Content Design London

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  1. Getting your first job as a content designer - part 2

    So, you’ve had a look at your current skills, read up about content design, maybe done a course, and tried to find a few like-minded folks to connect with. What might your next steps be to getting your first content designer role?

    By Sally Schafer, 23 October 2020

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  2. Content Design: an expanding discipline

    It is an exciting time for people working in content, and a milestone week for content design as a stand-alone role, recognised within the industry.

    By Joanna Goodwin, 19 October 2020

    Content Design Content Process

  3. Getting your first job as a content designer - part 1

    LinkedIn listed content designer in its top 15 emerging jobs in the UK in 2020. But with any new or emerging role, there’s often no clear or well-worn path into the career. With more of these jobs being created all the time, what does it take to actually get one? I asked a few fellow content professionals the best way to go about getting that first job as a content designer.

    By Sally Schafer, 16 October 2020

    Content Design Content Process

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Consultancy

Content Design consultancy by Mark Picken

10 July 2020

Content Design

Getting your first job as a content designer - part 2 by Sally Schafer

23 October 2020

Content Design: an expanding discipline by Joanna Goodwin

19 October 2020

Getting your first job as a content designer - part 1 by Sally Schafer

16 October 2020

Content Design London – universal content skills you can implement from day 1 by Holly Jones

7 October 2020

The benefits of atomic design and CDL's course by Laura Williams

5 October 2020

Content and legal by Kate Aubrey-Johnson

22 September 2020

Summer reading by Jo Goodwin

12 August 2020

What I got from the Content Design London Academy by Jonti Eccles

28 July 2020

Content Design Academy: questions and answers from Twitter by Joanna Goodwin

21 July 2020

Content Design consultancy by Mark Picken

10 July 2020

First set of virus-based user stories by Fiona Roberto

29 June 2020

Communicating clearly 2

26 June 2020

Content club

23 June 2020

Content design training

19 June 2020

A new course from CDL: How to work in the open by Giles Turnbull

18 May 2020

Global project, virus-based user needs

28 April 2020

Can you design content on your own? by Sarah Walsh

17 April 2020

Content Design London club

30 March 2020

Communicating clearly

20 March 2020

Content Design London courses and the virus

17 March 2020

Content Design Academy – why you might consider it by Clare Reucroft

6 March 2020

CDL research series: SafeLives, introduction

25 February 2020

Value of content design to your business by Sarah Richards and Lizzie Bruce

20 February 2020

2019/2020

30 January 2020

What is content design?

5 December 2019

Data and user needs – what we did in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Content discovery – how we did it in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Content Design course winners

28 October 2019

Getting into content design by Persis Howe

22 October 2019

Competition: win a place on 1 of our 4 international 2-day Content Design courses (now closed) by Team CDL

14 October 2019

Content discovery on a budget by Peter van Grieken

9 October 2019

WCAG 2.1 content accessibility audits and training by Content Design London

27 August 2019

17 tips to get content people in the room, for non-content people by Lizzie Bruce

22 July 2019

SEO and content design at Confab

14 June 2019

Readability Guidelines May 2019 update by Lizzie Bruce

22 May 2019

Content Design for marketers by Ruth Gilbey

15 May 2019

April Meetup

8 April 2019

CDL’s January 2019

30 January 2019

Lorem ipsum is dead. Hallelujah! by Yael Ben-David

6 November 2018

Introducing Lizzie by Claire Gordon

10 September 2018

Content Design book winner – 19 June competition

26 June 2018

Introducing Stephen, our content design trainer

16 June 2018

Confab 2018: best one yet

8 June 2018

Content accessibility

4 May 2018

9 reasons why you should do Content Design London’s 2-day Content Design Course by Ruth Gilbey

18 April 2018

Content designers should be in prison by Nigel Jones

4 April 2018

Introducing Nigel, one of our content design trainers by Claire Gordon

4 April 2018

Language in web teams

7 January 2018

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and content

11 October 2017

Introducing Hinrich, one of our Content Design trainers

6 October 2017

Book is up early

18 August 2017

Content design book update

29 July 2017

User stories and job stories

23 July 2017

Content design in services – 5 reasons why it’s important

21 June 2017

Copywriter to content designer

8 May 2017

Selling content design to management: Kat’s story, part 2 by Kat Rose

9 January 2017

Applying content design training by Kat Rose

23 December 2016

Content discovery

24 August 2016

Content crits

23 August 2016

Content design vs editorial

21 August 2016

Content audits and data: taking a snapshot or building a picture?

14 August 2016

Writing for the user

13 August 2016

Structuring content

10 August 2016

Why editors need to design

9 August 2016

Content audits should die

8 August 2016

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

23 December 2014

Content Process

Getting your first job as a content designer - part 2 by Sally Schafer

23 October 2020

Content Design: an expanding discipline by Joanna Goodwin

19 October 2020

Getting your first job as a content designer - part 1 by Sally Schafer

16 October 2020

Content Design London – universal content skills you can implement from day 1 by Holly Jones

7 October 2020

The benefits of atomic design and CDL's course by Laura Williams

5 October 2020

What I got from the Content Design London Academy by Jonti Eccles

28 July 2020

Communicating clearly 2

26 June 2020

Content club

23 June 2020

Content design training

19 June 2020

A new course from CDL: How to work in the open by Giles Turnbull

18 May 2020

Can you design content on your own? by Sarah Walsh

17 April 2020

Our first Content Design Academy

20 January 2020

What is content design?

