Don't Stop Believin' (UX Writing)

Nicole Alexandra Michaelis, long-time professional of the content field in the tech industry, founder and host of the well-renowned podcast Content Rookie is being real with us in this 5mn long article. Yes, it can be tiring to constantly advocate for what we do, but all is not lost, as long as we find allies.

As Content Designers and UX Writers, we’re most of all professionals of Content, but also of UX and we share tools and methods in our day-to-day life, but also in the length of our career. In this article Niki Tisza shares 8 skills to thrive in a UX career, essentials to embrace the constant change we face in the design and tech worlds.

Never forget that we work closely with designers, and we do design, just with words. Writing is designing as the book says. Take some time to read PJ Onori’s article about the parallel between writing and designing, share it with your designers, your product team. Make sure to understand those principles and to communicate around it. That’s how we’ll keep our seat at the table and how we build allies within companies. Never forget, that well-written sentences can sometimes be more effective than complex visual abstractions.pjonori.blog/posts/write-like-you-design

Beyond that, the future is still ahead of us and the latest product releases from big companies show us that there’s a lot to expect and innovations are at the core of what we do. It’s always good to take some time to understand what’s new and get a sense of what we’ll be able to work with and work on in the years to come. We’re on the threshold of immersive experiences, our job as UX writers is far from set in stone!

Join Yuval in this week’s episode of the Writers in Tech podcast where he hosts Amanda Bridge, Senior Content Designer at Hubspot. Their conversation goes in the depth of the UX Writing discipline in its relation with human touch. They explore AI’s impact on UX writing and how tools like Writer’s Figma plugin can actually be of help for the product team. Amanda shares her experience as to how content designers can champion their craft in order to better advocate for their craft and its value.