Writers of Silicon Valley

Ep. 7. How does UX writing work at Dropbox? (Angela Gorden)


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Dropbox is one of those fascinating companies. Steve Jobs wanted to buy it at one point. Now it's huge. HUGE. With that growth comes a need for UX writing, and that's why Angela Gorden is here today.

Angela Gorden is all about making big ideas easy to absorb. Currently a UX writer and manager at Dropbox, she studied design thinking at Stanford University and creative writing at the University of Iowa. Angela blogs about product, design, and writing on Medium.

Angela is a big thinker in the UX writing community, and today we talk about how UX writing works at Dropbox - particularly in such a large team.

If you want to learn how UX writing works in a team, this is the pod for you! 

As always, listeners to this podcast get 20% off the UX Writing Fundamentals course at www.uxwriterscollective.com.

Resources mentioned in the show:

- On Writing Well - San Francisco UX Writers Meetup - Daily UX Writing - UX Writer Jobs - UX Writing Fundamentals at UX Writers Collective- UX Writer Salary Survey

Say “hi” @angiegorden or reach out on LinkedIn.  I'm on twitter @pdstafford

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