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Guidelines

Company

Edelman Financial Engines

Opportunity

As the only UX writer at my company, find ways to minimize simple inconsistencies and encourage writing for screens

Solution

Create a central Content Design resource myself, designers, engineers, and marketing writers

How I helped

  • Set up an internal Confluence space and wrote a growing collection of style guides

Results

  • Spending more time on higher-impact work


BACKGROUND

As the only UX writer at my company, I’m responsible for both the day-to-day UX writing and setting up systems and processes. Since my resources are limited, I’m focusing on areas where I notice the most inconsistencies and challenges. My goal is to have more robust guidelines and to help designers, product managers, and marketing writers make better content decisions.

Below are samples of guidelines I’ve written. They’re exported as PDFs from Confluence—thanks for your patience with the formatting.

Grammar

Writing for Screens