UX Writing Weekly #55

An expert point of view
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Pieterjan Benoit is a UX Writing Hub course alumnus and the leader of the Kraków UX writing community (join it!). See his latest post!
The 3 pillars of creating a charismatic voice and tone

Intuit uses conversational UI to help improve the time benefit for their users by designing chatbots that are one step ahead. Learn more about their approach.
Designing and Building Chatbots the Intuit Way

Everyone seems to agree that user engagement is crucial. Read these valuable lessons written by a behavioral scientist.
What Is Engagement, Exactly?

Dori Adar is an Israeli gamification expert. Watch his latest talk about how decisions affect the play experience (and enjoy his beautiful storytelling about his girlfriend’s experience giving birth).
How decisions affect the play experience


Need to convey the value of UX writing?
No worries! Just share this screenshot and hit those skeptics right in the feels.


 
This week we’ve got not one, but two portfolios.
The first is by Diana Arteaga who just finished her internship at Shopify and is looking for her next challenge in UX writing.

Check out her portfolio



Continuing the trend of creating portfolios in non-traditional mediums (last week we had Orlee Gillis with her literal
Medium Portfolio) we have Isaac Feldman—a designer from Israel.

Issac chose to present his work on notion.io.

It’s a good move for several reasons, including free hosting and the clear manner in which he was able to present his projects—which is what portfolios are all about:

I wonder what happens if I'll click on that shiny blue link 🤔

 
GREAT REMOTE POSITION AVAILABLE 👇

🌐/🇫🇷 UX Writer @ MyScript. Nantes, France or optionally remote

🇮🇱 UX Writer @ Wix, Tel Aviv, Israel

🇮🇱 UX Writer @ Localize, Tel Aviv, Israel

🇵🇱 Technical Author with strong UX Writing capabilities @ Cyclad, Warząchewka, PL

🇪🇸 UX Writer @ Freightos, Barcelona, ES

🇪🇸 Technical Writer Internship @ Nespresso, Esplugues de Llobregat, ES

🇩🇪 Senior UX Writer (English) @ GetYourGuide, Berlin, DE

🇩🇪 UX Copywriter - Hotel Search @ Trivago, Düsseldorf, DE

🇬🇧 Content Designer @ Deliveroo, London, GB

🇬🇧 Conversion Copywriter @ Salience - Growth Marketing Agency, London, GB

🇧🇷 UX Writer @ Olist, Curitiba, BR

🇫🇷 UX Writer / Copy Writer (English-speaking Markets) @ OpenClassrooms, Paris, FR

🇦🇹 UX Writer @ Dynatrace, Linz, AT

🇺🇸 UX Writer @ Yelp, San Francisco, CA, US

🇺🇸 UX Writer @ Opendoor, San Francisco, CA, US

🇺🇸 UX Writer @ Dropbox,  San Francisco, CA, US

🇺🇸 UX Writer, Partner Experiences @ Apple, Cupertino, CA, US

🇺🇸 UX Writer @ Stripe,  Seattle, WA, US

Hey! Don’t forget to upload your UX writing position to our job board. We’ll promote it right here for free.


We are happy and honored to present one of our new partners AbleFinder.

This app helps the parents of children with special needs connect with one another.

In our upcoming January course, our students will be conducting research, designing, and writing microcopy for their app and website.


Registration for our program (limited to 20 seats) starts on December 10th. We’ll give preference to those students who have participated in our free course, so if you haven’t yet, now is the time to sign up.

Free UX Writing Course

In the meantime, we’re looking for a few volunteers to help conduct a content audit of AbleFinder’s current website and platform.

So if you’d like to support this wonderful app that’s doing great work just reply to this email and we’ll take care of the rest.




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