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My first month as a content designer

My first month as a content designer

Insights from my first 4 weeks as Content Design Intern at Scope
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Josh Barnett
Jun 14
Removing barriers in content design recruitment

Removing barriers in content design recruitment

We changed our recruitment process to make it more accessible to disabled people.
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Jack Garfinkel
Jun 9

Content designer job advert example

This example advert is based on the advert we used for our paid content design intern role in 2022.
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Jack Garfinkel
May 23

Content designer recruitment task instructions

We gave candidates an editing task to do at home. We wanted to see if people could follow instruction and learn new skills, then use them…
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Jack Garfinkel
May 23
Running meetings to include people using screen readers

Running meetings to include people using screen readers

Share links to documents, slides and apps. Learn how to narrate them in a useful way.
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Jack Garfinkel
Dec 21, 2021
Accessible meetings

Accessible meetings

How we have shaped how we behave and the technologies we use after finding out what our team members need.
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Jack Garfinkel
Dec 21, 2021
What we learned from our co-produced project

What we learned from our co-produced project

This blog is about our co-produced project in the content design team at Scope. Team members have shared practical advice which we hope…
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Grace Lauren
Nov 22, 2021
What I learned from my first co-produced design project

What I learned from my first co-produced design project

Our content design team at Scope ran a co-produced project to help newly disabled people find our information and advice. You can read more…
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Grace Lauren
Nov 22, 2021

Making co-production accessible

Published on behalf of Ruth Murran (@ruth_murran), one of our co-producers.
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Stephanie Coulshed
Nov 22, 2021

My experience of co-production

Published on behalf of Sue Boddy, one of our co-producers.
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Stephanie Coulshed
Nov 22, 2021

Some reflections on co-production

Here are my reflections following our first co-production project in the content design team at Scope. You can read more about the project…
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Stephanie Coulshed
Nov 22, 2021
How we use keywords and search data to improve our content

How we use keywords and search data to improve our content

We have always used keyword data to create our titles and headings, and to mirror the language of our audience. More recently we have…
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Grace Lauren
Aug 16, 2021
Using data to find out what content to improve

Using data to find out what content to improve

Pageviews only tell you if your content is being looked at, not if it’s working.
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Jack Garfinkel
Jul 29, 2021
Why everyone should write inclusive and accessible content

Why everyone should write inclusive and accessible content

Today I’m going to write about a passion of mine. It’s the thing that I’m muttering about in my sleep and will rant about at anyone who…
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Elisabeth Ward
Aug 11, 2020
How user testing has changed during coronavirus

How user testing has changed during coronavirus

User testing has always been important when improving our online advice and support. The onset of coronavirus put new demands on our work…
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Grace Lauren
Jun 11, 2020
Testing with an internal and external audience

Testing with an internal and external audience

Way back before the onset of coronavirus, which now feels like a very long time ago, we tested a content item with parents about the…
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Andy Lancaster
May 26, 2020
Fast-track content design for coronavirus

Fast-track content design for coronavirus

We want to give disabled people and their families the information and advice they need during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Stephanie Coulshed
Apr 23, 2020
Test your content because subject experts do not think like users

Test your content because subject experts do not think like users

We need subject experts to write content. Most work for Scope. Others are freelancers. Almost all give advice and support to disabled…
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Jack Garfinkel
Aug 6, 2019
Finding and testing the language your readers use

Finding and testing the language your readers use

Being a content designer means putting people at the heart of what we do. Researchers create user stories that tell us what people need to…
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Elisabeth Ward
Jun 19, 2019
Disability, language and service design

Disability, language and service design

I’ve been inundated with literally two questions about language and disability from people working in government.
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Jack Garfinkel
May 29, 2019
Using Kanban to manage content production

Using Kanban to manage content production

Kanban is a visual management tool for the continuous delivery of products that is now used in software development and other knowledge…
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Stephanie Coulshed
Apr 23, 2019
How to run a retro

How to run a retro

Retrospective means to ‘look back’ and reflect on what has been done in the past.
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Memona Ahmed
Feb 28, 2019
Researching the reality of accessible public transport

Researching the reality of accessible public transport

An introduction to ethnographic research and how it can be used to improve the information and advice given to disabled people.
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Alex Cleator
Feb 25, 2019
Persona-based content design

Persona-based content design

Personas are crucial for creating and testing content. Find out why and how we use personas at Scope, and what challenges we have faced…
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Mariana Barros
Jan 29, 2019
First rule of Crit Club: talk about the content

First rule of Crit Club: talk about the content

A multi-disciplinary content critique, or crit, allows subject experts to comment on a piece of content before it’s shown to a wider…
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David Evans
Jan 29, 2019
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