5 December 2019

Hidden decisions: why we need content to rebuild trust in technology by Jo Schofield

22 November 2019

Data and user needs – what we did in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Content discovery – how we did it in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Getting into content design by Persis Howe

22 October 2019

Content discovery on a budget by Peter van Grieken

9 October 2019

17 tips to get content people in the room, for non-content people by Lizzie Bruce

22 July 2019

SEO and content design at Confab

14 June 2019

Content Design for marketers by Ruth Gilbey

15 May 2019

Alpha is for learning, beta is for doing by Hinrich von Haaren

24 April 2019

April Meetup

8 April 2019

Being a part of something big by Karin Tang

27 March 2019

Creating a collaborative and evidenced content style guide by Lizzie Bruce

20 March 2019

Why do tables make content less accessible? by Lizzie Bruce

13 March 2019

Getting sign off from academics by Georgina Brooke

11 January 2019

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 4 by Lizzie Bruce

2 January 2019

Content Design 2018/19

27 December 2018

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 3 by Lizzie Bruce

5 December 2018

Content sprints – matching user needs with business goals by Hinrich von Haaren

4 December 2018

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 2 by Lizzie Bruce

19 November 2018

Lorem ipsum is dead. Hallelujah! by Yael Ben-David

6 November 2018

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 2 by Lizzie Bruce

29 October 2018

Readability guidelines alpha: the end

16 October 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 4

26 September 2018

Why all communications people should understand content design by Rachel Machin

19 September 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 3

12 September 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 2

15 August 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update

7 August 2018

Readability guidelines

18 July 2018

Introducing Stephen, our content design trainer

16 June 2018

Cleaning out a content closet

13 May 2018

User stories and job stories

23 July 2017

Selling content design to management: Kat’s story, part 2 by Kat Rose

9 January 2017

Applying content design training by Kat Rose

23 December 2016

Content crits

23 August 2016

Done is better than perfect

22 August 2016

Content design vs editorial

21 August 2016

Lawyers who want plain English

20 August 2016

The importance of end-to-end strategy

18 August 2016

Convincing your organisation about usability

17 August 2016

Data and content design:the whole lot (well, a bit)

16 August 2016

Content audits and data: taking a snapshot or building a picture?

14 August 2016

Finding your audience’s vocabulary

12 August 2016

Push/pull content

11 August 2016

Structuring content

10 August 2016

Content Strategy

Alpha is for learning, beta is for doing by Hinrich von Haaren

24 April 2019

Content sprints – matching user needs with business goals by Hinrich von Haaren

4 December 2018

Introducing Lizzie by Claire Gordon

10 September 2018

Cleaning out a content closet

13 May 2018

Example content strategy

23 March 2017

The importance of end-to-end strategy

18 August 2016

Convincing your organisation about usability

17 August 2016

Data and content design:the whole lot (well, a bit)

16 August 2016

Content audits and data: taking a snapshot or building a picture?

14 August 2016

Digital Transformation

Getting sign off from academics by Georgina Brooke

11 January 2019

Gerry McGovern: Decline of trust, rise of anti-marketing

17 November 2017

GOV.UK: beta to live

30 August 2016

GOV.UK beta: the middle and the end

29 August 2016

GOV.UK beta

28 August 2016

History of content design in the UK government

27 August 2016

Word count for web pages

26 August 2016

Content role description

25 August 2016

Done is better than perfect

22 August 2016

Research

Content and legal by Kate Aubrey-Johnson

22 September 2020

Summer reading by Jo Goodwin

12 August 2020

What I got from the Content Design London Academy by Jonti Eccles

28 July 2020

Global project, virus-based user needs

28 April 2020

Content Design Academy – why you might consider it by Clare Reucroft

6 March 2020

CDL research series: SafeLives, introduction

25 February 2020

Value of content design to your business by Sarah Richards and Lizzie Bruce

20 February 2020

Our first Content Design Academy

20 January 2020

Data and user needs – what we did in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Content discovery – how we did it in the Content Design Academy

5 November 2019

Readability Guidelines May 2019 update by Lizzie Bruce

22 May 2019

Being a part of something big by Karin Tang

27 March 2019

Creating a collaborative and evidenced content style guide by Lizzie Bruce

20 March 2019

Why do tables make content less accessible? by Lizzie Bruce

13 March 2019

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 4 by Lizzie Bruce

2 January 2019

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 3 by Lizzie Bruce

5 December 2018

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 2 by Lizzie Bruce

19 November 2018

Readability Guidelines Beta update: 2 by Lizzie Bruce

29 October 2018

Readability guidelines alpha: the end

16 October 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 4

26 September 2018

Why all communications people should understand content design by Rachel Machin

19 September 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 3

12 September 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update: 2

15 August 2018

Readability guidelines alpha update

7 August 2018

Readability guidelines

18 July 2018

When designing with data is dangerous

19 August 2016

Academic research as data

15 August 2016

Research Papers

Value of content design to your business by Sarah Richards and Lizzie Bruce

20 February 2020

User needs

First set of virus-based user stories by Fiona Roberto

29 June 2020

Users

Content discovery on a budget by Peter van Grieken

9 October 2019

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) and content

11 October 2017

User stories and job stories

23 July 2017

Writing for the user

13 August 2016

Finding your audience’s vocabulary

12 August 2016