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San Francisco, CA

Senior content designer and strategist

Senior content designer and strategist with 10+ years shaping product experiences across fintech, construction, education, music streaming, and AI-powered tools. Specializes in turning complex systems into clear user experiences through UX writing, information architecture, taxonomy, content standards, and scalable content operations.

Experienced leading 0-to-1 launches, unifying product language across multi-product ecosystems, and partnering with design, product, engineering, research, and brand teams.

Core skills

UX writing · Content design · Information architecture · Taxonomy · Naming · Product terminology · Design systems · Content standards · Content strategy · Localization · Onboarding · 0-to-1 launches

Tools & systems

Figma · GitHub · Content-as-code · AI content governance · Prompt and model behavior design · LLM-native workflows

Block

Content Designer (L6)

2024 - 2026

  • Led content design across Square, Tidal, and AI-enabled product surfaces, shaping onboarding flows, product terminology, UI copy, content frameworks, and launch narratives across multiple product lines
  • Architected an LLM-driven content governance system, restructuring style guidance as machine-readable logic deployed across Square, Cash, Tidal, Afterpay, and Proto to generate, refine, and flag copy org-wide
  • Led content design for Tidal Upload, defining naming, onboarding, and content frameworks for a 0-to-1 artist publishing feature
  • Standardized accounting and reporting terminology for Square Reports, creating clearer labels, tooltips, and semantic content patterns for use across Square AI, agentic workflows, APIs, and custom reports

Autodesk

Principal Content Strategist

2019 - 2022

  • Architected a unified taxonomy for Autodesk Construction Cloud, reconciling terminology standards across 5 acquired products into a single source-of-truth vocabulary that enabled product launches across the portfolio
  • Unified content standards across an 8-person team by establishing style guides, engagment models, planning processes, and UX writing standards

PlanGrid

Acquired by Autodesk

Senior Content Strategist

2018 - 2019

  • Implemented full content design processes for feature development and launches, including support for 10 product designers
  • Standardized content quality by establishing style guides, design system contributions, and UX writing standards

Elevate Labs

Director of Content

2015 - 2018

  • Led research and development of high-quality educational content for the award-winning Elevate and Balance apps
  • Managed a team of 4, along with 12+ contractors, to continually release and improve content
  • Implemented data analysis for content efficacy, improving the overall quality of content throughout the Elevate app
  • Spoke at Figma Config on content strategy for designers
  • Taught American literature and composition at the University of Rochester
  • Research editor, Encyclopedia Britannica

University of Rochester

PhD English

Skidmore College

BA English