Content Rookie

Humanized agents, deceptive patterns, and honest design (feat. Caleb Sponheim)

Episode 77: Humanized agents, deceptive patterns, and honest design (feat. Caleb Sponheim) I recently spoke at a conference in Italy, and one talk stuck with me: Caleb S

Creating and maintaining Writer.md

Episode 76: Creating and maintaining Writer.md A candid episode about how I built Writer.md. What I started off with, who I involved, how I tested, how it works, and how

How Content Designers are impacting AI (and vice versa)

Episode 75: How Content Designers are impacting AI (and vice versa) Wow, things are moving fast right now. Some content designers are developing totally new skills, whil

Develop tone and voice that stick

Episode 74: Develop tone and voice that stick How do you do tone and voice work in the age of AI? While there are some differences in how I approached TOV work early in

Psst, content design is about to have a major moment

Episode 73: Psst, content design is about to have a major moment In 2025’s final episode of Content Rookie, I introduce you to what I have coined the ”roguessance” of co

10+ years into a content career - here's what we're doing (and not doing)

Episode 72: 10+ years into a content career Between the three of us, we've spent almost 40 years working in content so in this episode of Content Rookie, we talk about a

How a content design team works - Meet Miro's content designers

Episode 71: How a content design team works - Meet Miro's content designers Welcome to a very special episode of Content Rookie with an entire content design team: Rache

Content Design with care - for users and ourselves

Episode 70: Content Design with care - for users and ourselves In this special episode of Content Rookie I talk to my friend Mario Ferrer about how content design has c

Leading Content Design and a look at the job market

Episode 69: Leading content design and a look at the job market In today's episode, my guest Rachel McConnell and I chat about content design careers in general and, mor

Getting into Content Design and UX writing + Generalists vs Specialists

Episode 68: Getting into Content Design and UX writing + Generalists vs Specialists In today's episode, Andrew Stein shares his journey into the field from a background

Don't let Content Design gaslight you

Episode 67: Don't let Content Design gaslight you In today's episode, the brilliant Sara Wachter-Boettcher shares parts of her Lead with Tempo talk in a discussion with

Get unstuck: Growing content design beyond the trivial

Episode 66: Get unstuck: Growing content design beyond the trivial (online and at work) How many times should we really debate our title, serial commas, or the future of

Content design and UX writing tactics that move the needle

Episode 65: Content design and UX writing tactics that move the needle What are some content design and UX writing tactics and processes that actually move the needle fo

Working in a Growth team

Episode 64: Working in a Growth team In today's episode, my guest Senior Product Designer Ademar Rodrigues and I talk about all things working with growth. We chat about

Can UX Writers manage other designers?

Episode 63: Can UX Writers manage other designers? In today's episode, I speak with Shannon Leahy (Adobe) about her path into Content Design and becoming a UX Design Man

Is content design still our dream job?

In today's episode, we have a casual conversation about content design. Iara shares how she started out and we chat about what we love about our jobs. We talk about story

My UX Writing and Content Design focus areas this year

Episode 61: My UX Writing and Content Design focus areas this year I'm focusing on 5 main areas this year in my role as a content design lead. I'm sharing them here alon

How to be creative when the world is on fire

Episode 60: How to be creative when the world is on fire Well, I feel like this episode needs no introduction. The world is...strange right now. And as creatives, we ten

Get started with information architecture

Episode 59: Get started with information architecture Information architecture can elevate lots of content design and UX writing efforts. But how do you get started on i

Am I crazy or am I just context-switching?

Episode 58: Am I crazy or am I just context-switching? Context switching is one of the leading causes of overwhelm and burnout among content designers and UX writers. Bu