About /// Portfolio /// UX Insights

Michelle Jackson-Blackwell



Certified UX Writer, Certified Usability Architect, Certified Business Analyst



Content Podcasts


Content Rookie by Nicole Michaelis (Spotify)


Content Design with Friends (Spotify)




Content Craft


Medium article / Content Design Maturity. Are you ready? (by Michelle Jackson-Blackwell)





Continuing Education Courses


AI Content & Prompt Optimization

Strategic AI Governance

Prompt Engineering for Design & Content

Conversation Design for AI Chatbots

AI in Content Design

Systems Thinking for UX Content

UX Writing for Complex Systems

UX Writing Fundamentals

The Microcopy Course

Content Research & Testing

  Healthcare UX

The Power of Storytelling in UX

Brand Voice Lab

Elevating Product Experience with Tone

Error Messages for UX

Accessibility for UX Writers & Designers

Design for Persuasion, Emotion, & Trust

Design Thinking

UX Management Strategy

Product Management





"Data is a great place to start... [and] there is still absolutely room for that moment of inspiration, that moment of human connection to make a product or service stand out."


-- McKinsey & Company podcast





On My Bookshelf


Writing Was Never the Job

Strategic Content Design

Articulating Design Decisions

Well Designed: How to use empathy to create products people love

  Leading Content Design

Designing Connected Content

Hooked: How to build habit forming products

Inclusive Design for a Digital World

  Conversational Design

Conversations with Things (UX Design for Chat & Voice)

Designing Voice User Interfaces

Cross-Cultural Design






Writing is Designing

Design is Storytelling

Content Design

Simple and Usable

  Strategic Writing for UX

Better Onboarding

Microcopy: The Complete Guide

The Business of UX Writing

  100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People

Designing for Emotion

Don't Make Me Think





"Emotions affect the design of anything. The expression "don't make me think" became a battle cry for friction-free digital experiences. Today, emotion as well as intuitive functionality are crucial elements of the user experience."


-- Design is Storytelling





Interesting Articles


Why simple is smart (The Atlantic)

... "Smart people respect simple language not because simple words are easy, but because expressing interesting ideas in small words takes a lot of work."


Best Figma Plugins for designers in 2026 (Muzli)


State of UX 2026 (Nielsen Norman Group)


The most popular experience design trends in 2026 (UX Collective on Medium)

... "Generative systems do not follow pre-built screens. They follow patterns, predictions, and signals. This means that instead of designing for every step of a funnel, we are designing the conditions a system uses to decide what to show, what to emphasize, and how to adapt."


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How to build a content design GPT tool for your UX team (UX Content Collective)

... "using AI tools still requires strong UX writing fundamentals and judgment. Just like a developer needs to know when GPT has written bad or broken code, content designers need to recognize whether the output is actually clear, useful, and on-brand."


Conversational AI design in 2026 (according to experts) (botpress)


Best Figma Plugins for writers (Frontitude)


Inclusive Language Guide (American Psychological Association)

... "We encourage all people to adhere to the basic principles of inclusive language"


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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WC3 Reference Guide)


Why diverse teams are smarter (Harvard Business Review)

... "In recent years a body of research has revealed another, more nuanced benefit of workplace diversity: nonhomogenous teams are simply smarter."


Why your org needs an innovation ecosystem (Harvard Business Review)

... "If leaders want to build a sustainable growth engine for the company, they need to create the right conditions for the best ideas to get picked up."



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