Tag: content strategy

To respond or not to respond? Tactics for responding to UX job recruiters

I’ve seen some recent discussion about whether and how to reply to messages from recruiters, especially if you’re not…

Do I need a portfolio to apply for UX content roles?

For many content jobs, especially content strategy, content operations, and content management roles in traditional enterprises, you might not need a portfolio.

Five Questions About Content Strategy, Answered

Five questions about content strategy, answered. Marketing language versus usable language, key skills, iterating your strategy, and more.

Where and How to Find UX Writing, Content Design, and Content Strategy Jobs

Your search for a UX content job may not resemble any of your prior job searches, especially if you are trying to transition from a professional background outside of product and UX. You’ll need to look and read more carefully, search more deeply and creatively, and, in some cases, work quite a bit harder than you might have to work for another kind of job.

Ask Scott: Can we let engineers and other non-experts write copy if we haven’t trained them?

We often have the issue that everyone thinks they can write, and our suggestions [as UX writers] are challenged to the end. We, on the other hand, would never challenge engineering decisions.