Hi all, I've worked in the field of content design for about 4 years.
I always get the sense when looking through peers on Linkedin that everyone is a superstar. While intuitively I know this isn't true, I can't help but feel very far behind my own peers.
I was the sole UX writer in my last two positions which is tricky, but I feel like despite trying, I had difficulty moving the needle. User testing was non-existent so I reviewed any materials we had available while speaking to peers and any SME's we had.
That position came to an end when we brought on very senior content strategists (like 20 year+ people) I did my best to learn what I could but I was ultimately laid off about 8 months after they were brought on.
In my last position, I was in the weeds helping to apply UX best practices around tone and voice, while working directly in pages, and all the normal things that come with that: changing scope, new screens, edits, some light stakeholder management, ect. But it never felt like I was doing enough. I did have a strange amount of down time so I also tried to connect with our product designer on any other screens, they were working on to assist which there was a couple I helped with.
I am trying to develop better user testing skills (I know the fundamentals but I haven't been able to really use them, i.e. I've never card sorted before.) As well as building some AI skills, I was part of a workshop in building in Claude, honestly went badly as I could not replicate what was being shown and didn't want to slow down the rest of the group.
Of course, I review the Growing in Content, follow along with what's going on in this subreddit, and read more books on UX/Strategy/Content/ect ect.
I'm just trying to get a better feel of what I'm supposed to be doing, I don't feel like I know anything and it's frustrating.