Writers of Silicon Valley
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The future is words. More businesses are investing in high quality UX writers and content strategists. Apple, Uber, Shopify, Spotify, Amazon...the list goes on. "UX Writer" is now one of the hottest jobs in tech - and around the world, too. Why? They realise writers embedded in design crews are the great differentiator. This podcast is all about those writers - who they are, where they come from, what they do...and why the work they do is so important. You've heard all about the stories of building computers in garages. Now it's time for the writers to stand up - and take their place.
UX writing in the fintech industry, and how to get out of the customer's way - Yael Ben-David, UX writer at Fundbox
Yael Ben-David is one the most thoughtful UX writers in the industry. She’s written numerous blogs and has spoken at several conferences on how to mak...
How can we make the content design industry...better? - UX Writer, consultant, and archeologist Jane Ruffino
Jane Ruffino is one of the most experienced UX writers in the industry, with an extensive work history. She also teaches a UX writing course and consu...
Connecting the internal and external product experience - Andrea Drugay, Slack
Andrea Drugay has one of the most experienced resumes in the content design industry. Now she works at Slack, one of the most coveted roles in all of ...
How software will help UX writers democratize the design process - Jasper Platz, CEO of Strings
Last month, I spoke wth Chris Baty from Figma - and we talked about how Figma is helping UX writers enter the design process. This month we continue t...
How Figma's Principal UX Writer (Chris Baty) is helping build design software that UX writers love
One of the biggest challenges for UX writers is figuring out how to embed themselves within the design process. Tools like Figma are making that easie...
What we learned at the Button Conference, with Yael Ben-David, Vicki Siolos, and Duaa Osman
Originally, the UX writing and content strategy community was meant to descend on Seattle for the Button conference. That didn’t happen (obviously). W...
From technical to UX writing, working at Apple, and UX writing for electric trucks - Christie Fremon (Rivian)
If you want an anecdote about Steve Jobs and UX writing, then this episode is for you. But that's just the beginning. Christie Fremon is probably one ...
Going global: UX writing and content strategy outside the United States, with Mario Ferrer
When I named this podcast, I chose to focus the title on “Silicon Valley”. Why? I don’t even live there. It comes down to bias. Today’s episode is abo...
Think bigger: how UX writers can embrace content strategy, with Kristina Halvorson
First thing’s first: listeners to the podcast can get 15% of tickets to Button! Use the code “UXWC” at checkout to get 15% off: www.buttonconf.com. Kr...