Content design jobs have become scarcer as the digital world adjusts to the post-pandemic tech economy. Shannon Leahy does her best to make sure that her content colleagues discover the jobs that are available, scouring the internet for job listings and sharing them in her social media feeds. But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to her contributions to the field. She's also a long-time meetup organizer and an avid and generous participant in the content design community. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/shannon-leahy/

The rise of omnichannel content strategy and the emergence of new technical capabilities like cloud computing, API-delivered microservices, and headless software platforms have created entire new content ecosystems. John Williams explores these new ecosystems and modern content and experience architectures on his "Going Headless with John" YouTube channel and in his work as CTO at Amplience, a headless-CMS company. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/john-williams/

Deborah Carver sees direct connections between her academic study of literature and composition and her work as a content strategist, content marketer, and SEO. She also sees similarities between AI engineers and content professionals, both of whom  endeavor to create meaning with language. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/deborah-carver/

Tuija Riekkinen brings a unique perspective to scaling both content and design operations, as well as other digital initiatives. She has applied her holistic and pragmatic enterprise product management skills at organizations like IKEA, where she has worked on both their design system and content management system. Tuija is a persuasive advocate of keeping design and content concerns separate to enable "creativity at scale." https://ellessmedia.com/csi/tuija-riekkinen/

Design systems and content strategy expert, Michael Haggerty-Villa, discusses challenges in creating design systems, simplifying content for consumers, collaboration between design and content teams, and the importance of content management systems in design systems. The conversation highlights the evolution of TerraData's design system and emphasizes the significance of clear and concise content in consumer-facing design systems.

Gladys Diandoki, a content designer with a strong research mindset, shares insights on audience-focused storytelling, strategic problem-solving, and the importance of structured content. She emphasizes the value of research and testing in content strategy, offering valuable resources for content professionals.

Wojtek Aleksander is a business-focused, inclusive content designer based in Poland. Working in a profession in which English-language educational materials dominate, he addressed the need for Polish-language content guidance by writing "UX Writing: The Power of Language in Digital Products." One big challenge he faces when crafting inclusive content in Polish is working with the language's strongly gendered and inflected grammar.  https://ellessmedia.com/csi/wojtek-aleksander/

Most enterprises and software companies now have design systems, and many have content operations and/or design operations teams. At Cisco, Barbara Blythe works on the content design operations team. She focuses on sharing content guidance across the products she serves, enabling not only content designers but also their UX design and engineering partners to efficiently create consistent product content. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/barbara-blythe/

Nicole Michaelis brings a thoughtful leadership style and deep and varied experience to her content design work. Like all of us, she is pondering how to best use AI in her practice and wrestling with the impacts of layoffs and other change in the content and design professions.  Despite the current challenging business and labor environment, she's hopeful for the future and offers encouragement to both current and future content designers. https://ellessmedia.com/csi/nicole-michaelis-2/

Terry Roach discusses building a 'web of connectedness' through ontological understanding of business and knowledge graph. Topics include comprehensive business representation, measuring progress in business practices, exploring business operating models, and standardizing information concepts in enterprise content architecture.