Integrating content thinking into your design workflow

WHEN & WHERE

Wednesday, 18 November
1.00pm - 4.00pm
Via Zoom

IDEAL FOR

While this workshop seems geared towards UX designers, UX writers, and content strategists, I've also had project managers, UX researchers, and developers attend past sessions.

LEVEL

Beginner/Intermediate

OVERVIEW

You know content is a key tenant of a great user experience, and you’re ready to incorporate content strategy into your design workflow. But where do you start?

In this workshop, we’ll dive into several hands-on activities to help you understand when and how to include content strategy in your design process. We’ll learn how to address business goals and user needs, craft communication goals, and work collaboratively with other writers and designers. You’ll leave with five activities that focus on team alignment, stakeholder buy-in, and cross-discipline collaboration.

We will cover:

  • Empathy mapping – why you need to be able to articulate the behaviors, motivations, and distinct differences between audiences
  • Crafting communication goals and content principles
  • Establishing a voice and tone that aligns with brand guidelines
  • Content prototyping and mapping
  • Working collaboratively with other writers or designers
IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU'LL LEARN:
  • Set communication goals that align user needs with business objectives
  • Define a hierarchy of information driving toward communication goals
  • Assess content to ensure that it meets users' needs
  • Establish a voice and tone that aligns with brand guidelines
  • Map and prototype content
ABOUT Brittney Urich

Brittney Urich is a Senior UX Designer who specializes in helping others understand content strategy and implement it on design projects. She’s passionate about crafting digital experiences that solve problems in a human-centered, empathetic way.

As a champion for the integration of user experience design and content strategy, she speaks and hosts workshops about how the two disciplines work together. She has hosted a content strategy webinar with attendees from more than 20 countries and written articles about experience content and design (including one for Optimal Workshop). When she’s not working, you can find her exploring national parks or hiking with her dog, Izzy.