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Content Design Podcast

Vanessa Barlow

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Frequency: 1 episode/55d. Total Eps: 17

Want to make your digital content stand out? Want to reach a bigger audience and really engage your users? Content design is the answer. Combining content strategy, UX, user research and copywriting, find out how content design can help you meet your users' needs.

Vanessa Barlow, content designer and strategist, chats to content and marketing experts about everything from using data to make better content decisions to improving usability and SEO with the right words for your audience.

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - design
10/08/2026
#87
🇬🇧 Great Britain - design
09/08/2026
#67
🇬🇧 Great Britain - design
08/08/2026
#56
🇬🇧 Great Britain - design
07/08/2026
#42

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https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
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https://www.askattest.com/
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https://www.hotjar.com/
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https://www.buzzsprout.com/149426/fan_mail/new
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessabarlow/
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S3 Episode 4 - Work smarter and faster with these content hacks and tools from Danny Chadburn

Monday, June 22, 2020 • Duration 18:03

Are you inundated with emails requesting content? Do you spend ages going through different data sources? Do you find yourself doing the same tasks again and again?

Danny shares his tips and tricks for speeding up your content delivery so you spend less time on admin and repetitive tasks. From interactive dashboards and live data alerts to automation using tools like Zapier, Danny shares how to make your content life easier.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S3 Episode 3 - Working with graphic and UX designers as a designer who writes with Scott Kubie

Monday, June 8, 2020 • Duration 49:47

“You’re a member of the design team. As part of that team, advocate for words.”

Are you the only writer in a team of visual designers? Scott Kubie, author of Writing for Designers, shares some of his techniques for collaborating with designers. As well as ways to make the most of your time, he shares ideas on how to proactively demonstrate the value of content and get stakeholders on board with your content strategy.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 7 – How voice tech like Amazon Alexa will change content design

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 • Duration 27:21

With more and more people using voice tech like Amazon Alexa and Google Home there are lots of new opportunities for designing great voice experiences. We ask Anna Singer, Digital Strategy Lead at Citizens Advice and Alex Rees, Head of Digital at Attest, how they think voice UI will change how we consume content and what that means for content design.

https://medium.com/berlin-lean-prototyping/free-tools-to-prototype-voice-interface-without-code-6f758c1b299c

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S1 Episode 6 - Improving your content with peer-to-peer crits

Season 1 · Episode 6

Monday, March 26, 2018 • Duration 10:17

Here's how to run a content crit with fellow content designers or your wider team. With guest Emily Brunwin, Content Lead at Citizens Advice, we discuss the benefits of showing your work early and how it can help you collaborate across disciplines.

https://contentdesign.london/content-design/content-crits/

https://insidegovuk.blog.gov.uk/2016/03/03/content-crits-conquering-through-collaboration/

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 5 – Designing content for chatbots with Daniel Gray, Digital Engagement Manager at WaterAid

Season 1 · Episode 5

Monday, March 5, 2018 • Duration 23:57

The content potential of chabots is enormous, with so many opportunities beyond customer service. We chat to Daniel Gray about designing an award-winning chatbot for WaterAid that enabled supporters to talk to Sellu from Sierra Leone. We also pick up with Anna Singer, Digital Strategy Lead at Citizens Advice, to talk about how chatbots could help support their advice services.

https://thebotplatform.com/case-study/wateraid/

https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/wateraid-chatbot-connects-supporters-communities/digital/article/1456079

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 4 – Getting content signed off faster with pair writing

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 • Duration 11:57

We tackle the first of the topics you asked us about on Twitter: pair writing. Discover how to improve your content and agree changes faster by pair writing with stakeholders and subject matter experts. Get some tips on how to convince colleagues to take part and make pair writing an integral part of your content delivery.

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/21/it-takes-2-how-we-use-pair-writing/

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 3 – Test and test again – how to better understand your audience with Alex Rees, Head of Digital at Attest

Season 1 · Episode 3

Monday, February 5, 2018 • Duration 22:02

How can you tell if your content is working? What will your customers prefer, design A or B? Alex Rees, Head of Digital at Attest, shares ways to tell if your content is performing and how to effectively test your content. We chat about how to design tests based on what you want to find out and why. Plus how to measure success and get stakeholder buy-in to a rapid test and learn approach.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 2 – Designing to meet user needs with Emily Brunwin, Content Lead at Citizens Advice

Season 1 · Episode 2

Wednesday, January 24, 2018 • Duration 25:18

I talk to Emily Brunwin, Content Lead at Citizens Advice about how to design content that meets a wide range of user needs. We chat about how to turn complex processes into easy to understand, actionable content and how to test that it's working. Plus, how to use onsite-behaviour data and Google Trends to prioritise content and identify words your target audience actually use.

Podcast host Vanessa Barlow is a Content Consultant passionate about creating content that meets user needs and aligns with organisational goals. Reach out to Vanessa on LinkedIn if there's a project you'd like her to consult on.

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S1 Episode 1 - Trailer

Season 1

Sunday, January 21, 2018 • Duration 06:07

The Content Design Podcast is here! Ready to give you tips and tricks on how to use content design to improve your digital content. In this teaser episode we introduce you to content design: a heady mix of UX, user research and copywriting. Plus all the great interviews we've got coming up with the UK's leading Content Designers and Digital Strategists.

Reach out to us on Twitter @DigiContentPod. We'd love to hear if there are any content design topics you'd like us to cover or people you'd be keen for us to talk to.

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S3 Episode 2 - Creating NHS content at speed with Olivia Sperring-Jones, Content Lead at NHSX

Season 3 · Episode 2

Sunday, May 24, 2020 • Duration 41:08

Need to create great content fast? Find out how Olivia Sperring-Jones, Content Lead at NHSX, rapidly created content in response to Covid-19.

Olivia demonstrates how you can turn a service around in just a few weeks while still including essentials like show-and-tell reviews and user research. She shares how her team worked so effectively remotely, including how they utilised Zoom and Miro to share user journeys.

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Content Design Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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