Embedded Files
The Role
The Role
Serving the United States Web Design System allowed me to work closely with developers, accessibility specialists, and researchers to streamline content operations and understand user needs. As a content strategist for the team, it was my job to distill complex information into Plain Language. Working with USWDS helped me learn about managing content at the code level.
The Solutions
The Solutions
Provide plain language communications
Provide plain language communications
The U.S. Web Design system is a technical product, but federal agencies are required to write in Plain Language. Ensuring that technical content was readable and understandable was a particular challenge of this role.
See my influence and impact on the rollout of a new version of the U.S. Web Design System.
Improve contributor experience
Improve contributor experience
The U.S. Web Design System is an open source, transparent project. It's a small team, so managing contributors and contributor experience was a big lift.
I proposed, designed a more transparent, self-service driven, collaborative contribution process that is now live on the site.
Page updated
Google Sites
Report abuse