? What will they be expected to know? How will I know how much or how little I should do? And where do I draw the line? These questions give me an opportunity to offer a clearer picture of what a real-life job in UX writing is about.

ux writing english majors

UX Writing for English Majors

For those who want to be in the heart of a tech company’s development process, content design and UX writing are growing fields with a lot of opportunities for English majors to increase their earning potential and have a meaningful, lucrative career.

ux writers and desigers at the work place

UX Writers and Designers in the Workplace

In this article, we’ll examine stats about writers and designers in the workplace. We’ll look at the ratio of writers to designers, how involved writers are in decision-making, how these play out in different countries and sectors, and more.

UX product education

The UX of Product Education

As UX writers and content designers, it’s up to us to make sure a user finds answers to their questions as they arise. Or, even better, to design an experience that not only anticipates those questions but eliminates any reason they’d need to ask it to begin with.

Freelance UX Writing

Can You Be a Freelance UX Writer?

UX writing as a full-timer is great and all, but if you’re craving a lower barrier to entry to get into UX writing, higher earning potential, independence, and remote UX writing, freelance is where it’s at.