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I started a month-long journey to find the perfect platform to create a UX writing / content design portfolio. Here’s the list ranked by ease of use.

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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.

Good designers create products with UX in mind. In this article, we explore how UX Writers can apply design heuristics to their copy.

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.

In 2021, Sessions had never had a dedicated product writer on the team. So they decided to join the UX Writing Accelerator, a program where UX Writing Academy students work on a real project with a real company, led by an experienced mentor.

When you’re applying for your first UX writing and content design job, there can be a lot of uncertainty about what to expect in the hiring process. Here’s a guide to what to expect in the interview process for UX writing jobs.

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.

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.