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UX Writing Weekly #162

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Helpful insights from someone who made the switch
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There’s no “I” in team. This week, it’s all about fitting in as a writer working in tech.

WHAT’S INSIDE

Issue #162 (Dec 15th, 2021)
  • Three pillars to establishing a UX writing practice
  • From freelance to full-time UX writer
  • A day in the life of a knowledge base writer
  • Well done Instagram


ARTICLES 📰

🏢 Making the jump from freelance to full-time in-house UX writing can be stressful. Nerie Ohana shares her journey at Booking: from her first week, meeting the team, “owning the onboarding,” and more.

Moving on from contract work to in-house UX writing
🏛️ Being the sole writer on a project comes with particular challenges: sometimes you adapt to the team, and sometimes the team must adapt to you. Michael Winnington walks us through establishing a UX writing practice centered around three pillars.

The 3 pillars I used to establish UX writing at Getaround
☕ Perfectly normal human being, Yair Rainer, starts his day with a cup of coffee. From there, things get interesting as he navigates the multinational corridors of Wix as a knowledge base writer.

A Day in the Life of a Knowledge Base Writer at Wix


MICROCOPY BITE 💬

Instagram has introduced a feature to encourage users to take a break from doomscrolling themselves into depression. Nice to see this step in the right direction.
  

PILLARS OF COMMUNITY 🏛️

Hot topics and trending posts from community members. Join the conversations below!

UPSKILL: PODCAST 🎺🎙️

What do writing and music have in common? "Loads," says Noah Fulton Beale at the e-learning platform Preply. In this episode, we talk about:

  • The benefits of having—and being—a mentor
  • How to develop our skills with pair writing and other types of feedback
  • The importance of community and collaborations
  • Using data to improve online education


A UX writing jam session with Noah Fulton Beale


KICKS ‘N’ GIGGLES 😂

Man, sucks to be Skip.


JOBS 👔

Woah! Lot’s of new exclusive positions this week.

And as always:



PORTFOLIO 🎨

Say "Howdy" to Heather Cuthbert: a UX writer/content strategist from the Lone Star State. Her portfolio, showcasing her mix of design, writing, and strategy, is a winning formula.

https://www.heathercuthbert.com/-ux


VOX POPULI 🗣️

Join our online communities, and take part in the discussions and debates that are shaping the field.



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See you next week!

— Written and curated by Yuval Keshtcher, Aaron Raizen, and the UX Writing Hub team —


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