UX Writing Weekly #148

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Sage advice on UX writing teams
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WHAT’S INSIDE ✍️

Issue #148 (Sep 8th, 2021)
  • Step 1: Grow your UX writing team
  • Step 2: Keep it running smoothly with rituals
  • We 💛 LEGO
  • A salesperson and a UX writer walk into a bar



ARTICLES 📰  

🏆 UX writers are still outnumbered in the workplace. But it doesn’t have to be that way. From finding your allies, showing your value, and more, this quick read has sage advice on growing a UX writing team.

The headcount hustle: How to grow your UX writing team

🎼 OK, so you’ve grown your team. Now what? Keep everyone in sync with these lessons on developing constructive team rituals. More sage wisdom from John Saito.

Designing Team Rituals

🚸 Not that you need one, but here’s another reason to love LEGO: brilliant customer service. Serious, this is next-level stuff that flipped the script on a negative experience.

Find every opportunity to delight your customers




MICROCOPY BITE 💬

Love the CTA here from Loom (great product BTW!), but not so sure about the headline.




TRENDING IN UX 🐦



UPSKILL: LIVE EVENTS & MORE 📚


A salesperson and a UX writer walk into a bar (podcast)

The true potential of voice-based user interfaces: FREE EVENT (Sep 16th)

The Confident Portfolio with Case Study Club: FREE EVENT (Sep 30th)



JOBS 👔


It’s Rosh Hashanah in Israel, and Gong.io—one of Israel’s most valued private software companies—is looking for a product content writer.

Also, Gojek is looking for a UX writer in Jakarta.

And as always:




PORTFOLIO 🎨


Is Shakespeare a UX writer? Yes, she is! That’s Shakespeare Sim from Singapore, whose portfolio gets the job done with clarity and style.

Check out Shakes’ excellent work here:

https://www.shakespearesim.com/



KICKS 'N' GIGGLES 🤦

Remarkably accurate: https://how-i-experience-web-today.com/



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